LL-L: LOWLANDS-L, 18.MAR.2000 (04) [E/D/F/French]

[Sandy Fleming]

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From: Peter Stornebrink [frlboppe at direct.ca]
Subject: "Language varieties"

At 11:47 AM 3/18/2000 +0000, Roger P. G. Thijs wrote:

In the magazine "Vlaanderen de Leeuw - La Flandre au Lion", Mars-Avril 2000,
published in Bergues (Sint-Winoksbergen) France, I received today, some
Flemish saying are listed. Below a few I like most:
E lytje zoete en e' lytje zeur me raakt te wereld deur:
Un peu de douceur, un peu d'amertume, c'est ainsi su'on traverse le monde.
....
[snip]


The word "lytje" reminded me of the Frisian word "lyts", as used, for
example, in the expression:
"in lyts bytsje", "een klein beetje", "un petit peu".

I wonder if Flemish "lytje" might be related to the Frisian "lyts"

Peter Stornebrink Victoria BC, Canada

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