LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.09.01 (06) [E/Middelsprake]

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at worldonline.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.09.02 (02) [E/Middelsprake]

> > From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
> > Subject: LL-L "Introduction" 2004.09.01 (13) [Middelsprake]
> >
> > From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at worldonline.nl>
> > Subject: intro
> > >
> > Good aven folk!
> > >
> > Ig wil make mi self kenned an ju:
> > miin name is Ingmar Roerdinkholder, ig kom fra Nederland on ha
mennig
> > interesse in sprake, okso germanisch sprakes on dialekts, likas
> > Nedersaksisch, Frisisch on de nordgermanisch oller skandinavisch
> sprakes.
> > Miin modersprake is Nederlandisch, miin moderdialekt Nedersaksisch
> doch
> ig
> > spreke mennig ander Nederlandisch dialekts,
> > under wilk Zeeuws on Flamisch (wiil miin moder is fra de flamisch
deel
> af
> > de
> > provincie Zeeland, NL), Brabantisch
> > (wiil ig ha leved meer den teen jare in de provincie Brabant, NL).
> > Ig wete ennoch nik so good for wat on for we dis liist is eksakt
doch
> ig
> > tenke dat det kan wese interessant for mi.
> > >
> > To wete enigting meer over mi, Ji kan ga to de website af
> > www.drentsetaol.nl, dar schal du finde en good tal
> > af miin nedersaksisch dichte (ig skrive poesi in de nedersaksisch
> dialekt
> > af
> > Drenthe).
> > Okso up dat website du kan finde meer over de sprake dat du lese nu,
> > "Middelsprake", de intergermanisch sprake dat
> > ig ha kreered, on dat mot wese de meen sprake to middel af Dütisch,
> > Engelisch, Nederlandisch, Nedersaksisch on Frisisch, doch okso
> Danisch,
> > Swedenisch on (Nü-)Norisch.
> > Du kan klikke under Neie Taol up www.drentsetaol.nl on lade neder de
> > dokument Concise Outlines of Middelsprake.
> > >
> > So, after dis kort intro ig schal stoppe on se wat de andres ha
> skrived
> de
> > lest tiid
> > >
> > Mid de hertlig gröte! Ingmar
> >
> > Wow! I actually understood most of that (knowing a little bit of
German
> > helps, I guess).  I usually only skim over anything on this list not
in
> > English (but I do give a closer look to posts in Scots or
Appalachian),
> but
> > this was really interesting to read.  Thanks, Ingmar!
> >
> > Kevin Caldwell
> >
> Ig tanke di hertlig Kevin, det make mi glad dat du forsta Middelsprake
so good
On  dat du mag lide det is ennoch better! Egenlig is Middelsprake ispirered
up de konstruered
sprake Interlingua, doch dat is basered komplet up (al) de romanisch sprakes
on Latin
       Antil later,  Ingmar
> >
> > From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
> > Subject: LL-L "Introduction" 2004.09.01 (13) [Middelsprake]
> >
> > Ingmar wrote:
> > Okso up dat website du kan finde meer over de sprake dat du lese nu,
> > "Middelsprake", de intergermanisch sprake dat
> > ig ha kreered, on dat mot wese de meen sprake to middel af Dütisch,
> > Engelisch, Nederlandisch, Nedersaksisch on Frisisch, doch okso
> Danisch,
> > Swedenisch on (Nü-)Norisch.
> >
> > Ingmar, I'm totally intrigued by this! I started reading your post and
> could
> > understand every word, although I had no idea what language or dialect
> this
> > was supposed to be (of the relevant languages, I know German, English,
> > Dutch, Lower Saxon, Swedish, and a little Norwegian, so between those,
> it
> > was easy to figure out).
> >
> > I am not a linguist (actually, I'm a biologist, although I've been
> working
> > as a translator for many years), but merely an avid language user and
> > language lover. And I find "Middelsprake" very aesthetically pleasing
> and
> > "natural", and I'm looking forward to seeing more of it.
> >
> > Still, forgive me if I'm not going to attempt and learn to use it
> actively,
> > because I find it hard enough to speak proper Swedish or even Lower
> Saxon
> > these days (although I grew up with the latter) - I tend to
> automatically
> > speak Durch instead, at least when I haven't been immersed in the
other
> > language for a while. So this would only be more confusing.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Gabriele Kahn
> >
Hallo Gabriele, ig wil okso tanke di for diin interesse in Middelsprake;
ig forsta good dat du ha nik lüst to lerne en ander nü sprake, ig ha alene
maked Middelsprake wiil ig magde lide det, on ig löve dat ander folk kan
okso have
lüst to se dat de forsta en germanisch sprake uter mennig sweerheed.
ig wete dat for ene we kenne en west-germanisch sprake oller dialekt, det is
nik so licht to forsta een af de skandinavisch sprakes, doch Middelsprake
mot
wese to forsta for boide gruppes

Best wönsche! Ingmar

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