(11-11-2023, 06:35 PM)Orentil Wrote: By the way, an uncle of mine lived in Westoverledingen, just on the other side of the border as a farmer. Not sure if he would have had a chance to understand your local dialect. I think they spoke rather Platt than Frisian, but you can judge better.
Gewiss. That's Rheiderland like in the movie both indeed Friso-Saxon, Platt with Frisian substrate.
Although Westeroverledingen is just at the other side of the Ems (according to the Rheiderland people at the other side of the Ems,'wonen de Duutsers
I could talk with the grandfather of Angles in my dialect too, the Emden one not the Burgum one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friso-Saxon_dialects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheiderland