LL-L "Language varieties" 2010.02.12 (01) [EN]

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From: Jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
 Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2010.02.11 (05) [DE-EN]

Beste Ron,



you wrote:



> What sort of language varieties do you think of when you come across the
German name

> *Platt-Holländisch* (in Dutch which would be something like *
Plat-Nederlands*)? Actually,

> literally it means *Plat-Hollands*, which to me makes matters worse, even
though

*> Holländisch* stands for *Niederländisch* in old-fashioned speech.


You're pretty right! What a nonsense-word!



But - when I'd talk to any of my older LS-friends in Germany I always should
say "Hollann'sch Platt", without taking care of eytmological or historical
correctness. It *IS* the word in spoken LS!



I'm sure our neighbours in the West will not mind about it ;-)!



Allerbest!



Jonny Meibohm

Lower Saxony, Germany

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