LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.08.02 (02) [D/E]

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From: David Winterburn <david.winterburn at steinmuller.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.08.01 (05) [A/D/E]

Hi Lowlanders

>Hi Lowlanders, Elsie Zinsser writes:
>Incidentally, is the expression:
>"Geld wat krom is, maak reg wat stom is" known in other Lowlands
>languages, especially in Mennonite Plautdietsch? (Jelt daut stomm ess,
>moakt rajcht waut kromm es)?

>Hi Elsie, Ja in het Nederlands komt het ook voor.
>"Geld dat stom is, maakt recht wat krom is"

The above idiom in cropped form is now the title of an Afrikaans Mini-series 
being aired on English TV in South Africa (with English Sub-titles) I 
remember the idiom because my wife explained that it does not have a direct 
translation into English.

Dave Winterburn

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From: Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L idiomatica

Hi all!

Jacqueline, you are right. The Mennonite belief system did originate in 
northern
Europe and its believers fled both conscription and religious persecution.

I was asking whether this expression is actually known in Plautdietsch, and 
am
not assuming that it is.

Regards,
Elsie Zinsser

>>if we have it in common with Mennonite Plautdietsch it must be old. Or am 
>>I
wrong in assuming that most of Menno Simons' followers originated in the
Netherlands and moved from there to

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