Re: OT: German reputation
| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 16, 2004, 20:58 |
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Joe wrote:
> John Cowan wrote:
>
>> Benct Philip Jonsson scripsit:
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>>> IME it is the other way around in most modern standard languages
>>> (excepting English): standard pronunciation is based on the standard
>>> orthography!
>>>
>>>
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>> IIRC Norwegian does not have a standard dialect either.
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> No, it has two.
Bokmaal & Nynorsk are written standards, not spoken varieties.
IIRC, there are no standard dialects (that is, spoken varieties).
s.
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