Hallo Skak, It is our dialect called boarisch or Bayerisch in standard German or Bavarian in englisch. Boarisch is getting rare I think. I am the last one in our family to speak it and I now speak it poorly as the only other one I could speak it with, my grandmother, died decades ago. I tried teaching it to my children and now to my grandchildren but they didn't/don't want to be different than their friends so it doesn't stick. When my oldest hit 28 she told me she wished she had learned German/Bavarian when she had the chance. Told her so. hehehe
One of my "young" friends from Bavaria, Uli (52), comes here once a year and we speak in boarisch on and off. Mostly he is with others who don't speak the dialect so we have to use standard German which I also don't speak very well any longer. Other than the bible I don't read much in German so once a year isn't enough to keep me fluent. I am ashamed of myself but such is life I suppose. Anyhow, Uli tells me that he hears less and less Bavarian spoken in Bavaria and then mostly out on the land and mostly among older folks. Fritz has called it the language of resistance. I never thought of it that way but I like the idea. It is the language our people used before predatory culture became the norm, the "reality". It is the language of the land, the family, the community. There is a smallness (in the best sense) and cohesiveness about it as well as a plainness and honesty of expression. We don't say "feces" when "shit" will do. It is the language of the common person full of life and humor. The name of those things which dangle between a mans legs are called "Glockngspui" in Bavarian which translates to Glockenspiel or chimes. I can't imagine that in standard German. It is the language people (used to) speak at home among family and friends. This is probably more than you wished to know but it is what it is friend. Happy Happy, Gustl Friday, 07 September, 2007, 06:14:27, you wrote: KSP> Now I got curious; Exactly what language was that? KSP> I know the languages from the countries surrounding DK, and it's none of them. KSP> Greetings from Denmark, Europe KSP> Skak KSP> On 07/09/2007, Fritz Friesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> eh Ken, >> thats simply the language of resistance! >> Fritz >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ken Provost >> To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org >> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Who owns you World >> >> >> >> On Sep 6, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Gustl Steiner-Zehender wrote: >> >> > Grüaßdi Fritzl, >> > >> > Jawoi, Bua! Leida heitztaag denga in d oid Hoamatl vuizvui Leit wia d >> > Saupreiß. Göid und no Göid. Jamei Bua, so a Schmarrn! >> > >> > Pfüatdi >> >> >> Whoa! That ain't the German I learnt in college! >> >> -K >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: /pipermail/attachments/20070906/a9470bdd/attachment.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 >> messages): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: /pipermail/attachments/20070906/532201ff/attachment.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> KSP> _______________________________________________ KSP> Biofuel mailing list KSP> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org KSP> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel KSP> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: KSP> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html KSP> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): KSP> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -- Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. ******** We can't change the winds but we can adjust our sails. ******** The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" ******** Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Straße liegen, daß sie gerade deshalb von der gewöhnlichen Welt nicht gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. ******** Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. George Carlin ******** The best portion of a good man's life - His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
