LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.04.23 (03) [E]

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From: sam s claire <gamlhs at juno.com>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.04.22 (05) [E]

"Stoop" is a bonafide word but is more or less confined to the NYC area
(obviously where there was the strong Dutch influence) .  When I moved
from NY to Baltimore, the locals considered that word as almost a
barbarism.
  Sam in Baltimore

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

Hi, Sam!

So what do people in Baltimore call those "stoops," considering that there
is an abundance of them there and that they are a source of historical
pride?  Front stairs?  Porches?

Folks,

We have on occasion talked about historical "Dutch" (including Flemish,
Zeelandic, Brabantish and Westerlauwer Frisian?) immigration to what is now
Germany, with particular concentrations of "Dutch" immigrants in what are
now Eastern Germany, Northern Poland and Kaliningrad (German Königsberg, a
Russian-administered enclave not contiguous with Russia proper).  Perceived
salient features and historical contributions and roles of these "Dutch"
settlers seem to be nicely reflected in the meanings of the word _Hollender_
~ _Hollander_ ("Hollander," "Dutch") in Lowlands Saxon (Low German) dialects
of Germany:

_Hollender_ (<Hollänner>) ~ _Hollander_ (<Hollanner>):

(1) person of, from or with ancestry in Dutch-speaking areas

(2) tenant dairy farmer (mostly in Mecklenburg and Pomerania)

(3) Dutch-style windmill

(4) wooden skate with a metal gliding edge

(5) Dutch-style clog (wooden shoe) -- in some dialects also called _klomp_
or _klump_ (< Dutch _klomp_), as opposed to "indigenous" _hulten Tüffel_ ~
_holten Tüffel_ ("wooden slipper") with a leather upper, surviving in the
form of Scandinavian clogs

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

P.S.: In some dialects a person can also be called _Hollandsman_
(<Hollandsmann>).  The female equivalent tends to be _Hollendsch(e)_
(<Holländsch(e)>) ~ _Hollandsch(e)_ (<Hollandsch(e)>).

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