LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.12.04 (04) [A/E]

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L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at worldonline.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.12.03 (10) [A]

>>>>>Mark & Elsie: please go on with this, it's very amusing. Gan djulle
assiblief deer moet daai gasprekkies!
Ingmar

> Mark wrote:
> Haai, Elsie
> Jy prat dareme ankervol nê! Dis sieke daai narre op die verhoeg wat lat
> man dink "djy kan net in djou ghantag threads innie Kaaanival soe djollie
> prat." of sing, "soes innie lietjie:
> 'Maaa, da kommie djong soldaat, hay bRRRiek may haaat etc'. tot
> 'May voerre loep na Wellinton ma ek gat Woester tooo!'." Oe, ik vagiet,
> " 'Endie blikkie se boem val ayt en al die djam loep ayt.' "
>
> Nee, Elsie, daardie djy en djouers is doodgewone Swartlanders gewees -
> djollie kêrels. Ek weet nie hoe bedoel u met taalvaardighede nie, maar ek
> sal meedeel mens leer flippin finnig te kommunikeer, wat ookal praat die
> ander kêrel! Ek skat dit vat 'n doodgewone Engelse soutie - immagrant nê,
en
> hy praat die Taal net so vlot soos sy makker. Die enigste probleem is om
die
> vuil taal uit te sif!

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at worldonline.nl>
Subject:

>>>>> By the way, Mark was speaking of rrrr [R] in some Afrikaans
>>>>> pronunciations, calling it 'gebreide r'. In Dutch this is 'gebrouwde
>>>>> r', brouwen = to brew (beer).
But in Low Saxon dialects in the Netherlands, this pronunciation is called
'breien' too. Maybe we find here one example of an Afrikaans word with Low
Saxon etymology?

Ingmar

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