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Re: Another German sibset

by Helena (mellon.collie)

12/6/2009, 7:49 AM

in reply to a message by Anthroponomastics

Oh wow, they're all wonderful names (and yes, the mns are Japanese). Do you know if those siblings are of Japanese descent, or if the parents just happened to like the names?

I wonder about the kanji choice for Koishi... >:)

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- Anthroponomastics +2

12/6/2009, 10:37 AM

Dunno. I'm not a fluent German speaker...I'm only in my 3rd year at school. I may be much closer to fluency than many of my peers, but still, I only speak enough to get the gist of written German. Thankfully nobody writes in Swabian German or I wouldn't be able to understand a single word...it's like another language! Unfortunately I think that may be the primary dialect spoken in my family.

- Helena (mellon.collie) +1

12/6/2009, 11:32 AM

It's all right, at least you can speak German (I am slightly green with envy, lol). I've always wanted to learn it, but never had the chance.

Forgive my ignorance, but I am unaware of Swabian German. Is it a regional dialect?

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- Anthroponomastics

12/6/2009, 3:52 PM

Yes it is a regional dialect.

It's spoken in the area of Baden-Wuertemburg (sorry for the "ue"...I don't know how to do umlauts or accents on this thing!). That's west of Bavaria. They have a very distinct dialect, that's so different from standard German or anything else it looks like an entirely different language, perhaps in a different family...I have an easier time reading Swedish, and that says something! I don't even know a word of it!
I think I forgot to mention that the post said nothing about Japanese...it did say something that looked a lot like fantastical or fantasy, but I can't be sure of the meaning.
I'm also learning French.

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