LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.01.03 (02) [E/LS]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.01.02 (05) [E]

Heinrich wrote:
>in my local Low German Dialect in Münsterland, they formerly used for E:
'boar' the expression LS >'Bär' or 'Schwienebär'   'Eber' or 'Keiler' for
 wild pigs. E.g. As a method of punishing naughty >boys parents were
threatening: "Ick stopp Di bi de Bär in't Schott." E: You get to the boar in
>pig pen.
>In other of the many LG-dialects I know, this expression never appeared.
Maybe in times of
>artificial insemination terms are changing too….. As a child I could never
find a connection to
>the G-word: 'Bär' E: 'bear'!
>Do other LL or LG dialects contain a similar expression for 'boar'?.

They certainly say this in other German dialects, in Hesse and Bavaria for
instance: "Saubär". This word is also used for small children who got
themselves all muddy.

Gabriele Kahn

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2007.01.02 (02) [E]

Beste Heinerich,

eyn goud' neyjet Joahr ouk föör Dii!

Kiek inns hier:


http://www.metacafe.com/watch/92181/tickling_torture/

Dat is _killern_, sou as ick dat Wourd kennen dou.

Is 'n beten wat harder as 'kille, kille mooken', dücht mii ;-)!

Dat _killern_ as 'n Oort van Folter hebbt de Marodeure doch all in dennen
30-jöhrigen Krieg bruukt, no Grimmelshausen: eyn Teeg mit ehr ruge Tungen
hett de armen Buerslüüd Solt van de Foyt avv-slikkt, bit se meist mall
worr'n sünd un al'ns vertellen deyhn, tou'n Biispeel, woneem 's jemmer Eeten
un Geld verstekt harr'n.

> I don't think, he was up to torture his adored one, though she seemed to
> be as clumsy as he himself.
"Was sich liebt, das neckt sich...!"

Tou Diin _Bär_ kann 'ck ouk nix seggen- kunn dat oppletzt 'n kotte Form van
_(E-)Ber_ ween?

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

Words for 'male pig':

Old Saxon: bêr, bêrswīn, evur
Modern Low Saxon: Beer, Baar, Baor, Boor, Ever, Äver

Words for 'bear':

Old Saxon: bern, bero
Modern Low Saxon: Baar, Baor, Boor

Kumpelmenten,
Reinhard/Ron
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