LL-L "Etymology" 2003.01.07 (12) [E]

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From: Holger Weigelt <platt at holger-weigelt.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.01.07 (08) [E]

> From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.01.07 (04) [E]
>
> As to the "Knust":
>
> That's what my father, who hailed from Southern Lower Saxony, would call
the
> end piece of a loaf, too. My mother, who grew up in Mecklenburg, would say
> "der Kanten". This is one item that has dozens of different names in
> different German dialects and varieties. These names all seem to have
> survived even in families who only speak High German at home, since it is
> usually something that you don't talk about much outside of the family
(not
> because it's too scandalous, but because it's such a trivial, everyday
> thing). The only other expresssion I remember now is the Hessian one my
> grandmother used - "Knäppchen", or rather, "Knäppsche".
>
Hello Gabriele and all the others!
I know the word "Knust" but I never thought it to be a Low Saxon one because
I first heard it from a Hessian (!) person.
In Eastern Friesland the word with the same meaning is
_köest_(sg.), _kösten_(pl.).

> By the way, "Knust" is an entry in the 22nd edition of the German standard
> "Duden" of 2000. There is, however, a word I miss in there, and it's one
of
> my Lower Saxon favourites. The word is "jökeln", which means something
like
> "driving around slowly and often aimlessly in a vehicle with rather bad
> suspension". I am aware that this almost sounds like a quote from Douglas
> Adams' "Meaning of Liff". Is there an equivalent for this in other
Lowlands
> languages?
>
> Regards,
> Gabriele Kahn
This in Eastern Friesland is _jüükeln_ but in difference to Your explanation
it is used for an aimless but quick, unruly driving.
Regards
Holger

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