Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitzer German

Dear all,
  Instead of trying to find a right description of the language we spoke in
Cz
   here is a story on the issue:
    During the war a column of Jews was being led by a german guard
    in the fields of the Ukraine.
      Suddenly a Jew spots a chicken in the fields beyond and starts
shouting:
        " Herr Offizier ,hier geht an Of !"
      Of is Yiddish is chicken.
   The guard looks and says : " Sei doch nicht doof , wie kommt ein Aff'
denn
     her , sind wir in Afrika?"
       ( Dont be silly ,how does a monkey find its way here ? )
        Affe or Aff' in Plattdeutsch sounds Of .
       Now we can revert finding names for the German we so proudly spoke :
       Atrocious ,horrible, horrific or more.
         The adjective has no importance .
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Glynn" <glynn_at_spontini.co.uk>
To: "czernowitz-l" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 11:40 AM
Subject: [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
>
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