LL-L "Anniversary" 2004.10.29 (08) [E]

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From: Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth.christiansen at gmail.com>
Subject:

But it doesnt show very many of the dialect features. They had
problems with that when they (some university folks in Groningen)
collected dialect samples in Denmark and Norway. It doesn't use a lot
of words...actually it mostly uses words that are the same in most
germanic languages.

Btw, I live in Groningen, and it should be possible to record samples
on my computer if someone nearby needs that.

Kenneth

--
Oops, I think I'd have to clarify a bit: the story about the north wind
and the sun is known throughout the world, that's why it has been used by
the IPA-people to show differences languages and pronounciations.

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From: Mathieu. van Woerkom <Mathieu.vanWoerkom at student.ru.nl>
Subject: Anniversary

Ron wrote:

> Unfortunately, I have received only *four* votes so far regarding the
choice
> of stories, and the result is a tie ...  :-(  Come on!!!  That's lame!
You
> can do better than that.

Regardless of the choice of story, I have already done some 'research' :-)

The Lowlands-l server is still not even 30% full, so a lot of sound files
could be stored there. No need to worry there. In the meantime, I tested
adding mp3 sound files to a website here: http://www.brabants.org, or use
the direct link http://www.brabants.org/tantenonneke.mp3. Please check it
out, I would like to know if it works out okay.

I used low quality mp3, which compressed this 1:24 minute story to just 414
kb's. That way people should be able to download these files pretty quick
(depending of the speed of their connection, of course).

Mathieu

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

Hi, Kenneth!

(The subject was "Anniversary," and the person you quoted was Mathieu, by
the way.  ;-) )

> But it doesnt show very many of the dialect features.

This is also what I feel.

By the way, you and Mathieu, and Gary (who came up with the idea) and I,
too, get to vote.

Mathieu:

> Regardless of the choice of story, I have already done some 'research' :-)
>
> The Lowlands-l server is still not even 30% full, so a lot of sound files
> could be stored there. No need to worry there. In the meantime, I tested
> adding mp3 sound files to a website here: http://www.brabants.org, or use
> the direct link http://www.brabants.org/tantenonneke.mp3. Please check it
> out, I would like to know if it works out okay.
>
> I used low quality mp3, which compressed this 1:24 minute story to just
414
> kb's. That way people should be able to download these files pretty quick
> (depending of the speed of their connection, of course).

That's great, Mathieu.  Thanks!

The sound file plays just fine.  I think this quality is good enough.

By the looks of the lame voting outcome so far, I do not expect an avalanche
of sound files.  But then again, I like surprises.

Nice site, by the way!  The design has "MM" (Meister Mathieu) written all
over it!  ;-)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

P.S.: In the meantime we have the "stunning" number of six votes, two in
favor of "The North Wind and The Sun," and four in favor of "The Wren."
What a turn-out!  In the longer run we might be able to do both stories.
But the second one would be after the anniversary.

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