LL-L "Morphology" 2002.08.27 (04) [E]

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From: "Marco Evenhuis" <evenhuis at zeelandnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.08.26 (02) [E]

Leslie Decker wrote:

> This explains a lot to me.  A few years ago, they were showing the
> film 'Wilde Mossels,' set in Zeeland, at an international film
> festival in Prague.  My (Antwerp-area) Flemish friend was looking
> through the festival guide with me, where they had the Czech and
> original titles listed.  She pointed it out and said 'Ha!  MosselEN,
> not mosselS'  I'll admit I was a bit surprised, because I probably
> would have said 's' because it ended with 'el.'  But, as I always
> tell my English students, 'Don't argue with the native speaker, even
> if it's a different dialect.'  I studied Dutch in Texas at
> university and in Leiden.  (We went to see the movie, and sure
> enough, it was 'mossels.')
>
> What's interesting to me is where these dialects diverge in this
> respect (we've already seen several examples).  And also, which ones
> distinguish between just words ending in 'er' and 'el' (and foreign
> words, and probably some other ones I can't think of at the moment
> :-) ) and which ones use the 's' more freely, as in Zeeland and West
> Flanders.

Some more examples from Zeelandic:

aerm - aerms (Du. arm - armen)
neeve - neefs (Du. neef - neefs)
zeune - zeuns (Du. zoon - zonen)

some dialects have:
broek - broeks (Du. broek - broeken)
rok - roks (Du. rok - rokken)
schoee - schoees (Du. schoen - schoenen)
bekeurienge - bekeuriengs (bekeuring - bekeuringen)
verênigienge - verênigiengs (vereniging - verenigingen)
etc.

suffix -ens:
kouse - kousens (Du. kous - kousen)
schaesse - schaessens (Du. schaats - schaatsen)
staesse - staessens (no Dutch equivalent)
struke - strukens (Du. struik - struiken)

suffix -ers or -els:
aerpel - aerpels (Du. aardappel - aardappelen)
mossel - mossels (Du. mossel - mosselen)
engel - engels (Du. engel - engelen)
vint - venters (Du. vent - venten)
lint - linters (Du. lint - linten)
kind - kinders (Du. kind - kinderen)
lam - lammers (Du. lam - lammeren)
kaolf - kaolvers (Du. kalf - kalveren)

regards,

Marco

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