LL-L "Names" 2005.09.22 (11) [E]

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From: Henno Brandsma <hennobrandsma at hetnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2005.09.22 (06) [E]

> From: Karl-Heinz Lorenz <Karl-Heinz.Lorenz at gmx.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2005.09.22 (03) [E]
>
> quote from http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,375478,00.html :
>
> "So erhält der Bahnhof Westerland (Sylt) ein Schild mit der Aufschrift
> Weesterlön (Söl), wie die Deutsche Bahn in Hamburg mitteilte. Husum
> wird
> auch mit Hüsem beschildert, Bredstedt mit Bräist, Niebüll mit
> Naibel, Morsum
> mit Muasem. In Keitum wird auch ein Schild "Kairem" hängen, in
> Langenhorn "e
> Hoorne" und in Klanxbüll "Klangsbel" ."
>
> Husum - Huesem, Morsum - Muasem: I always thought, that the ending -
> um is
> typical Frisian and -em is typical Dutch and LS. It seems to be the
> other
> way round.
>
> Karl-Heinz

The -um is Frisian, but the pronounciation in Frisian is with a schwa  [@], 
in by far the most dialects, and at least in all North-Frisian varieties. 
Also in West Frisian a  place like Winsum is pronounced [we:~s at m], Makkum as 
[mak at m] and so on.
(never [um], as suggested to Germans by the spelling!). In North  Frisian 
spelling this schwa
is written -e-. The -(g)em in Dutch names is [E] or [@], depending on 
stress.
Also "büll" (of Danish origin I believe) is weakened to "bel".

Regards

Henno Brandsma

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