LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.12.11 (03) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.12.11 (01) [E]

> From: "Howard Scott" <howliosta at gmail.com>
> Subject: Language varieties
>
> A German translator colleague was asked to translated this
> bit of
> dialogue from German. The trouble is that it is not German.
> A couple
> of Dutch translators have said it might be a variety of
> Flemish, or
> even Frisian, but no one was sure (or understood what was
> being said).
>
> Have uploaded the file temporily here:
> http://www.attlc-ltac.org/MB-AOR-German_Transl.mov
>
> If you can't access that file, here is an audio-old
> version:
> http://www.attlc-ltac.org/Germanic-mystery.wav
>
> I thought on this list surely someone could identify it.
>
> Hartelijk dank,
> Howard Scott

Hi,

Norwegian.
[But not the kind you will hear in Oslo.]

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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