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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 04 June 2007 - Volume 03</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_altkehdinger@freenet.de" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Jonny Meibohm <<a href="mailto:altkehdinger@freenet.de">
altkehdinger@freenet.de</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "History" 2007.06.03 (08) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<div><span><font face="Courier">John Welch
wrote:</font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Courier"><font color="#008080">>
Possibly, generic brahminism ("to praise") is seen in Saxon
<strong>bremen</strong> Dryhten meaning "holy Lord".</font> </font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div></span>
<div><span><font face="Courier">Yes, yes- I've heard
about the pre-Indo-European influence in northern Germany. It must
have happened in those dark times ante <strong><font color="#0000ff">'Lowlands Travel'</font></strong>.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Courier">Before the Low Saxon
city of Bremen was founded the old people visiting the place near the
Weser-river shouted "Bremsen, bremsen!(<em>Slow down!)</em>" just to avoid
to fall into the water. Many of them then migrated further to build up the
city of Hamburg, shouting "Dat hammer jut jemacht! (Berlin slang: <em>We've done
a dammn'd good job!)".</em> </font></span></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Courier">Allerbest!</font></div>
<div align="left"> </div>
<div align="left"><font face="Courier">Jonny Meibohm</font></div></div>
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