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Re:The ancient Germanic history of Groundhog Day by zwieback on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @03:23PM (#39280030)
I grew up in Stuttgart (although I don't speak the dialect) and to me the poem read like someone from Frankfurt wrote it, so maybe a hair north of Baden Wuertemberg?
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Re:The ancient Germanic history of Groundhog Day by ahartmetz on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @06:29PM (#39282383)
It's Pfälzisch, which is almost indistinguishable from Hessisch (Frankfurt) in writing. It sounds somewhat different, though.
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