LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.16 (14) [E]

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From: globalmoose at t-online.de (Global Moose Translations)
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.16 (07) [E]

Ben wrote:

"I spoke with a German friend of mine at school the
other day. She said that when she went down to Munich, she could not
understand a word that they said. I asked her if they spoke High German
to her, and she said no. From that, I glean that in the highlands, the
dialects are more publicly used."

I bet she was quite mistaken - that WAS their idea of High German. A
Northern German
myself, I lived in Bavaria for many years and have often had to translate
for other
non-Bavarian Germans. Later, I lived in Suebia, too; I think one could say
that in
general, Southern Germans tend to be more "separatist" and proud of their own
dialect/language. In most cases, this goes so far that Northern Germans think
they're speaking dialect while they in fact think they're speaking High
German
(which Norhtern Germans tend to speak completely accent-free). And then,
when you
get to listen to them speak to each other at home, you're in for a big
surprise
because they shift to a completely different gear and are suddenly very
hard to
understand for the untrained ear. I've been through that experience in
many areas of
Southern Germany.

Gabriele Kahn

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