http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/ Folkspraak: Germanic Auxiliary Language Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:05:28 GMT chamavian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12677 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12677 On naturlig de MS-version: Spegelbook in Middelspraak half weg war de soln schinede du lesede mid in Middelspraak fran de book dat du havede kriged as born Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:36:01 GMT chamavian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12676 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12676 The Dutch poet Jan Haak, one of my best friends, wrote a poem called "Spiegelboek in Middelsprake" for my 40est birthday... I try to translate it in English Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:24:31 GMT chamavian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12675 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12675 Hi, Nice work David. But why consider "wert" with -t, next to "werd"? If you say -t because of the majority of German, Danish and Norwegian, I think the Danish Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:06:34 GMT parked71 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12674 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12674 WERD or WERT n. = host, innkeeper, landlord cf Nl waard, De Wirt, Da vært, No vert, Sv värd f. PG *werðu- HOSTIE n. = Host, consecrated bread, communion Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:30:38 GMT chamavian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12673 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12673 ... http://artsci.wustl.edu/~bkessler/OS-Heliand/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:46:20 GMT anjarrette http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12672 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12672 ... Thanks, I downloaded Winamp and finally was able to listen to Heliand (not to mention many other files that have been unsuccessful with Media Player). I Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:09:18 GMT parked71 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12671 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12671 Don't remember. I listened to just the first one last night. It was either WinAmp or VLC because I don't often use Windows Media Play. It's actually possible Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:09:27 GMT anjarrette http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12670 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12670 ... Can I ask, David, what media player or other hardware did you use to hear the reading of Heliand? I can't play them on mine, it always gives me an error Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:39:56 GMT parked71 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12669 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12669 With all those [T] and [w] and [hw] sounds, it's more like my idea of the proto-typing spraek than my idea of Folksprak.. To a English speaker, it sounds Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:00:49 GMT chamavian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12668 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12668 Here you can hear the Old Saxon language spoken (Heliand) http://sagemaere.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=Heliand Doesn't it just look like Folkspraak? Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:36:45 GMT David Parke http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12667 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12667 OFFERE v. = offer, offer up, sacrifice, immolate cf En offer, Nl offeren, De opfern, Da ofre, No ofre, Sv offra, Fr offrir f. OFFER + -E UPPOFF'RE v. = Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:44:20 GMT tungol65 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12665 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12665 Hi David, OK will do, I'll get something presentable together. I did have some pages before I'll re-work them. Regards Robert Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:26:30 GMT David Parke http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12664 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12664 Some words for heraldry HERALDIK n. = heraldry cf EN heraldic (existing only as and adjective), NL heraldiek, DE Heraldik, DA heraldik, NO heraldikk, SV Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:46:33 GMT David Parke http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12663 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12663 Hi Robert, Why don't you post some of your writings in FS about civic heraldry. I would be interested to see somebody else's take on FS and interested to see Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:47:24 GMT tungol65 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12662 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/message/12662 Hi All, I haven't posted for ages, but still keep an eye on the group and now with more time on my hands have been working again on my own version of