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<b>L O W L A N D S - L - 11 September 2010 - Volume 03<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Jonny Meibohm</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject:
<span class="gi">LL-L "Etymology" 2010.09.09 (03) [EN]</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Beste Lowlanners,</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">some more about
"driiten" etc.</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Marcus:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">This suggests to me that it is a solely Westfalian word.<br>
To me it sounds plausible that is was a common Germanic word that fell out of
use in some regions. But if it was common Germanic it must have fallen out of use
at an early stage. There seem to be no traces in Low Saxon outside Westfalian.
That points back in time to about 500 AD, the time when Westfalia and parts of
what is now the Netherlands
became saxonized. My guess is that the Saxons had lost the word before 500, but
the pre-Saxon Westfalians still knew it and imported it in their new language.
If "driet" was a Frankish import or if "driet" fell out of
use at a later date it wouldn't be confined to Westfalia.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Could the German
word "Abtritt", meaning WC, be related?</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Allerbest!</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Jonny
Meibohm<br>
Lower Saxony, Germany</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Jonny Meibohm</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject:
<span class="gi">LL-L "Etymology"</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Dear Lowlanners,</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">in our local dialect
of LS we use the curious term <strong>"Basbecker"</strong>
for German "Wiesenschnake", <em>Tipula
paludosa. </em>Other trivial names in German are 'Schuster',
'Weberknecht' etc..</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Let me explain the
curiosity: "Basbeck" is a small village near by (just on the half
between Marcus and me, near to the maternal Low Saxon roots of Marlou ;-)), but
the name "Basbecker" for this mosquito is used in a larger area
around (ca. 40 km in circle??), in Land Hadeln as well as in Land Kehdingen.</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">It would be
interesting to hear from other Lowlanners</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">-if the name even is
widerly spread out than in the named region;</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">-what could be the
background of such a special local nickname?</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Allerbest!</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-family: courier new,monospace;">Jonny
Meibohm<br>
Lower Saxony, Germany</span><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"></span></p>
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