LL-L 'History' 2006.07.10 (05) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 10 July 2006 * Volume 05
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From: 'Global Moose Translations' <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'History' 2006.07.10 (03) [E]

Theo wrote:
>Hello Gabriele the Great

and then:
>weird people, those dutchmen.

I have nothing to add! :-)

Gabriele the Sometimes Almost Tolerable

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From: 'Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.' <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: LL-L 'History' 2006.07.10 (03) [E]

> From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L 'History' 2006.07.10 (02) [E]
> Is is nice to know that historians seem to know for
> certain that the parents of Charlemagne / Karel de
> Grote spoke Dutch [well,eeeh, i.e. Low franconian].
> And they seem also to have indications that the same
> goes for his greatparents.

It is a general opinion in the Aachen-Eupen area that Charlemagne spoke
Öcher Platt.
Cf. Publications by Witgens and others.
Regards,
Roger

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