LL-L "Etymology" 2010.06.26 (02) [EN]

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From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at gmail.com>

Subject: Sailors' language



Hello,

After a (very long) absence from this list, I came across something today
that I would like to put to the list. I'm busy transferring all my CDs to my
PC, and had to look up something related to the album "Reise, Reise", by the
German band Rammstein. It was said that "Reise, Reise" is an old German (as
in language) sailors' term, meaning "arise, arise". I was thinking however
that it may have come from Low German/Saxon, not High German, because the
language of sailors was Low German/Saxon for a long time. Any ideas?

cheers,
Henry Pijffer



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