LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.10.27 (08) [E]

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From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at saxnot.com>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2004.10.27 (04) [E/LS]

Reinhard wrote:
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> Do you use _snakken_ for 'to speak' in Twente, too?
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No, we usually say "köjeren". Or "spraekken" sometimes. If you say
"praoten", people assume that you're not fluent in Twents.

Henry

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

Henry,

Thanks.

> > Do you use _snakken_ for 'to speak' in Twente, too?
> >
> No, we usually say "köjeren". Or "spraekken" sometimes. If you say
> "praoten", people assume that you're not fluent in Twents.

Aha!  Just as I suspected.  This is another bit of information that supports
the assumption that the dialects of Twente are related to those that are
known as "Westphalian" on the German side of the border.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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