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Re: Questions about German Dialects

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
Date:Sunday, September 26, 2004, 15:14
* Joe said on 2004-09-26 14:47:25 +0200
> And, secondly, just for the short term - can anyone describe some > features of the East Franconian and Thuringian dialects for me? > Especially those that seperate it from Standard German(which I suppose > they're not too different from...)
Well, the most popular suffix in Thuringian is the diminutive, -le. They put it on *everything*! So Krista-le goes to scchool-le and reads in the book-le-s etc. t., who thinks spätsle is a really great form of pasta, and schorle an excellent idea on hot summer days.