[Cz-L] Czernowitzer German

Exactly. Czernowitzer German is surely a dialect or variation, and not
"atrocious". Different people would have had somewhat different variations.
Is it perhaps similar in status to "Wienerisch", which is certainly classed
as a dialect, and also has introduced words, and different pronounciations
from Hochdeutsch.

But perhaps Czernowitzer German is closer to Hochdeutsch than Wienerisch is?

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
To: "'Miriam Taylor'" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>; "'Anny Matar'"
<annymatar_at_gmail.com>; "'HARDY BREIER'" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: "'Paul Heger'" <pheger_at_gmail.com>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: RE: Czernowitzer German

Mimi..".I took myself for a walk" is a very common way of speaking in
London! And Czernowitz German was..and still is for those of us who learned
it..a variation,a dialect or whatever you want to call it. I have a very
good German plumber here in London,and when he speaks to his son in the
dialect from his native area I have no idea what it is about. If you go to
Cornwall,Somerset,Liverpool...it ain't the Queen's English they speak,and
the same applies to different parts of the German-speaking world. It is
certainly not "atrocious" !!!! Cornel

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