LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.05.03 (05) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 03 May 2006 * Volume 05
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From: "Ingmar Roerdinkholder" <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.05.03 (03) [E]

Ron wrote at the end of his reply to Gabriele:
"Finis"

Yes, please! Do us and yourself a favour and finish another endless
discussion, the last time the two of you had one it got out of hand
and I really don't like to watch that! You are both right, okay? No
one loses

Groeten
Ingmar

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From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.05.03 (03) [E]

Ron wrote:

In Low Saxon (Low German), _Mouder_ ~ Mudder_ (<Moder> ~ <Mudder>) and
_Vadder_ ~ _Vader_ without articles are exactly the equivalents of what in
English is now "Mom" and "Dad," namely appalations or names, not nouns.

If I called my father "Father," it would be seen as very strange and he
would probably respond with awkward distaste. To me, Mother and Father as
appellations are reserved for older contexts such as bible stories and works
of literature written in previous eras. Mommmy and Daddy, on the other hand,
are totally for little kids. My parents reported to me with disgust that
when they were in North Carolina to see my paternal grandparents, they heard
adults calling their parents Mommy and Daddy. Yee that repulsed me.
Ben

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