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<p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p>From: Luc Hellinckx <a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a><br>Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L 'Etymology'</span><br>
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Beste Hannelore,<div><br><div><div>You wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>
Perfesser Voßlo:<br>
<b>Lorbas </b>m. Schelte für einen ungeschickten, plumpen und
flegelhaften Menschen.<br>
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</b>Christa Prowatke PLATTDEUTSCHES WÖRTER-VERZEICHNIS:<br>
<b>Lorbaß </b>- Lümmel, Lotterbube.<br>
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Künn dat ok angahn, dat <b>Bagaasch, </b>f., Bagage, Gepäck;
Gesindel, Pack; <i>de ganze Bagaasch, </i>Sack und Pack, Kind und
Kegel, wat mit "Bagaluten" verwandt is...<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We have some very similar words up here:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><b>loebas</b> = big, clumsy, slow but kind fellow (= ne löbben)</li>
<li><b>lorejas</b> = sleazy but shrewd fellow</li><li><b>bagage</b> = mean guy (= ne last, pronounced "begozje" (B), bagage (E) is "pakozje" ~ package (E))</li></ul><div><br></div><div>Almost sounds as if Lorbas<b> </b>is a contamination of lorejas and loebas.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind greetings,</div><div><br></div><div>Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</div></div></div></div><br><br><font><span></span></font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="NL"></span></font>
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