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L O W L A N D S - L  -  03 January 2008 - Volume 01
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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.01.02 (06) [E]

Beste Ron,

you wrote:

> The merchant marine, too, has been using only German at least since
> the beginning of the 20th century, Low Saxon being confined to private
> spheres. Why, many sailors come from far off the coastal areas, some
> even from Bavaria!

Today it's English on all ships sailing on international routes.

>  P.S.: One of these days we ought to put a comparative nautical vocabulary
list together.

Have a look at the German wiki here:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_seem%C3%A4nnischer_Fachw%C3%B6rter
That might be a very good fundament.

Allerbest!

Jonny Meibohm

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