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Music Appreciation

fierywoman

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1. My father (born in Norden) and his parents spoke it.

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Mon Jan 25, 2021, 05:25 PM

Jan 2021

I used to have a little wooden engraved sign with a windmill on it that said,
"Do wat du wullt
de Lüd snackt doch"

( I think .. it's been many decades since I've seen it!)

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A language most people have never heard [View all] DFW Jan 2021 OP

My father (born in Norden) and his parents spoke it. fierywoman Jan 2021 #1

That's Platt, for sure! DFW Jan 2021 #2

My mother said (her family was from near Trier) that Germans considered the Ostfriesisch (?sp) fierywoman Jan 2021 #4

Except for a few areas, I find them ALL stubborn DFW Jan 2021 #6

Kind Of Similar To Pennsylvania Dutch JimGinPA Jan 2021 #3

Linguistically not as close as you might think DFW Jan 2021 #5