LL-L "Anniversary" 2004.10.28 (03) [E]

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at worldonline.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Anniversary" 2004.10.27 (11) [E]

>>>>>Is the North Wind story a Lowlands story?
The Wren is of course, it was written originally in Lower Saxon.
Would it be wise to use a Norwegian tale for the Anniversary of a Lowlands
community?
I have nothing against the Scandinavian languages, but in my opinion the
core Lowland languages are Lower Saxon and to a lesser extend Dutch and
Frisian. (Ingmar)

    Mathieu wrote:
>  If people are interested in the 'north wind and the sun', here it is:
>
> ==============================
> Nordavinden og sola kjeklet om hvem av dem som var den sterkeste. Da kom
det
> en mann gående med en varm frakk på seg. De blei enige om at den som først
> kunne få mannen til å ta av seg frakken skulle gjelde for sterkere enn den
> andre. Så blåste nordavinden av all si makt, men dess mer han blåste, dess
> tettere trakk mannen frakken rundt seg, og til sist gav nordavinden opp.
Da
> skinte sola fram så godt og varmt, og straks tok mannen av seg frakken. Og
> så måtte nordavinden innrømme at sola var den sterkeste av dem.
>
> The north wind and the sun were arguing one day about which of them was
> stronger, when a traveller came along, wrapped in his overcoat. They
agreed
> that the one who could make the traveller take his coat off would be
> considered stronger than the other one. Then the north wind blew as hard
as
> he could, but the harder he blew, the tighter the traveller wrapped his
coat
> around him; and at last the north wind gave up trying. Then the sun began
to
> shine hot and right away the traveller took his coat off and so the north
> wind had to admit that the sun was stronger than he was.
> ==============================
>
> If everyone thinks we should go for 'the wren', than we could start
> 'gathering' information next week or the week after that.
>
> Groeten,
> Mathieu

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