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What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable
we
are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology
of Low
Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche
Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”)
collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read
more ...
Location: East Lansing, Michigan, USA
am a professor of linguistics in the Department of English at Michigan State
University, recently retired, so no longer teaching. I subscribed to the list
because I am interested in Appalachian English (I’m from Kentucky, although
not from the mountains) and the English derived/influenced languages of Scotland,
because of my apparent heritage. There is a Castle Stalker and some slight
evidence for a Scots origin, although there is also an Antrim Irish possibility.
The sociolinguistic threads on language policies have been particularly interesting
because of my professional interests.
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am a professor of linguistics in the Department of English at Michigan State
University, recently retired, so no longer teaching. I subscribed to the list
because I am interested in Appalachian English (I’m from Kentucky, although
not from the mountains) and the English derived/influenced languages of Scotland,
because of my apparent heritage. There is a Castle Stalker and some slight
evidence for a Scots origin, although there is also an Antrim Irish possibility.
The sociolinguistic threads on language policies have been particularly interesting
because of my professional interests.