LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.06.17 (05) [E]

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L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West) Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: Anniversary

At the A-site I noticed a new Wren translation "Ðe Heggkuning" by David
Parke, NZ, in Folkspraak, a Germanic construncted language.

I was happily surprised that my own Middelsprake already has leant a word
to another language, supposing that "Heggkuning" is a loan-word from
Middelsprake Heggeköng.

Last year I was a member of the Folkspraak-group (Yahoo) for a while, but I
left quite soon because I really didn't like the language from a linguistic
point of view, it was a strange mixture of German, Dutch and English, not a
balanced and scientifically right system, in my eyes.
I presented Middelsprake, I had constructed by then, but I didn't want to
adapt it to the other Folkspraak-version for the reasons above.
I got many comments from other Folkspraakees who could understand my texts
in Middelsprake much better at first sight than those in Folkspraak itself.

I'm glad to see that the Spraak David Parke wrote the story in, seems to
have been improved a lot, I like it much more this way.
So, David and the other Folks: good work, I'm waiting for the soundfile!

Ingmar Roerdinkholder

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From: Glenn Simpson <westwylam at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties"

Ron,

This is good stuff. It reminds me to do the Northumbrian bibliography which
I promised last year.
I am off work during the summer so shall do it then to be posted up on the
main website - interestingly you have already identified two of the sources
I was going to use. It will be good to promote the dialects/languages of
England, which I sense always seem to get a lower billing, certainly in
terms of recognition - not blaming Lowlands mind!

You'll have to read the Geordie dictionary so that you can converse with me
in pidgin Northumbrian!

Keep ahaad
Glenn

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Language varieties
>
> Folks,
>
> Below are some links to sites with useful
> information about dialects of
> Britain:
>
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/britishisles.htm
>
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/index.shtml
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/storysofar/series3.shtml
> (with sound files)
> (Click on "World of English" for a history.)
>
> http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/~joanna/homepage.html
> (on Estuary English, with a few sound files)
>
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/millenni.html
> (with sound files)
>
> http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
>
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5564/dialect.html
> (Norfolk, with sound files)
>
> http://ldsociety.com/
> (Lancashire, sound file:
> http://ldsociety.com/Gradely%20Lancashire.mp3)
>
> http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/~esther/ivyweb/
> (Intonation, with sound files)
>
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/
> (Anglo-Manx)
>
> http://www.geordiepride.demon.co.uk/dictionary.htm
> (Geordie dictionary)
>
> http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdialect/
> (Durham & Tyneside)
>
> Enjoy!
> Reinhard/Ron

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

What cheor, Glenn! Hoo bin ye the day?

Glenn (above):

> You'll have to read the Geordie dictionary so that you can converse
> with me in pidgin Northumbrian!

Het! Aa-warnd ye think Aa'm some sorta savant – a "birkie cracker." Aye, all
reet! Maybies ye're reet. But ye divvin knaa what ye're axin for, ye silly
billy. Begox! Ye'd better gan canny. This is hoo other folks hiv created
monsters. They's iv a sad way till the day. And what div ye mean by
"pidgin," anyhoo? Laa expectations?

Keep ahead!
Reinhard/Ron

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