LL-L "Folklore" 2001.12.05 (07) [E/Danish]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

I translated ...

"Byens kirkesprog blev plattysk, da de danske myndigheder indkaldte
lutheranske præster fra Holsten til at betjene menigheden i Store
Magleby. ..."

as ...

"Low German became the town's church language, since the Danish bord of
directors had brought in a Lutheran pastor from Holstein [1] to serve
the
community in Store [Great] Magleby. ..."

And this ought to have been ...

"Low German became the town's church language, since the Danish bord of
directors had brought in Lutheran PASTORS from Holstein [1] to serve the
community in Store [Great] Magleby. ..."

In other words, pastors used to be "imported" from Holstein on a regular
basis.

Sorry about that.  It was due to a moment of German and Low Saxon
interference.  In Danish, _-er_ creates plural forms, thus singular
_præst_ -> plural _præster_, interference having come from singular
German _Priester_ and Low Saxon _Preester_ ['prEIst3] 'priest'.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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