LL-L "Resources" 2002.12.18 (06) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2002.12.18 (05) [E]

Heavens no, Ron, I'd never make myself guilty of such a crime - I am
devastated that you should not put that past me. I said this was NOT
strictly Lowlands, and to my knowledge, Swabian - unlike Lower Saxon, of
course - is a dialect, not a separate language, unless someone as convincing
as you comes and tells me otherwise. But, of course, just to stay on your
good side (I haven't forgotten what you made St. Nikolaus do to me, and
Christmas is near), I'll scratch the "d" word from my vocabulary entirely to
prevent further misunderstandings.

I have often wondered how many of the people who misspell my name secretly
think that I'm the one who can't spell it... maybe it's time to make a
public statement that "Gabriele", with one "l", is the standard German
spelling of the name. I went by "Gabrielle" in the States, however, because
the German pronunciation is a bit tough for foreigners, and it was the only
way of avoiding the infamous "Gabby".

It seems that, in general, English speakers are uncomfortable pronouncing
German, Lower Saxon, Dutch or Scandinavian names that end in "-e",
pronounced "-uh". They tend to overemphasize that last vowel in an effort to
get it just right.

Gabriele Kahn

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