LL-L: "Frisian" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 25.AUG.1999 (01)

[Sandy Fleming]

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From: Muhammed Suleiman [suleiman at lineone.net]
Subject: "Frisian"

Dear Lowlanders,

Many thanks to Henno Bransdsma, and others, for their masterful commentaries
on 'Good bread and good cheese ...'.

Do any of you by any chance know what the phonology of Heligoland Frisian is
like? Would this be nearer to the English?

Of course, the similarity between the two forms would also rest on which
dialect of English was being used. I have heard _gu:@d_ for 'good', and
though I cannot claim to have heard *_bri:@d_, I have definitely ( and
relatively frequently) come across _hi:@d_ for 'head'.

To veer off at a tangent slightly, is the word _boi_ for 'boy' universal in
the Frisian dialects, or is it specific to certain areas?
Secondly, what is the Frisian equivalent of the Dutch word _boei_, meaning a
floating _buoy_?

Regards,

Muhammad Suleiman

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