LL-L "Orthography" 2006.04.15 (04) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 15 April 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2006.04.15 (01) [E/F]

I've seen those spellings with <ie> for <i> several times here and
elsewhere, Friesian and Friesic in stead of Frisian, is that correct?
Looks kinda wierd to me
Ingmar

>From: Marcel Bas <marcelbas at gmail.com>
>Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2006.04.13 (01) [D/E]
>
>Good evening!
>
>Kevin wrote about the history of_boy_:
>
>>Interestingly, the English word "boy" possibly originally >meant a slave
or
>>male servant, supposedly coming from the same IE root as
>"cow", "bovine",
>>and "beef" (Latin "bos").
>>
>[snip].
>
>And then there's also Eastern Friesic _boi_...

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From: Marcel Bas <marcelbas at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Levity" 2006.04.15 (02) [E/LS]

Hi Ron!

You wrote:

Ingmar's use of the surname 'Hahn' reminds me of that one time, long ago, 
when a Dutch member told  you "Thank you, Ron Haa!n". And because the double 
'a' looked so Nederduits you weren't insulted; on the contrary! Do you 
remember that?

>Have a happy Easter, and don't eat too many eggs!

You're right. One should not eat too many of those things In South Africa, 
some people call eggs 'potion beans', referring to their protein and their 
effects. I don't want to get into details here :)

Have a happy Easter, too.

Best regards,

Marcel.

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

Marcel:


> Ingmar's use of the surname 'Hahn' reminds me of that one time,
> long ago, when a Dutch member told  you "Thank you, Ron Haa!n".
> And because the double 'a' looked so Nederduits you weren't insulted;
> on the contrary! Do you remember that?

Not really, but it doesn't surprise me to hear it.  Besides the fact that 
the spelling <Haan> is consistent with the spelling in the Netherlands and 
Belgium (and parts of Germany), it is etymologically more accurate (haag-an 
 > hagen > haan).  But, hey, I should beel flattered that there are quite a 
few famous people by the name spelled the German way, such as the German 
chemist Otto Hahn, the American writer Harley Hahn, the American violinist 
Hilary Hahn, Los Angeles mayor James Hahn and the Venezuelan-French composer 
Reynaldo Hahn.  And then there's Jessica Hahn ... but that's a different 
story.  This surname is actually pretty common in the US, and most people 
who grew up here pronounce it correctly, unlike most Australians (despite 
there being an Australian beer brand by that name, and the South Australian 
town of Hahndorf, named after the captain of the ship that took the first 
German emigrants there).

> You're right. One should not eat too many of those things In South Africa, 
> some
> people call eggs 'potion beans', referring to their protein and their 
> effects. I don't
> want to get into details here :)

Thanks for sparing us.

Cheerio!
Reinhard/Ron 

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