LL-L "Anniversary" 2005.09.15 (09) [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: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Anniversary

Dear Lowlanders,

Don't forget our ongoing anniversary presentation project!  We will be happy 
to add relevant material anytime.  As I had mentioned earlier, this can also 
be done anonymously.  Please write to me (sassisch at yahoo.com) if you have 
any questions about this.

Site: http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/

The latest addition is my Middle Saxon ("Middle Low German") version, in 
verse form, in the Lübeck-dialect-based language of the 15th century, as it 
was widely spread through international Hanseatic trading.  I based it 
almost entirely on the language used in the work _Reynke de vos_, the Middle 
Saxon version of the tale about Reynard the Fox (my naughty namesake).

http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=sassysch
"Normal" script version:
http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=sassysch-roman

The "normal" script version offers vocabulary help. (Rest your cursor 
(without clicking) on any words or phrases to see their meanings in Modern 
English.)

Those of you who know Dutch and/or Afrikaans, especially those that are 
familiar with Flemish, Zeelandic and/or Brabantish, particularly older 
Dutch, Zeelandic, Flemish and/or Brabantish, will find the text pretty easy 
to understand even without any help.  Yes, all these varieties used to be 
really closely related and for the most part mutually comprehensible.  To a 
certain, though lesser, degree, this applies also to those familiar with 
Middle English and/or Old or Middle Scots.  You might like to compare it 
with the Middle English translations:
http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=english-m
http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=english-m-verse1
http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=english-m-verse2

My Middle English and Middle Saxon translations in verse come with 
soundfiles.  But I consider them provisional, since I am not yet happy with 
them and intend to replace them with better versions.

Best regards! Keep 'em coming!
Reinhard/Ron

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