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</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22">From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <<a href="mailto:roerd096@PLANET.NL">roerd096@PLANET.NL</a>><br>Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2013.12.03 (01) [NL]<br>
<br><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">As far as I know, pronunciation of s- before voiceless stops in Dutch was never (mentioned as) sh but always s.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Maybe the fact that many crew members, colonists and soldiers on Dutch ships were originally Germans has something to do with this?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In case of Russian "shtyurman" < stuurman, the fact that Dutch uu is pronounced as German üü, or French u, has to do with it? Russian doesn't have the üü but has yu, just like English pronounce French u as ew in French derived words.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hartelijk gegroet, Ingmar Roerdinkholder</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">From: Theo Homan <[log in to unmask]></font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2013.12.03 (01) [NL]</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">[...]</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22">
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><font color="#351c75"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">In de 17de eeuw was het in Vlaanderen in elk geval nog een "zuivere" S en NIET "SJ" !</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">[...]</font></span></div>
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<font color="#351c75"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Uiteraard geloof ik je.</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Maar... hoe weet je dit?</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Of -sorry- waar heb je dit gelezen?</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
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<font color="#351c75"><a href="http://vr.gr/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">vr.gr</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Theo Homan</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">From: Roger Thijs <[log in to unmask]></font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2013.12.03 (01) [NL]</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">As to st -> sjt (orthography as in Dutch)</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">In my Limburgish st is pronounced as s+t (as in Dutch)</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Just the Dutch "sch" is pronounced as "sj" (or the way "sch" is pronounced in German) in my village (just East of the isogloss "Panninger Linie").</font></span></div>
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<font color="#351c75"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Today I was at an event in FFaM and I could not resist to do a tour at the Xmass shopping downtown There was even a stand with real "Belgische Fritten".</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">I bought in the Galleria a little book "Sprechen Sie Hessisch?" and I see over there the sjt becomes sjd:</font></span></div></div>
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<font color="#351c75"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">schdinge: stinken</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<div title="Page 22"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Schdern: Stern</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Schdaa: Stein</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22">
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Schdammkneib: Stammknepe.</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">etc.</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">As to the introduction the language used in the book is: "Frankfurter Aussprache + hessischen Wortschatz"</font></span></div></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Regards,</font></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><div title="Page 22">
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#351c75">Roger</font></span></div>
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