LL-L "Etymology" 2004.07.25 (02) [E]

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From: Roger Hondshoven <roger.hondshoven at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.07.24 (03) [A/E]

Hi John,

Thank you so much for your excellent suggestion. Stupid of me not to think
of German 'Strumpf'.

Best regards,

Roger Hondshoven

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From: Heinrich Becker <heinrich.becker at gmx.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.07.23 (06) [E]

> In Münsterländer Platt we use the word ; Spinnköppe like people do on
> the other side
> of the Dutch border. This includes the webs too: doar hangt Spinnköppe.
> ----------------------------------

      In similar way the word "Stroop" has been used for sugar beet
treacle = Rübenkraut or
      applesyrup = Appelkraut. This expression is unfortunately dieing
 out even in Münsterländer Platt.

> Greetings
> Heinrich Becker

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From: Heinrich Becker <heinrich.becker at gmx.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.07.23 (11) [E]

Hi Reinhard,

I'm sorry to correct you. The Flensburg expression "Petuhtante" has
nothing to do with "etepetete".

The expression "Petuhtante" is derived  from  French word "par tout"(
ticket)  = for all. These were the
 ladies on a coffee trip steamer in Flensburg fjord who bought a ticket
for all occasions.
Their language was influenced in the way you discribed.

"Etepetete" is suspucted to be invented in Mecklenburg, used predominantly
in North Germany but spread all over German speaking parts in Europe even in
Kronstadt German ( Sibiu) Romania with the meaning "snobbish ".

Heinrich Becker

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

Thanks a lot for clearing that up, Heinrich.

> "Etepetete" is suspucted to be invented in Mecklenburg, used predominantly
> in North Germany but spread all over German speaking parts in Europe even
> in Kronstadt German ( Sibiu) Romania with the meaning "snobbish ".

We don't use it in the sense of "snobbish," though, more in the sense of
"overly fastidious."

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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