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Old August 4th, 2018 #13
ColdFire
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PM I received
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Hochdeutsch
So if I went to visit Germany and my German isn't already that well, I'd be advised to go to Hannover since people there are most easy to understand?
(https://vnnforum.com/showpost.php?p=2246830&postcount=3)
Well , I suppose yeah . .

Even though today the number of speakers of 'High-German' is growing in practically all areas whereas in the past a lot of Germans had problems communicating it . .

Yet , as you will see, not all Northern-Germans are so keen on High-German

For the record , this is the official Northern German hymn ( the Friesenlied . . .)

Lyrics . .

Quote:
Wo de Nordseewellen trecken an den Strand,
Wor de geelen Blumen bleuhn int gröne Land,
Wor de Möwen schrieen hell int Stormgebrus,
Dor is mine Heimat, dor bin ick to Hus.
Wor de Möwen schrieen hell int Stormgebrus,
Dor is mine Heimat, dor bin ick to Hus.

Wind und Wogen sungen mi dat Weegenleed,
Un de hohen Diek die kennt min Kinnertied,
Kennt ok all min Sehnsucht as noch lüt ick wär
In de Welt to flegen, ower Land un Meer.
Nun is all's verswunnen wat mi quält und dreev,
Hev dat Glück woll funnen, doch die Sehnsucht bleev.
That translates as . . . .
"Where the waves of the Northern Sea hit the beach ,
Where the yellow flowers bloom into the green countryside ,
Where the seagulls are screaming lightly into the roaring storm ,
This is where my home is, that's where I'm at home .
Where the seagulls are screaming lightly into the roaring storm ,
This is where my home is, that's where I'm at home .



Wind and swells are droning as my lullaby ,
And the high dikes know my early days ,
And knows all my yearning when I still was small
To fly unto the world, over land and sea .
Now everything has vanished what used to torment and drive me ,
Sure have found the fortune, yet the yearning remains ."



Well , at least it's the official hymn. . .

The "unofficial" . .

The melody is based on 'The Wild Rover' by the way