LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.11.17 (03) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
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17 November 2005 * Volume 03
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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.11.15 (01) [E]

Dear Sandy,

you wrote:
> Note that "en" will mean "it" when applied to masculine nouns: there is
> a gender system in West Country dialect involving masculine, feminine
> and neuter. I still hear this in at least the older people in my own
> village, eg the clock is always referred to as "he", the cat as "she"
> (even if it's male) and so on.
Interesting. 'cat' in Standard German is feminine, too.
LS sometimes also differs in gender from German: LS 'de Grund' is feminine,
in G 'der (masc.) Grund', both meaning 'ground'.

> Fuoks just wer tonning oot ther ky--
Please help me: "Folks just were turning(?) out their (???cows, keys???)--"
"And twae or three eggs." 'twae' spoken twa-e, with
one and a half or even two syllables?

Friendly Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm 

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