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From: deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Frisian
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In article <3rv5ta$2adu@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>,
Kyle Gryphon <UJZA56B@prodigy.com> wrote:
>I think I must be operating on a different wavelength than most others.
>These are the terms I was thinking in:
>1.- Low German words are used
>2.-Bilingualism reduces strict ahaerance to standard forms.

I'd *love* to see some proof for #2.  Where in Germany do you find
strict adherence to standard forms anyway?  Local variation exists
everywhere.
 


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