LL-L "Grammar" 2004.07.07 (04) [E]

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From: jkrause <jkrause at old-sod-shanty.com>
Subject: Grammar

Ron wrote
> When polite pronouns where used before the 20th century (which was
reserved
> to addressing a small number of "higher-ups") it was _Jy_ (with the
> predictable objective form _Ju_, see above).

You know, in my albeit limited experience of hearing my ancestral
Plautdietsch used in conversation, I don't believe I've ever heard the
polite forms Jy (Jie) Jum (Jün) used at all.  This is understandable
considering that when Low German was used at all, it was used among close
friends and among family, or later private conversations between husband and
wife.  If folk wanted to be formal, they switched to German, as during
worship services in church, or English.

Jim Krause

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