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| | Plattdeutsch: How do I spell thee?! |
 | | Anyone even remotely familiar with Plattdeutsch (Low German), especially in recent years as this language enjoys a Renaissance and becomes more widely published and disseminated, cannot help but marvel at the kaleidoscope of "orthographies" (spelling/writing systems) being utilized to represent the various dialects of Platt. |
 | | Consider the various ways of spelling the word Plattdeutsch itself, not to mention the unique and varied ways to spell the land of our East Frisian ancestors, Ostfriesland (or should that be Ost Friesland...) and the people of this land (the Friesen, or should that be the Frisians, well, you see the problem!): |
 | | I thought I had stumbled upon a 'solution,' at least, to help distinguish between Frisians and Friesians, by reminding myself that a Frisian is a person, but a Friesian is a cow... |
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