(September 10, 2015 at 2:50 pm)I_am_not_mafia Wrote:(September 10, 2015 at 1:33 pm)Alex K Wrote: An arbitrary example:
"Der Bube überholt die Schildkröte"
in my own southwestern dialect would be pronounced (writing German phonetically)
"De Bu iwwerhold die Schildgred"
...roughly. Or,
"Das Auto ist grün" -> "'s Audo isch gri"
"Dies ist mein Eimer" -> "Des isch mei/moi Ämer"
Someone from the North would probably say "Det is meen Eemer" or something like that (notice "Det is" ~ "That is"). A Bavarian might say "Dös is mei Aamer" or so. Abaris can insert his own, but it will probably be along the lines of "Dös üs mään Äämer"
Differences are still large between Southern Dialects. Double vowels denote the same vowel, elongated. There is a lot of that.
No wonder I could never understand my relatives from lower Bavaria (Landshut area).
And to think that I was applying for a job in Switzerland last year and I've only ever met one German that can understand them!
A lot of Germans speak English these days, so now they are able to communicate with each other.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
