LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.06.08 (01) [E]

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From: Holger Weigelt <platt at HOLGER-WEIGELT.DE>
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2002.06.06 (06) [E]

>From: "Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann" <Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann at epost.de>
>Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2002.06.04 (02) [E]
>
>Hi, Randy, Ron,
>
>the Low Saxon "leeg" in our dialecct only stands for "bad, naughty",
>near to "evil".
>
>I'm sure, Ron knows and just is making a joke with it.
>
>We always use to say "sied [si:d]" for "low"; and in Upper German there
>is
>the "Sied-lung [si:dlung]" for those locations poor people had to
>emigrate
>to for establishing a farm.
>
>Regards
>
>Fiete.

Hello Fiete !
In Eastern Friesland LS the term "le:gh" denotes "low" but not (or
rarely) "bad". The derived word "lêghd" [l_e+accent-circonflexe_gh_d]
or "le:ghde" denotes an area of land lying "low", "on a lower niveau
than the surrounding". "Le:ghmóer" [l_e:_gh_m_o+accent-aigu_e_r] is the
German "Niederungsmoor" (sorry, I don't know the English term).
"Le:ghland/er" is understood without any problem as well as
"le:ghdüüts" (Low German)if you don't say "plat". However for the last
most people today would use the loan "ne:derdüüts".

Regards
Holger

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