Danielle Aurorel- Human ranger - Danielle is just a name I like. Aurorel is a combination of the Latin aurora and Quenya elen, so it means 'dawn star'. (It could also be star light, but I prefer dawn star.) She almost always uses the A Light in the Darkness title. I've used t...
I“taxi” for the Amish in our area and find that there is a variety of language use in my car. Some passengers chat almost exclusively in the Amish dialect except when they speak to me while others use English for the most part. One regular customer has apologized for speaking Amish in...
‘Trish Moran has moved in with her sons and their kids. One is wearing an ankle monitor. Crime runs in families.’ It turned out the surname name was Moraine, and the son had recently undergone ankle surgery. ‘Only say something about a person if you’d repeat it in front of them....
Sønderjylland is another story — my former brother-in-law is from there and pronounces his surname Kragh as [kʰʁɑ̙x] (Standard [kʰʁɑʊ̯]). Yes, final devoicing. (I don’t notice other velar fricatives in his speech, but he’s lived in Copenhagen for many yea...
Amish may refer to the Pennsylvania Dutch language in different ways. They may say that they speak “Dutch”, “Deitsch”, or even “speak Amish”. And though Pennsylvania Dutch is often referred to as the “Amish language”, in truth the Amish share it with others. ...
Amish speak a version of German known as Pennsylvania German, or Pennsylvania Dutch. It has some similarities with dialects of German spoken in Europe today. This is their first language. Pennsylvania Dutch, as spoken by the Amish today, includes some En
Amish speak a version of German known as Pennsylvania German, or Pennsylvania Dutch. It has some similarities with dialects of German spoken in Europe today. This is their first language. Pennsylvania Dutch, as spoken by the Amish today, includes some En
Amish speak a version of German known as Pennsylvania German, or Pennsylvania Dutch. It has some similarities with dialects of German spoken in Europe today. This is their first language. Pennsylvania Dutch, as spoken by the Amish today, includes some En
marie-lucie: It dawned on me that your point is that French has -goui-, while -gui- would be expected in a latinism. That’s interesting, and I think it suggests that the word entered French first of the main European languages, or independently of the others. ...