Re: schoen

Reinhold (Rey) Aman:

> Joachim Pense wrote:
>
>> Brian M. Scott:
>
> [...]
>
>> > I have read that this is a characteristic of
>> > East Middle German dialects.
> ^^^^^^
> East CENTRAL German dialects.
>

According to Barbour, Stevenson "Variation in German" (Cambridge 1990), it's
East MIDDLE German.

> People, people, people, how many more times do I have to tell you that
> MIDDLE refers to *time* and CENTRAL to *place*? Doesn't anyone remember
> Byron Koekkoek's important distinction for translating German _Mittel_
> as either "Middle" (time) or "Central" (place) with regard to languages?
>

Looks like it might make sense. How generally accepted is your proposition?

Joachim
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