LL-L "History" 2012.06.16 (01) [EN]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: LL-L "History" 2012.06.15 (01) [EN]

Regarding Elizabeth the First's "Dutch", it is worth noting that around a
century earlier, when Caxton said Old English "seemeth more lyke unto Dutch
than Englyshe", he meant "deutsch" in modern terms. Caxton spoke fluent
Hollands.

Paul
Derby
England.

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From: Mike Morgan mwmbombay at gmail.com
Subject: LL-L "History" 2012.06.15 (01) [EN]

Ron,

namaste!


The last competent speaker of Slovincian (a West Slavic language) died
> somewhere in West Germany in the second half of the 20th century.
>

I take objection! I consider myself a VERY competent Slovincian speaker!
AND, last I checked, I am STILL kicking! ;-)

okay, I admit, maybe it is NOT competent Slovincian... but at the very
least it is BAD Kashubian ;-)

and German readers (or members capable of reading German) might enjoy the
following bit of history:
http://www.dpg-brandenburg.de/nr_18/slovinz.htm

bhetãula!

mwm || *U* C > || mike || мика  || माईक || マイク || மாய்க் (aka Dr Michael W
Morgan)
sign language linguist / linguistic typologist
academic adviser to "Nepal Sign Language Training and Research Centre"
project
NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal


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