Talk:Voorleser

German?
Does "voorleser" really come from German, as the article states (without a clear source)? The German form would be Vorleser, and the Dutch would be voorlezer, but it's quite possible that voorleser occurred as a variant. Ucucha 17:30, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I've corrected it, if not, let me know. - Theornamentalist (talk) 02:23, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer if you found a source that actually covers the subject, since "voorleser" may actually well have been the word the Dutch in the Americas used—the modern spelling is voorlezer, but Dutch spelling has gone through some changes since the 18th century. Ucucha 06:31, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I've been looking, and I've found that there is even a pick which uses both spellings for describing the same thing in the same time period! voorleser and voorlezer, and the latter which, in this book, has been used to describe someone, I have seen in other sources for the same person with the former spelling. My biggest concern is, the word as used in Nederlands, simply means reader, yet this was used as an official title in the New Netherlands. I've made another edit, let me know what you think. - Theornamentalist (talk) 12:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)