<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">===========================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 06 December 2009 - Volume 02<br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a> - <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/">http://lowlands-l.net/</a></span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">

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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="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Roger Hondshoven</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:rhondshoven@yahoo.com">rhondshoven@yahoo.com</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="gI">LL-L "Etymology" 2009.11.17 (03) [EN]<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Re </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">achter, after<br>

<br>I</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">n East Brabant the word</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">achternoen </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"afternoon</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>"</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> is still</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">used</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">these
 days, though the </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">r</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> is left out and in the mind of the speakers the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">word is preceded by an n. Thus: /nachtenoen/</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">as it is usually preceded by the definite article 'den'.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">There is also the expression "na de noen", pron. noë de noen.</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;">Kind regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Roger Hondshoven</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Diest (East-Brabant) Belgium</span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">


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