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To: nickcarraway

High German???????

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2 posted on 09/29/2015 12:14:40 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears
High German?

Highland or Alpine as opposed to lowland or coastal 'Low German'. Like the difference between Yankee and Southern English. Or, perhaps Oxford and Southern English.

5 posted on 09/29/2015 12:19:47 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Mears

Hoch Deutsch, a.k.a. High / Northern / Proper German, as opposed to Platz Deutsch, a.k.a. Low / Southern / Low class German. Approximately.


7 posted on 09/29/2015 12:20:56 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (We must first defeat RINOs before we can even encounter a Democrat to fight)
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To: Mears
High German???????

What they mean is these people spoke, "proper, formal," German. A Swiss dialect called, "Schweizerdeutsch," is unintelligible to most German speakers.

8 posted on 09/29/2015 12:20:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Mears

Or, they were stoned.

Ist es zwei und viertzig jetzt?


9 posted on 09/29/2015 12:22:00 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (We must first defeat RINOs before we can even encounter a Democrat to fight)
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To: Mears

High German = “Heil Hitler”


14 posted on 09/29/2015 12:28:21 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Mears
High German????


43 posted on 09/29/2015 6:29:29 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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