LL-L: "Help needed" LOWLANDS-L, 05.OCT.2000 (04) [E]

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From: Helge Tietz [helgetietz at yahoo.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Help needed" LOWLANDS-L, 04.OCT.2000 (03) [E]

Thinking of how I would say "don't disturb" in the
Rendsborg-District-Low-Saxon dialect it would be
rather "Laat mi man tofreeden" (singular) and "Laat
uns man tofreeden" (plural).

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From: Marco Evenhuis [evenhuis at zeelandnet.nl]
Subject: LL-L: "Help needed" LOWLANDS-L, 04.OCT.2000 (03) [E]

> For Northern Low Saxon dialects of Low Saxon (Low German) I'd suggest
> (singular) "Laat mi maal tofreden", (plural) "Laat us maal tofreden."
>
> He didn't ask it, but what about Zeelandic (Zeeuws) and West Flemish?

I think a lot of translations that were mentioned earlier would not be very
helpfull for most hotels, since they 'reveal' something about the number of
people inside the room: 'dinnae boather mi'; 'laat mi/us tofreden'. And good
hotels do everything to keep that kind of information private. (Yes, we've
got a lot of hotels in Zeeland; yes, I worked in one for a while.)

So in stead of 'laet mien asjeblief doee' or 'laet oôns mae doee,
asjeblief', I'd go for 'laete doee, asjeblief' in Zeeuws.

Regards,

Marco Evenhuis
Ritthemsestraete 14
NL-4388 JR Oôst-Souburg
evenhuis at zeelandnet.nl
www.zeeuws.cjb.net

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From: Criostoir O Ciardha [paada_please at yahoo.co.uk]
Subject: LL-L: "Help needed" LOWLANDS-L, 04.OCT.2000 (06) [E]

Dear all,

I think in Long Eaton English the pleasantries of "Do
not disturb" are almost entirely hypothetical rather
than factual, but I guess it would be:

"Maijnnd aat thut chjuh downnt wek uz zup, will juh?"

If you're interested, that is.

Until next time,

Críostóir.

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