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DK3UZ > DIVERSES 11.12.08 18:25l 39 Lines 1347 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Dutch/English; PE1OUD
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In <379766G4EBT@bbs.net> g4ebt@gb7fcr writes:
> [...]
> The tendency for Liverpudlians and Aussies alike to say "youse"
> for 'you' is said to have originated from Irish influences.
Eh? The Gaeilge word for "you" is "tú" (the 2nd letter is an accented
"u", in case your BBS isn't 8-bit-clean).
> [...]
> I think there's an equivalent of North German 'Labskaus'.
Labskaus isn't layered, it's mashed potatoes with lots of minced
ingredients (corned beef, fish, beet-root, spiced gurkins, etc.).
When it looks like the remains from a appendicitis surgery, it's at
it best taste.
> [...]
>Quote of the day:
> "The English language"
>
> "Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth
> of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free
> and compacted composition of all."
I tend to think of the English language as being 50pct Plattdeutsch
(a minority language spoken in the northern parts of Germany) and 50pct
French (words from the sophisticated language set can be looked up in
a French dictionary). A pity the original language was wiped out by the
Romans in most parts of Britain.
> (Walt Whitman, Poet, 1819-1892).
> [...]
73, Eddi ._._.
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