LL-L "Language use" 2005.09.01 (09) [A/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: Leslie Decker <leslie at volny.cz>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2005.09.01 (05) [D/E/LS/S]

I think that depends on the person.  I tend to be a sponge, and pick up the
speech patterns (accent, word choice, etc.) of the person I'm talking to,
even if it's just for a short time.  Liza DuPlooy, if she's reading this,
can confirm this, as she teases me about it constantly. :-)

Leslie Decker

> Paul wrote:

> This doesn't seem to happen to us English-speakers, not in that short time
> anyway.  I'm in Glasgow just now as I write; I don't think I'm starting to
> sound even remotely Scottish, never mind Glaswegian.  I did become (and
> still am) quite New Zealandised/South Africanised/Australianised, but that
> took years, not weeks.
>
> Paul

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From: Marsha Wilson <NanaMarsha at msn.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2005.09.01 (05) [D/E/LS/S]


Aye!  Mair.  Frisian an aw - aye!

How else will I learn?  I read every syllable, even if I'm not sure exactly 
which language I'm reading.  I sound them out and most times can at least 
get the gist of what's being said.  If the writers could note what language 
they're writing in, which may seem obvious to scholars, but isn't to me, 
it'd be of great help.

Thanks,
Marsha
  Mair Scots please!  An Frisian an aw!

  Reinhard/Ron


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

Hi, Marsha!


> How else will I learn?  I read every syllable, even if I'm not sure 
> exactly which
> language I'm reading.  I sound them out and most times can at least get 
> the
> gist of what's being said.  If the writers could note what language 
> they're writing
> in, which may seem obvious to scholars, but isn't to me, it'd be of great 
> help.

Doesn't it help that I "key" the languages in the subject line (in 
brackets)?

[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)

The key is part of the masthead of each issue.

Are you suggesting that we indicate this at every language switch?

Hi, Leslie!

> I think that depends on the person.  I tend to be a sponge, and pick up 
> the
> speech patterns (accent, word choice, etc.) of the person I'm talking to,
> even if it's just for a short time.

Hey! This makes two of us (but I assume no one calls *you* "parrot head"). 
It can be embarrassing, since some people might think you're mocking them. 
In my case the compulsion is particularly strong when I am spoken to by 
people from (fake) Saxony (i.e., the German state that usurped our good 
name), from the American South and with certain "accents" of England, 
especially hoity-toity ones.  I don't have this "need" when I'm around 
general American "accents," though I "coast in neutral" when I'm exposed to 
them.  I work around a person who, although Irish, has a hoity-toity 
Southern English "accent," and other people have noticed that I pronounce 
many words differently when I converse with her or am around her for 
extended periods.  I wonder why.  Perhaps it's because that's the first type 
of English I was exposed to and aspired to in my formative years.

> Liza DuPlooy, if she's reading this,
> can confirm this, as she teases me about it constantly. :-)

Ah! Tell her to leave you alone and behave.  (But does she call you "parrot 
head"?)

Dag, Liza! Moenie ons Leslie pla nie! En skryf binnekort weer! Ons mis jou.

Groete,
Reinhard/Ron

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