LL-L "Phonology" 2004.10.13 (05) [A/E]

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From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2004.10.12 (01) [E]

Hello Bill and Roger,

About the pronounciation of "-en" in verbs. In Westflemish indeed we do
pronounce it, but near the language border in France (French - or South
Flanders (south-west of the Dunkirk area))
there are several villages which do omit the "en". Those villagers are
called ironically the "enne-biters" (biting their "en"). They pronounce
their verbs like "eete" (to eat) whereas in Westflanders we say "eetn"
(allmost pronounced liked "eaten" in English). They also say "spit'te"
(to dig: spitten) / maawe (malen in Dutch meaning "to grind"). De "w" in
maawe brings me to another specific feature of that very old south-flemish.
Is there any other Germanic language where L changes in to (vocalised)
W? As far as I can remember Polish also has this feature, denoting it
with a barred L.

Denis Dujardin
Westflanders

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From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at saxnot.com>
Subject: LL-L "Botanica" 2004.10.12 (03) [A]

Mark <mrdreyer at lantic.net> wrote:
>
> ... Europies nie, maar Noord-Europies.
>
Waar leg jy die klemtoon in "Europies" eigenlik?
(Verskoon my Afrikaans)

Henry

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