LL-L: "Orthography" LOWLANDS-L, 14.MAY.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Edwin Michael Alexander [edsells at idirect.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Orthography" LOWLANDS-L, 13.MAY.2000 (02) [E]

At 04:15 PM 05/13/00 -0700, Stefaan R.W.VERMEIRE wrote:

>Where can I find (buy) schoolbooks used (or still in use) amongst the
>Plautdietsch speakers(Mennonietes)?
>Is the old German script (Fraktur) still in use?

If Reuben Epp is lurking out there, he is the one to answer this one.  At
the risk of being corrected, any schoolbooks in use by Plautdietsch
speakers would be in High German.  To my knowledge, even the Bible was not
translated into PD until this century (yes, the 20th), and at that only
Daut Niehe Tastament.

So if you're looking for Plautdietsch textbooks, you're probably out of
luck.  And if you're looking for HG schoolbooks that they have used or are
currently using, I can't help you there either.

Regarding Fraktur, HG and PD speaking Mennonites made the switch when
everyone else did.
Ed Alexander
JAG REALTY INC.
80 Jones Street Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8R 1Y1
Pager: 905-545-0177  Fax: 905-525-6671 Email: edsells at idirect.com
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