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<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">
Heiko Evermann</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:privat@evermann.de">privat@evermann.de</a>></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Names" 2007.12.22 (02) [E]<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Hi Ingmar,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="Ih2E3d">> In the German part of the language area the one and only popular term<br>> for the whole language is /plattdüütsch. Neddersass'sch /and
<br>> /Nedderdüütsch/ are only used by educated speakers.<br></div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Plattdüütsch is also an affectionate name for the language, so the</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Plattdüütsch speakers use "Plattdüütsch" only.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="Ih2E3d">
<br>> The denominators High and Low rather have to do<br>> with geographical features, High German, including Middle German,<br>> generally spoken in the hills and highlands, and Low German in the even<br>> plains of Northern Germany and the Netherlands/Belgium...
<br></div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Not quite, at least not in German. There is "Niederdeutsch", "Mitteldeutsch"</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and "Oberdeutsch" when it comes to the geographical area. But the distinction</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
"Niederdeutsch" vs. "Hochdeutsch" usually means the distinction between</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"dialect" vs. official language. I think that is an important reason why
</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Plattdüütsch speakers do like to use the name "Niederdeutsch".</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hartlich Gröten,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#888888">
<br>Heiko</font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">