LL-L 'Lexicon' 2006.10.31 (07) [E/LS]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 31 October 2006 * Volume 07
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From: 'Heiko Evermann' [Heiko.Evermann at gmx.de]
Subject: LL-L 'Lexicon' 2006.10.31 (03) [LS/German]

> Loot de Fingers van dennen Schiet! Dat döcht amend un al-tohoup nix un
> is
> greesig... Ick hebb jem föör Gewalt opp 'n Kieker! Dey mookt Platt
> noch platter!
> 1:1 is wislous' (konfuses) Ohnsorg-Theater in wiki-mischmasch... "Ein
> Bärendienst
> für Niederdeutsch/-sächsisch!" Finito föör uns Sprook.
>
> Greutens un Kumpelmenten
>
> Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

Dat is ja nich dat eerste Mal, dat Du so op uns schimpen deist. Un ik mutt
seggen, dat helpt uns nich. Wenn Du 'n poor produktive Ratslääg hest, wenn Du Di
'n poor Artikels dörlest un uns denn seggst, wat wi beter maken köönt, wonehm wi
en Woort nich richtig bruukt hebbt, wonehm dat 'n anner Woort gifft, wat beter
is, denn helpt uns dat. 'n Plattdüütsche Wikipedia gifft dat mit un ahn dien
Help. Ja, mit Mathematik un Physik un nu ok mit Chemie. Wat is Di lever?

Ach noch wat: is Di dat lever, wenn dat keen Physik op Platt gifft? Mien Drööm is
ja, dat wi dat noch mal hinkriegt, dat wi Scholen in Noorddüütschland hebbt, wo
de Kinners op Platt ünnerricht warrt. Sünst hett en Spraak keen Tokunft. Dorför
schall denn ok den plattdüütsche Wikipedia den Weg kloormaken. Denn dann bruukt
wi Mathematik un Physik un Chemie op Platt. Un dor bruukt wi ok de
Moderspraaklers. Blots wullt de uns nich helpen. Ja, denn mutt wohl de Lüüd de
Arbeit maken, de Platt nich to Huus lehrt hebbt. Is dann woll so. Ik bün tominnst
nich dormit tofreden wenn de plattdüütsche Spraak mit Dien Generatschoon begraven
warrt.

Hartlich Gröten,
Heiko Evermann

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From: 'Heiko Evermann' [Heiko.Evermann at gmx.de]
Subject: LL-L 'Lexicon' 2006.10.31 (05) [E/German]

Hallo Karl-Heinz,

> Concerning all these Wiki-projects in different languages I think there is
> a
> certain "Janusköpfigkeit": on the one hand every little language and
> dialect can
> get its own encyclopedia, on the other hand Wiki makes quite clear the
> disadvantages the smaller versions have compared with their bigger
> brothers. The
> smaller can’t hardly compete with the bigger neither concerning
> quality nor
> quantity. They great star is the English Wiki with 1.451 000+ articles
> followed
> by the German with 485 000+ at the moment. The Plattdüütsch counts
> 3.155. I
> think, one year ago, the gap was noticeably smaller, as these figures
> drift
> further apart in the process.

I do not measure the Low Saxon Wikipedia against the English one. I measure it
against itself. The growth can be seen in
http://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Milensteen
It has grown by 50% and most of those articles that were added during 2006 are of
good quality. That is a big progress. We have also found several technical terms
that we really needed and I think our choices have been good and they fit to the
overall character of Plattdüütsch. I think that over time people will not
recognize that they were defined in 2006. And that is just the same with a lot of
technical terms in High German. At some point in history they were defined and
now you cannot imagine to use another word instead.

Another point that I really like is that the number of regular contributors has
risen. For quite some time it was mainly a team of two contributors. Now we are
at least 5. That, too, is a big progress.

And, as far as we know, the LS Wikipedia is the most comprehensive Website in LS
language in all the Internet. That, too, is a big achievement. I expect the
project to grow a lot.

> But I appreciate Heikos efforts to give LS also a scientific terminology,
> it's
> certainly a hard job and helps to enrich the language.
Thanks a lot for that.
> On the other hand I think
> a LS Wiki without an article about "Fleet" is like a D Wiki without
> "Gracht".
Right. Why don't you, for example, translate that article for us. Every
contributor in the Low Saxon Wikipedia writes about those topics that he likes.
Otherwise you would not have the motivation to do that work. Over time the gaps
will close.

Kind regards,

Heiko Evermann

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