"Martin" wrote in message
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On 4 Feb 2008 22:27:01 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:


In article ,
Martin writes:
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| Friesland was part of Denmark at one time.

And Frisian is closer to (southern) Middle English than it is to Dutch;
it is ALMOST comprehensible to an educated English speaker. Just to
confuse the issue :-)

I can understand the Friesian subtitles on Friesian local TV, but not a
lot when
it is spoken. A lot of the difference between Dutch and written Friesian
is the
spelling of words
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Martin


Very hospitable people the Friesians. Went there with the Royal Navy once
:-)) Took a long time to come back to earth ;-)

Mike


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