LL-L "Etymology" 2004.03.11 (02) [E]

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

Rick & Lowlanders,
    A bumper sticker once reported to me declared in Mennonite Plautdietsch
"Ekj snak Plaut. Du OK?"
Jim Krause

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Hi, Jim and other Lowlanders!

> "Ekj snak Plaut. Du OK?"

Looks like someone didn't do his or her homework properly with that one,
unless _snak_ is really used in Mennonite Lowlands Saxon (Plautdietsch), in
which case I would expect *_snauk_, since short /a/ changes to _au_ in these
dialects.

This seems to be a direct (faulty) translation of North Saxon dialect _Ik
snack Platt. Do ok?_ (_Ik snak Plat. Du ook?_ 'I speak "Plat(t)." Do you?')
that appeared on bumper stickers and on buttons in Northern Germany (mostly
to identify speakers to each other and to signal to the public that that's
all right and should increase).

Shouldn't it be something like this?

* "Ekj räde Plautdietsch. Du uck?"
or
* "Ekj räde Plautdietsch. Dü uck?"

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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