LL-L "Help needed" 2003.10.22 (15) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Help neededGavin Falconer <Gavin.Falconer at gmx.net>"
2003.10.22 (08) [E

Gavin wrote:

> "Especially with the city of Cologne, many seem to
> feel compelled to say it the local way - Köllllllln."
>
> I always thought that the Koelsch for Cologne was "Koelle".

That's the dialect. People from Cologne will say "Köllln" when they think
they're speaking High German.

Gabriele Kahn

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