Re: OT: Gruess (was Comma gets a cure -- in German?)
| From: | Peter Collier <petecollier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 18, 2008, 18:33 |
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I think its the Alemannic diphthong /y@)/, rather than standard German /y/ -
like the Schwyzertüütsch greeting "Grüess di". Use of ss instead of ß
points to Swiss usage too.
I'm guessing though - was I right?
P.
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From: "caeruleancentaur" <caeruleancentaur@...>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:55 PM
To: <CONLANG@...>
Subject: OT: Gruess (was Comma gets a cure -- in German?)
>>"J. 'Mach' Wust" <j_mach_wust@...> wrote:
>
>> grüess
>> mach
>
> Why do you spell grüess with both a <ü> and an <e>? I thought it would
> be one or the other, writer's choice.
>
> Charlie
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