Re: [SL] [OT] Low and high language

[GeorgeOsvald <geo...@ya...>]

On Tuesday 28 November 2006 00:07, Markus Schiltknecht wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Clemens Dorfner wrote:
> >>> Moreover, ``High German'' and ``Low German'' refer to the altitude of
> >>> the places they are spoken in.
> >
> > As I am a German: thats plainly wrong!
>
> I'm Swiss, and I can assure you Clemens is 99.999% right.
>
> > but Hochdeutsch simply names the german, which is taught in school and
> > is understood by the 99% of german speaking people. This has nothing
> > to do with quality!

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