LL-L "Expressions" 2002.01.31 (02) [E]

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From: Muriel Norde <muriel.norde at hum.uva.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Expressions" 2002.01.30 (01) [E]

Jan Strunk wrote:

>I wonder if this expression is only "Westgermanic". It seems to exist in
>German, Low German, Dutch and Westfrisian.
>Aren't there any other versions of this in other languages (for example
>Scandinavian languages)?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jan Strunk
>strunk at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

At least in Swedish an equivalent does not seem to exist. As a translation
of Dutch _klare wijn schenken_ my dictionary gives _tala klarspråk_,
litterally 'to speak clear language'.

Muriel Norde
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