LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.04.30 (04) [E/LS]

[R. F. Hahn]

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From: "Colin Wilson" <lcwilson at starmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.04.29 (03) [E]

>From: "Randy Elzinga" <frisiancow at hotmail.com>
>Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.04.28 (05) [E]

>And for most people "any British 'accent'" includes Scottish, Irish, and
>Welsh 'accents' (and Manx?  Do they have a distinct accent? are there
>others
>I should be including here?)

The following page http://www.manxradio.com/manx/ has links
(near the foot) to a couple of audio files with brief descriptions
of English as spoken in Mann. Having listened to them, I can say
that the accent is fairly similar to that of neighbouring areas of
north-west England,

Goodwill to all,

Colin Wilson.

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From:  Holger Weigelt <platt at HOLGER-WEIGELT.DE>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.04.30 (02) [E]

>From: "Randy Elzinga" <frisiancow at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Cochere
>
>Dear Lowlanders,
>
>I recently received an email from someone in which she told me that one
>of
>her grandparents spoke something called Cochere, which, in a subsequent
>email, she said was perhaps a "dialect offshoot of Low Saxon."  Is this
>the case?  Can anyone say any more about it?
>
>Randy Elzinga
>frisiancow at hotmail.com

Hello Randy !

I don't know any Low Saxon variant or dialect with a name that sounds
like "Cochere" but this word reminds me to Hebrew "koscher" ("pure" in
religious sense) and makes me think that it might be Yiddish. Could this
assumption be right ?

Regards, Holger

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Randy,

I too have never heard of this "Cochere."  Could it have anything to do
with French _cocher_ 'coachman' and _cochère_ "carriage" -- maybe some
type of "coachmen's talk"?

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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