LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.09.25 (07) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at saxnot.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.09.24 (07) [E]

Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> just wanted basically to show that there was almost certainly
> influences passing between the Celtic and Germanic languages, but to
> pinpoint what these were is very difficult - and the fact that few
> Celtic words have been absorbed into English, I think, tends to
> downplay the influences involved.
 >
What about influences in the form of sounds? Has English borrowed
certain vowels or diphtongs from Gaelic perhaps?

And did this occur in other languages? A teacher one told me that the
Dutch eu was borrowed from (Low) Saxon. At that time, I accepted it as
true (I was very young and didn't care about languages much then), but
now I'm not so sure about that.

regards,
Henry

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From: Tom <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: Lowland Scots

Hello All,

A question about Lowland Scots: how can we categorise it,
linguistically, as a Germanic dialect or a dialect of English?

Regards,

Tom [Maguire]

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