LL-L "Resources" 2002.12.18 (05) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language resources"

Dear all,

this is not strictly Lowlands, but might be of interest to those of you who
are interested in German dialects in general: an on-line
Swabian-into-English dictionary. While most entries are "serious", some are
very funny, too - like the Swabian name for Zerberus: "Jenseitsdaggl" - the
Dachshound of Beyond!

http://members.aol.com/hgurski3/swabvoc.htm

Regards,
Gabriele Kahn

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From: R. F. Hahn sassisch at yahoo.com
Subject: Resources

Thanks for the resource tip (above), Gabriele (and note that I am one of few
who make an effort to spell your name correctly).

But why "German dialects in general"?  We don't deal with German dialects,
except marginally with Missingsch and other North German dialects that have
Lowlands Saxon ("Low German") substrates or influences.  If you have in mind
Lowlands Saxon itself, well, it is a separate language, officially so for
several years now.  I know that some people in the Netherlands and Germany
have missed the bus and still refer to it as _dialect_/_Dialekt_~_Mundart_.
But *we* don't do so, do we?  Perhaps you meant to say "Germanic varieties"?
;)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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