LL-L "Help needed" 2003.03.11 (02) [E/LS]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Help needed

[English below]

Leve Lüüd’,
   Weet eyn mang Ju, wou dey ourd „Sprötze“ up Neddersassisch
(Nedderdüytsch/Platdüytsch) heytt?  Dat is nu ’n deyl vun Boukholt in dey
Noordhaid’ (Buchholz in der Nordheide), Neddersassen (Niedersachsen),
Düytschland.  (Ik giss maal *„Sprütt“.)
   In ’t vöruut bedankt.
   Reinhard/Ron

Folks,
   Does any of you know what the Lowlands Saxon (Low German) name for
“Sprötze” (“Sproetze”) is?  It is now a part of Buchholz in der Nordheide
(Boukholt in de Noordheid’), Lower Saxony, Germany.  (For now my guess is *
“Sprütt.”)
   Thanks in anticipation.
   Reinhard/Ron

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