BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

[Dennis R. Preston]

I guess I thought only of an English influence converting "Donner" to
"Donder." I didn't consider German historical/dialectal influence;
makes good sense, but I think the quotation was from an English
speaker.

dInIs



>The names 'Donner' and 'Blitzen' are German words--thunder and
>lightning.  'donder' is the Dutch word; it's probably Low German as
>well, but I don't have my Low German dictionaries here at work to
>check it out.
>Fritz J
>
>>>>  preston at MSU.EDU 05/03/05 05:40AM >>>
>"Donder" is an interesting mistake which might
>not be a typo. Could it have been influenced by
>English "thunder"?
>preston at msu.edu


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