LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.11.06 (05) [E]

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From: Henry Baron <baro at calvin.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.11.06 (02) [E]

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From: Edwin Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: Groenings

I met a young man with the last name of Sikkema, and had the occasion to
meet his parents last evening.  When I asked them if they spoke any Fries,
they said no, but the father said that he spoke Groenings.  When I got home,
I looked for information on this dialect at our site, and finding nothing,
did a Google search which turned up:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/w.a.m.gerrits/
However this site didn't seem to give much real information about the
language, especially in regard to where it fits on the language map (or tree
if you like).
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Ed, I think he meant Grunnings, the low-Saxon dialect of Groningen, which
may
have sounded a bit like "Groenings" to you.

Henry

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