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From: Roger Hondshoven <rhondshoven at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.02.02 (07) [E]

Hi everybody,

In East-Brabant (Getelands dialect) we have the interjection /teu/ (eu
sounding like German Söhne), very often as a reduplication /teu teu/ meaning
"and yet, but it's true". Teu is nothing but the 3rd person singular (with
normal umlaut) of the verb 'doen', originally /et deu/, 'het doet', which is
formally and semantically similar to English 'it does'.

Best regards,

Roger Hondshoven

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From: Roger Hondshoven <rhondshoven at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.01.25 (01) [E]

Hello Ron,

Next to 'klanknabootsend' Dutch also has 'klankschildering,
klankschilderend'.

Regards,

Roger Hondshoven
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