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Help[Opinions] Re: Friedlieb
in reply to a message by Shaymin
It appears that you have recently developed an interest in German names, if your recent contributions can serve as any indication. That is nice. However, please do proper research about what usage to list. In the case of your recent contributions: the proper spelling is Plattdeutsch, not Plattdeustch. Also, BtN prefers to use the English term wherever possible, so in the case of Plattdeutsch, please use Low German (which you will see is already an existing usage). Also see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German (in English)
Also, if you want to link to other names in your submissions, simply put the names in brackets. Like so: [Dietberta] (doesn't work on the message boards, only in the entries themselves).
Thank you and good luck!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German (in English)
Also, if you want to link to other names in your submissions, simply put the names in brackets. Like so: [Dietberta] (doesn't work on the message boards, only in the entries themselves).
Thank you and good luck!
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I am sorry, but this could have been addressed in a private message and your message was a bit condescending. It appears I have recently developed an interest in German names? I have been studying names since I was a child, German names being one of them. I also don't mainly use Facebook, LinkedIn and Wiki as my main sources. Maybe you think because I am American, I am dumb, which is kind of an attitude I detect from contributors on this board who like to make assumptions.
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Regarding Plattdeutsch, it was a typo. I have known Plattdeutsch speakers in the U.S. and I have never heard them refer to it as Low German. I am fairly well-researched in languages and names, but it is your site and I will do what you want.
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As a specialist in German Studies, I can confirm, it is Low German. Plattdeutsch refers to the dialect and Low German is the group of dialects, where it belongs, because of several attributes. Because Plattdeutsch is nearly the only representative of the Niederdeutsch, it is a used like a synonym. The name Low German (Niederdeutsch) comes from the geography of the places where it is used (in the lower lands). It has no negative meaning.
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Same as I wouldn't refer to Yiddish as Old High German.
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Ehm.. kind of. I'd say there's an other proportion between language group and the individual language/dialect (Yiddish).
(I would refer to Yiddish as one representative of Middle High German. And Yiddish is by far not the only variation of Middle High German.)
But yep, the yiddish names here are grouped under Yiddish and not the language group. I understand your decision to choose Plattdeutsch.
(I would refer to Yiddish as one representative of Middle High German. And Yiddish is by far not the only variation of Middle High German.)
But yep, the yiddish names here are grouped under Yiddish and not the language group. I understand your decision to choose Plattdeutsch.
This message was edited 2/12/2019, 1:55 PM
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That is all nice and all and I wasn't saying it is not Low German. I never said it had a negative meaning. I have lived around actual Plattdeutsch speakers in the US and they refer to it as Plattdeutsch. Never heard them refer to it as Low German, hence why I submitted Tobeta as "Plattdeutsch."
This message was edited 2/12/2019, 8:05 AM
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Okay, I understand your point now.
(I thought before you were offended because you understood it as a kind of affront towards the Plattdeutsch. Sorry ^^)
(I thought before you were offended because you understood it as a kind of affront towards the Plattdeutsch. Sorry ^^)
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No, not at all :)
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