LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.03.31 (05) [E]

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31 March 2006 * Volume 05
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From: Heiko Evermann <heiko.evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.03.31 (01) [E]

Hi Ingmar,
> I'm really curious if members from outside the Netherlands, especially Low
> Saxons and Frisians from Germany e.a., Flemish and Afrikaanders have
> already listened to the Johan Veenstra's radio column (Stiekelstokkien) at
> www.johan-veenstra.nl, and what their impression of the language is:
> Was it easy to understand? Did it sound Low Saxon, or Dutch, or even
> Frisian. For the (German) Low Saxon: did you think it was part of the same
> language as your own, or really a different one? And why, of course.
> Did the knowledge of your own dialect our language, or another one you
> know, help you to understand it?
I come from Hamburg. I understood close to nothing. It would have been
different with a transcript besides the audio. My guess would have been that
it is some kind of Dutch, but not standard nederlands.

Kind regards,

Heiko Evermann 

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