LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.09.20 (02) [E]

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From: Holger Weigelt platt at HOLGER-WEIGELT.DE
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.09.12 (06) [E]

>From: "Thomas Byro" <thbyro at earthlink.net>
>Subject: dildop
>
>Although we spoke Hochdeutsch at home, my mother peppered her speech
>with
>Platt words and expressions all her life.  I have forgotten most of my
>Platt
>(never met anyone in the U.S. who spoke it), and I wonder about the
>meaning
>of some of the words she used.  She is now deceased and I cannot ask
>her.
>Does anyone know what a dildop is?
>
>Tom Byro
>
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>
>From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Lexicon
>
>Thomas,
>
>I have never before come across the word in Lowlands Saxon (Low
>German).  I do know, however, that _Dilldop_ or _Dilldopp_ means
>"spinning top" (the toy, German _Kreisel_, LS _Kí²Zíµ¬_ ~ _Krí²Zíµ¬_) in
>some Ripuarian dialects, such as that of Cologne (Kí¹²í¾©, which are used
>right nextdoor to the southwesternmost LS dialects of Westphalia and to
>Germany's Low Frankish cousins of Limburgish.  _Dilldop_ or _Dilldopp_
>tends to specifically denote a "casting top" or "flinging top" (G.
>_Wurfkreisel, LS _Smeetk(r)í²Zíµ¬_ ~ _Worpk(r)í²Zíµ¬_), one of those you
>wind a string around and then throw it to give it momentum.

Hello Thomas !

In our Eastern Friesland Low Saxon we have the word "tiddeltop" [ti.l.tOp]
meaning >"spinning top" (the toy, German "Kreisel") as well.

Regards
Holger

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