Huis Ten Buf - translation please
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The first two words are certainly Dutch. <i>Huis</i> is "house" and <i>ten</i> is "of." Putting them together you have "home of." <i>Buf</i> is probably the name of a person. Where did you see this. Have you tried to google this?
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Well, first of all, the word in Dutch for "of" is not 'ten' but rather the word 'van' so it isn't the "house (or home) of Buf."
I suspect PatrickLondon is correct since the term 'ten' could probably also be translated as 'in the' as well as 'at'
I suspect the original poster has left the country already but you are welcome anyway.
I suspect PatrickLondon is correct since the term 'ten' could probably also be translated as 'in the' as well as 'at'
I suspect the original poster has left the country already but you are welcome anyway.
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No, I'm still here. I was guessing Buf might mean bluff. I bought a place in the mountains several years ago and there was (is) a carved sign on the lightpost with that name. I've always been curious as to what it meant and it occured to me that Fodorites might know.
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It's clearly Dutch, but I take it your mountains were somewhere else!
A bit of googling produces very little clarification. There's a page where someone describes a 'buf' (rather jokingly I suspect) as a piece of cloth that can be used as general protection against sun, cold or sandstorm. I found another which used it as an acronym for something to do with implementing legislation. And that's about it.
The palace I was thinking of is spelt Huis ten Bosch, but Bosch is sometimes abbreviated to Bos. Might it have been a fancy script (like an 18th century 'long s')?
I think you might have more luck posting on something like the Usenet news group soc.culture.netherlands.
A bit of googling produces very little clarification. There's a page where someone describes a 'buf' (rather jokingly I suspect) as a piece of cloth that can be used as general protection against sun, cold or sandstorm. I found another which used it as an acronym for something to do with implementing legislation. And that's about it.
The palace I was thinking of is spelt Huis ten Bosch, but Bosch is sometimes abbreviated to Bos. Might it have been a fancy script (like an 18th century 'long s')?
I think you might have more luck posting on something like the Usenet news group soc.culture.netherlands.
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THANKS, PatrickLondon! Your advice helped me figure it out.
I took a closer look and the last letter is definitely an "f". But, with all the filigrees and extras in the carving, I'd misread the middle letter. It's Bof, not buf.
I used AltaVista Babelfish and Bof means "be lucky". So, I suppose the translation would be along the lines of "Lucky House".
What a nice surprise!
(Considering one of the previous owners, I was a bit afraid to ask - I thought it could be something a bit tongue-in-cheek or risque!)
I took a closer look and the last letter is definitely an "f". But, with all the filigrees and extras in the carving, I'd misread the middle letter. It's Bof, not buf.
I used AltaVista Babelfish and Bof means "be lucky". So, I suppose the translation would be along the lines of "Lucky House".
What a nice surprise!
(Considering one of the previous owners, I was a bit afraid to ask - I thought it could be something a bit tongue-in-cheek or risque!)
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If you think that the sign might hae a "risque" connotation - - perhaps it is/was one of the kinds of houses to which a person goes - - to "gt lucky"...
Maybe even "in the <i>Buf</i>"!?
Best wishes,
Rex
Maybe even "in the <i>Buf</i>"!?
Best wishes,
Rex
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