<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">=========================================================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L  - 23 March 2008 - Volume 02<br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
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=========================================================================<br></div><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(0, 104, 28);">Henno Brandsma</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:hennobrandsma@hetnet.nl">hennobrandsma@hetnet.nl</a>></span></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 "Phonology" 2008.03.21 (10) [E]<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
 <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: Phonology<br><br>What in Old Saxon is written "ô" tends to be /ou/ in Modern Low Saxon; e.g.,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
 <br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <table style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><div> <br></div>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">English</span>^{<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"></span>}</p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Scots</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Frisian</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">N.  Low Saxon</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Limburg</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Afrikaans</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dutch</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yiddish</span> </p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">German</span></p>  </td> </tr> <tr>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">book:</span></b></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bʊk</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">byk</span></p>
  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">buk</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bɔʊk</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> ~ </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">baʊk</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">boːk</span></p>  </td>
  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">buk</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">buk</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span dir="rtl" style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="HE">בוך</span><span dir="ltr"></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="HE"><span dir="ltr"></span><span dir="ltr"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bux</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> ~ </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bix</span></p>
   </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bux</span></p>  </td> </tr> <tr>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">foot:</span></b></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fʊt</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fɪt</span></p>
  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fut</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt; background: rgb(222, 235, 250) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fɔʊt</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> ~ </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">faʊt</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">foːt</span></p>  </td>
  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fut</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">v̥ut</span></p>  </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span dir="rtl" style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="HE">וס</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="ZH-CN">פֿ </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fus</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> ~ </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fis</span></p>
   </td>  <td style="padding: 2.25pt;"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">fus</span></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">West Frisian has [fu.@t], written as "foet". Mooring North Frisian has "fötj", Saterlandic "fout" [fo.ut].</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">regards,</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#888888"><div>
Henno Brandsma</div></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">