tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post2487056782306934152..comments2023-11-05T12:22:53.660+00:00Comments on Gledwood Vol 2 (Main blog): Scots and FrisianGledwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-71565388213308856472010-05-07T04:48:30.777+01:002010-05-07T04:48:30.777+01:00... grinning, it would be more productive than all...... grinning, it would be more productive than all the politicians put together ;)Bimbimbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427788003822538655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-53191136051295851742010-05-06T21:51:52.080+01:002010-05-06T21:51:52.080+01:00You're welcome!
So do you hear much Frisian s...You're welcome!<br /><br />So do you hear much Frisian spoken in Amsterdam? Or Low Saxon...?Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-15537750553865913112010-05-06T20:15:47.695+01:002010-05-06T20:15:47.695+01:00Very interesting little thing to know! Thanks :-)Very interesting little thing to know! Thanks :-)Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827754747352106291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-69394991357285042652010-05-06T19:55:13.825+01:002010-05-06T19:55:13.825+01:00Gattina: that's why if I ever do BA German I&#...<strong>Gattina:</strong> that's why if I ever do BA German I'd really like to do subsiduary Dutch. Not only is it spoken by 20 million people but it is (to me at least) more like a German dialect than a separate language and when I studied a bit some years ago (I wanted to move to Amsterdam) I found it really easy... easier even than Spanish ;->...<br /><br />So you speak 5 languages?... German, French, English, Italian and Flemish Dutch? Surely you do speak Flemish... I mean even if you couldn't write a formal letter you must understand newspaper headlines... snatches of chatter on the train... etc etc?Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-21429227706964677292010-05-06T19:48:11.995+01:002010-05-06T19:48:11.995+01:00Liz (& furry George) Och aye! deedlie seereeus...<strong>Liz (& furry George)</strong> Och aye! deedlie seereeuss!<br /><br /><strong>Sarcastic Bastard</strong> I do try<br /><br /><strong>Akelamalu</strong> I can hear't dialect right strong when ah reads it, but like you I've not actually HEARD anyone talk Lancashire dialect... not since I heard Daphne on Frasier or Bubble on Ab Fab<br /><br />In this day and age dialects are shrinking under the influence of broadcast media and ~ even more so now we're used to communicating transatlantically online... It wouldn't surprise me if those dialect samples are 150 years old<br /><br /><strong>Lucinda</strong> lots of British people call a light evening meal tea... "teatime" is around 5pm...<br /><br />I'd never noticed Scottish people said "right" a lot but I spose they do. But then I spose so do Brits in general.Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-42687478670646664492010-05-06T16:24:06.153+01:002010-05-06T16:24:06.153+01:00For me there are to language origins, the germanis...For me there are to language origins, the germanistic languages you listed and the roman languages which is<br />Italian, French,Spanish, Portuguese. Once you learn one language from each stem, then you swallow the others without difficulties ! I would never have learned Italian so quickly without French and never English without German ! <br /><br /><br />and yes I always schedule my posts ! I don't get up at 4 to be ready at 5 or 6 lol !Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-43426718997850367452010-05-06T15:50:17.899+01:002010-05-06T15:50:17.899+01:00That is the most amazing thing ever. Apparently, I...That is the most amazing thing ever. Apparently, I should get credit for knowing another language from reading Irvine Welsh books... amazing.<br /><br />I was actually staying with a Norweigan woman and her Scottish husband over my spring break, and he always called dinner "tea" and said "right" a lot... so, that is my contribution or something like that.Lucindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710426634777477761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-67533204750638203972010-05-06T15:47:01.598+01:002010-05-06T15:47:01.598+01:00In reply to your question on my blog - I have neve...In reply to your question on my blog - I have never heard anyone speak that dialect in Lancashire. Unless the farmers up in the hills with only the sheep for company do. ;)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-83664025825502732672010-05-06T14:09:07.505+01:002010-05-06T14:09:07.505+01:00Wow, Gledds. You are quite the linguist.Wow, Gledds. You are quite the linguist.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-65571307208868703052010-05-06T11:12:34.569+01:002010-05-06T11:12:34.569+01:00Jams: I actually thought the Low Saxon variety of ...<strong>Jams:</strong> I actually thought the Low Saxon variety of Low German might be closer... surely that's the same place Anglo-~Saxon originated before our(?) well my forebears crossed the waters to Britain<br /><br /><strong>Bimbimbie:</strong> hopefully not. To be quite honest I'd rather have a Frisian cow in charge...<br /><br />... <em>mooooooo!</em>Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-66566818520469284932010-05-06T10:56:51.525+01:002010-05-06T10:56:51.525+01:00Big day over there, question is will you still hav...Big day over there, question is will you still have a Scot ruining the country tomorrow?Bimbimbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427788003822538655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-80397160313385898792010-05-06T09:43:52.009+01:002010-05-06T09:43:52.009+01:00What an interesting post. Looking at Frisian it is...What an interesting post. Looking at Frisian it is odd to think that this is the language most closely related to English - Old English perhaps...jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-89829563564221897072010-05-06T07:02:36.482+01:002010-05-06T07:02:36.482+01:00Scots is just spelling mistakes! And I say mooo to...Scots is just spelling mistakes! And I say mooo to it all again!Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-71897233844202270702010-05-06T05:54:09.026+01:002010-05-06T05:54:09.026+01:00I have no idea what the Scots is about...it's ...I have no idea what the Scots is about...it's like double Dutch to me (sorry to get the languages mixed). <br /><br />As for Frisian (like you, I thought that was cows)...that's a puzzle within a mystery wrapped in an enigma!Puss-in-Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313418336654760327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-2110126281771533072010-05-05T22:21:17.076+01:002010-05-05T22:21:17.076+01:00Mooooooooooooooooo!<em>Mooooooooooooooooo!</em>Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-63595326945654634262010-05-05T22:06:56.477+01:002010-05-05T22:06:56.477+01:00Gosh, you are going all academic over here, Gleds!...Gosh, you are going all academic over here, Gleds! I'm just imagining the cows speaking Frisian....Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.com