Re: YADPT (D=Dutch)

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> Doesn't [tv_0e:] occur? I seem to recall that at least some varieties
> of Low German has _twee_ [tv_0eI], but I may be wrong.
No, no, quite right: the Grimm tale "Von dem Machandelboom" ("The Juniper
Tree"), begins "Dat is nu all lang heer, wol twe dusend Johr".

Here's the full text as recorded in Platt, with the peculiarity that
the bird's little song[*] is in Standard German *except* for its refrain,
which is in Platt again:

http://home.t-online.de/home/rudolf-steiner/machandl.htm


[*] "Pippety-pew / Me mammy me slew / Me pappy me ate / Me sister Kate /
     Had all o' me bones / [...]"

--
Said Agatha Christie / To E. Philips Oppenheim  John Cowan
"Who is this Hemingway? / Who is this Proust?   jcowan@reutershealth.com
Who is this Vladimir / Whatchamacallum,         http://www.reutershealth.com
This neopostrealist / Rabble?" she groused.     http://www.ccil.org/cowan
        --author unknown to me; any suggestions?

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