LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.16 (07) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 16.October.2003 (07) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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Onderwerp: Dialects
Van: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <godsquad at cox.net>

Hello, Lowlanders.

I spoke with a German friend of mine at school the
other day. She said that when she went down to Munich, she could not
understand a word that they said. I asked her if they spoke High German
to her, and she said no. From that, I glean that in the highlands, the
dialects are more publicly used. Is that correct? If so, how do they
accept the dialects more than they do in the Lowlands? Why are the
Lowlands languages relegated to Grandma's secret closet whereas folk in
the Highlands speak them readily? Were they spoken more before the
Germanic tribes came to Christianity?

Ben

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