LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.08.01 (05) [A/D/E]

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From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.08.01 (01) [A/D/E]

Hi Lowlanders, Elsie Zinsser writes:
Incidentally, is the expression:
"Geld wat krom is, maak reg wat stom is" known in other Lowlands
languages, especially in Mennonite Plautdietsch? (Jelt daut stomm ess,
moakt rajcht waut kromm es)?

Hi Elsie, Ja in het Nederlands komt het ook voor.
"Geld dat stom is, maakt recht wat krom is"
I have no idea who coined that one or when and where. But I would think that
if we have it in common with Mennonite Plautdietsch it must be old. Or am I
wrong in assuming that most of Menno Simons' followers originated in the
Netherlands and moved from there to greener pastures in Eastern Germany when
persecution by both the Spanish and the Calvinists became unbearable?
Maybe Jim Krause knows!
Groetjes. Jacqueline

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