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L O W L A N D S - L - 06 November 2008 - Volume 02<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Jonny</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Customs"</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Beste
Lowlanners,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">just
I've made my dogwalk (or, as Heather likes it, 'digwalk' *s*) at which I'm
forced to cross a pasture with sheep.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Being
careful not to scare them (it was already nearly dark) I wanted
to make them alert. Without giving it a moments
thought I shouted with low voice
"Limmilimmilimmi...", as it is usual in our dialect to call and
allure sheep. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">On
my further way home I made some meditations </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">about the special, but species-bound kind of calling
animals and decided to let you take part in those, at a dark November night on
the northern hemisphere...;-)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Trying
to use the English sound scheme I'd like to describe it thus: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">for
chickens</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
we shout "Tikka-tikka-tikkaaa..."<strong><span style="color: red;">(*)</span></strong> (BTW: an egg also was called
'Tikk-Ei' by our grandma);</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">for
ducks and geese</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
"Weele-weele-weeleeee..." (imitating the call of the young goslings);</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="DA">for swine</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="DA">
"Kumme-kumme-kumme..." </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">("come, come, come [?]")</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">for
cows</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
"Koy-oltsch-koy..." ("come [or: cows], old [girl], come")</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> or just "Koye-koye-koye" ("cowies,
cowies,cowies");</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">for
calves</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
"kishi-kishi-kishi" ('Kischi' being also the nickname for
a calf/young piece of cattle);</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">for
cats</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
"Meatze, meatze, meatze..." ('Mieze' being the German nickname for
cats; I presume it to mean 'mice-[catcher]').</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Horses
and dogs have individual names or are called by whistling.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I'd
enjoy to hear all the different ways how other (Low-)Landers use to call their
animals.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">[</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;">(*)</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
I've also heard 'Toukky-toukky-toukky...", and a 'stupid girl' in LS, also
in G, is called 'Tukke'. This strongly reminds me to E 'duck'! Could there be
an archaic relation??? Always on the scout ;-)!]</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Allerbest;
have a nice weekend, alltogether!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Jonny
Meibohm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
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