LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.07.05 (05) [E/LS]

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From: "Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann" <Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann at epost.de>
Subject: "Language varieities"

Hi, Ron, Leeg- an Lowlanners,

I wrote:

>some days ago one of You (sorry, cannot find him) wrote about the
>substitution of engl. "th" into "f", in Scots.

>First it seemed strange to me, but then I found out, that we have a
>similar thing in our dialect of Low Saxon. For example: L.S. "glieden
>[gli:den]", familiar with Engl. "to glide", is conjugated to L.S. "he
>glifft", Engl. "he is gliding", L.S. "he gliff [uut]", Engl.(exacter
>meaning) "he slipped [perhaps on the skin of a banana]".

Ron answered:

>...Dat is je gediegen, Fiete, dat mit "he gliff (uut)"!  Dat is 'n
>snaakschen Dialekt un is mi bitherto noch nie nich in de Mööt kamen.  Ik
>kenn dat man bloots so:

>ik glie(d') - glee(d') - heff/bün gleden
>du glittst - glee(d)st - hest/büst gleden
>he glitt - glee(d') - hett/is gleden
>se glitt - glee(d') - hett/is gleden
>it/dat glitt - glee(d') - hett/is gleden
>wi gliedt~glieden - gle(d)en - hebbt/sünd gleden
>ji gliedt~glieden - gle(d)en - hebbt/sünd gleden
>se gliedt~glieden - gle(d)en - hebbt/sünd gleden,,,

Ick war nu bang, föör dat, watt ick schreeven heff.

Blauts- door schall woll doch watt an ween: "glieden" waard tau'n
Substantiv
ook in (Hoog- und Platt-Düütsch) "Glibber", un' jüst door kann't "[ick]
gliff" vonn affkoomen. Door mookt dat "Shiften" tau'n "F" amenn kein
Kopp-Pien meihr.

Gröötens

Fiete.

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