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Yaziq · Joined:Tue 19 May 2009 5:58 pm Posts:109

Ik hebb mal lehrt, se weer noch mehr wert als de Dood. Se is nicht mehr wert als en Sluck Genever. ___ OSWALD ANDRAE

linguoboy · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 9:02 am Posts:1001

Yaziq wrote:

Ik hebb mal lehrt, se weer noch mehr wert als de Dood. Se is nicht mehr wert als en Sluck Genever.

Pseudo-Dutch based on German? Dat maket as muck sens as trijen te basen het on Engels.

Yaziq · Joined:Tue 19 May 2009 5:58 pm Posts:109

I read that this is Low German in the magazine German Life. Have they got it wrong? If so, what would the correct Low German be?

Yaziq · Joined:Tue 19 May 2009 5:58 pm Posts:109

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German

linguoboy · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 9:02 am Posts:1001

Yaziq wrote:

I read that this is Low German in the magazine German Life. Have they got it wrong? If so, what would the correct Low German be?

There is no single standard Low German. I'm most familiar with Northern Low Saxon, particular the Bremen standard. As you can see, it isn't as influenced by Standard German spelling as Andrae's Jeversch Platt.