LL-L "Language use" 2003.07.31 (05) [D/E/LS]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2003.07.30 (01) [E]

> From: thomas byro <thbyro at earthlink.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2003.07.27 (02) [E]
>
> I don't know what category to place this but we did
> not emigrate from
> Germany as much as dissappeared from
there....[deleted]
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Tom,

Thank you for telling.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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

[English below]

Usen Luc (Luc Vanbrabant <burgdal32 at pandora.be>) ünner "Idiomatica"
2003.07.22 (06) [E] vundaag':

> Juist terug van een reisje naar Denemarken, vandaar dat ik me  niet heb
> laten horen.
Goud Dy wedder touhuus' tou hebben ... un apenbaar wedder mit vulle kraft
vöruut!

> Op de terugreis was ik via Puttgarden weer in de streek
> ten zuiden van Hannnover, de Lüneburger heide. Dat heb ik met een koets
> bezocht. Het was zeker de moeite. Jammer, maar ik heb weinig Plat-Duits
> gehoord.

Tja, verbasen dayt my dat nich. In dey meyrsten gemeynen schuult dey spraak
in dey hüys', gayt nich veel up dey straat. Wen 'n öldere lokaal-lüyd'
snakken süyt, den mut 'n sik maal dicht by hinstellen un luuk-ouren. Or
mutst 'n kroug besöken, 'neem dey lokalen jüm eer stamdischen hebt.
Besünners wen sey 'n lütten in dey prüyk hebt, den snatert sey man so in dey
olde spraak, ook wen "kwitjes" daar by sünd.

Well, no, that doesn't surprise me. In most communities, the language hides
in private homes, doesn't get out a lot. When you see older folks chatting,
you could "happen to" stand within earshot and eavesdrop.  Or you've got to
visit one of the pups where locals have their _Stammtische_ (meetings at
customarily reserved tables).  Especially once they get a bit tipsy ("have a
little one in their wigs") they will carry on in the old language, even if
"Quittjes" (i.e., a Hamburg term non-Saxon-or-Missingsch-speaking
non-locals) are present.

(It doesn't say much for linguistic self-esteem, does it?)

Good to have you back home, Luc, and with full steam ahead again, it seems.

Gröytens/Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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