Benjamin Franklin looks different on the note verified with the painted picture. The oil picture flatters him more...
Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
I happened to think of a question on High German (Hoch Deutsch) and Low German (Platt Deutsch) ... So, Sheriff, what's the real deal on this one??
Hmm, I haven't studied this point but as far as I know the High German was defined by Konrad Duden, the writer of the first German word book. I think he lived in the region around Hannover and so he declared
Hannoveranisch as High German.
I don't know a term like Low German (Nieder-Deutsch) but there are many dialects like
Bayrisch,
Friesisch,
Hessisch,
Plattdütsch (Plattdeutsch),
Rheinisch (Rheinländisch),
Sächsisch, and some more...
And the rich people don't really speak better than the poor ones, even if they believe so...
[This message has been edited by Sheriff (edited 06-06-2005).]
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