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From: Helge Tietz <helgetietz at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.06.22 (06) [E/LS]

Concerning the pronunciation of place names in the Rhinland area (incl. Low
Franconian) please also check:

http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/aachen/Rheinische_Ortsnamen_in_aelterer_Orthographie.pdf

A few more place-names could be added as e.g Reuschenberg near Neuss which
is locally "Röscheberch" and Neuss itself might belong to this group because
it is locally pronounced "Nüüss", however the written Dutch form was
actually "Nuys" as in "Van Nuys" in Los Angeles. Kleinenbroich is actually
"Kleenebrök" in the local dialect.

Helge
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