LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.08.22 (04) [E]

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From: Helge Tietz <helgetietz at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.08.22 (02) [E]

What is remarkable to me is that most of the features
mentioned in that list for West-Vlaams correspond with
Low Saxon from Holsteen as well. We use "snakken" as
the common word for talking (as actually Dabish and
Norwegian does as well), drop in many occasions
innitial -n- as in 'goos', drop the -ge- in the past
tense of verbs as 'bleeven' (dat is wul naa-bleeven)
and have an -i- sound in positions similar as English
though this occurs when e.g. Hamborg-Low Saxon has an
-e- as in 'denken' we have an -i-, therefore we say
'dinken'. The -ue- as in 'bruegh' is retained as an
-ue-Umlaut. Another thing common between Holsteensch
and Vlaams in general is 'ni' for 'not' instead of
'niet or 'nich'. Going back to the -i-pronounciation
it would be interesting what the West-Flemish
pronounciation for 'denken' (thinking) is ?

Groeten

Helge

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From: "Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann" <Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann at epost.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.08.22 (02) [E]

Moin, Ron, Leeglanners,

Ron wrote:
>
> In dialects of Schleswig-Holstein and Eastern Friesland _Mede_ ['me:de]
> (or ['mE.Ide]?) or _Meed'_ [me:.(d)] (or [mE:I(d)]?) are still used to
> denote 'grassland', 'meadow (especially for growing grass for hay
> production)'.

Should that cognate with (in our LS dialect) "meien", (UG) "mähen", (E)
"to mow"?  We have also (LS) "dat Meiite", "de Mood", (UG) "das
Gemähte", "die Mahd", (E) "the mowed [grass]", "[grass, which] has to be
mowed".

Regards

Fiete.

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