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From: "Mathias Rösel" <Mathias.Roesel at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Quoting' 2007.02.07 (03) [E]

From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Quoting' 2007.02.06 (08) [E]
Ron quoted:
>B: Each time I bring it up he goes [[big, fake innocent eyes, lowered
voice]] ... "Oh, Oy dohn' know."

This certainly rings a bell. In my American ex-husband's family, all the
(generally very sarcastic) males will talk like that when quoting a man they
don't particularly like, or who they think has done something stupid. They
will lower their voices considerably, and then go on speaking in their own,
regular voices. I've heard it from other people, too, but I don't recall
ever hearing this kind of shift in Germany or elsewhere.

Gabriele Kahn


Quite common habit where I live (Bremen, N-Grmany).

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Mathias
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