LL-L "Etymology" 2002.08.27 (07) [D/E]

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From: "oostendse verhalen" <verhalen at oostendseverhalen.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.08.27 (03) [D/E]

In Oostende gebruiken we het woord 'denken'  zelfs helemaal niet, net
zoals in het Zeeuws gebruiken we altijd peinzen. Dus ook 'k peinzen der
'miene van en 'k peinsde da ...

[Danny Drooghenbroodt]

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From: Jack Driedger <jimdee at sasktel.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.08.27 (05) [E]

In Blumenheim, an Old Colony Mennonite village in Saskatchewan, I
remember
the word Kot used when we spoke of a very rudimentary dwelling.
Jack Driedger from Saskatoon

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From: "John M. Tait" <jmtait at wirhoose.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.08.23 (05) [E]

Colin wrote:
>
>Dewlly gives the Gaelic name as "Goraig", but that certainly doesn't
>suggest anything resembling "Bay Hill", which would be "Cnoc a' Bhàigh"
>or (in the inverted form sometimes seen in place-names) "Bàgh-Chnoc".
>The bay (laurel) tree is _laibhreas_ , so it obviously isn't derived
>from that either.

Unless the -aig is actually 'wick  - Norse vik, compare Shetland
pronunciations eg: Sandwick as 'sannick' and Levenwick as 'Levenook' -
hence the two local pronunciations of Lerwick as 'Lerrick' and 'Lerook'.

John M. Tait.

http://www.wirhoose.co.uk

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