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<br>Here are a few entries from the church book in Wirdum, which is in the very northwestern corner of Germany, very near the North Sea and The Netherlands. | <br>Here are a few entries from the church book in Wirdum, which is in the very northwestern corner of Germany, very near the North Sea and The Netherlands. | ||
<br>Anno 1657<br>Rebecca | <br>Anno 1657<br>Rebecca Arnoldi Joh: Schoolmeisters Dochter, Hemke Jacobß d: Vaddersche d. 25. October. | ||
<br>Here we see the Dutch (and English!)-looking ''School''-, where German would have ''Schul''-. ''Dochter ''looks Dutch, too, as does ''Vaddersche''. | <br>Here we see the Dutch (and English!)-looking ''School''-, where German would have ''Schul''-. ''Dochter ''looks Dutch, too, as does ''Vaddersche''. | ||
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Haitet, | Haitet, Johan Meteß Sohn, syn Suster Vaddersche. D. 20. Sept. | ||
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Although it is sometimes impossible to tell whether a text is Dutch or Low German, there are often clues to tell the reader which language it is. First, this parish is in Germany, which lends support to the idea that the language is Low German. But that is not a determining factor. In this entry we see the word ''Sohn'', which is German. In Dutch, we would expect ''zoon''. ''Syn ''is not typical of Standard German and neither is ''suster''. Both are Low German. | Although it is sometimes impossible to tell whether a text is Dutch or Low German, there are often clues to tell the reader which language it is. First, this parish is in Germany, which lends support to the idea that the language is Low German. But that is not a determining factor. In this entry we see the word ''Sohn'', which is German. In Dutch, we would expect ''zoon''. ''Syn ''is not typical of Standard German and neither is ''suster''. Both are Low German. | ||