Dis and Dat, or Dut un Dat ‘Unlike the flighty Pommeranians, the old Uckermarkers, they were very solid. Yes, nothing changed with them. Everyting was d’ same, dey hardly talked very much and vhen dey did dey talked like dat you know dey never said much you know. Yes, long […]
Language
Lockyer ‘Deutsch’ and Strange Words
Dis and Dat, or Dut un Dat ‘Unlike the flighty Pommeranians, the old Uckermarkers, they were very solid. Yes, nothing changed with them. Everyting was d’ same, dey hardly talked very much and vhen dey did dey talked like dat you know dey never said much you know. Yes, long […]
Tales of Otta’ – from the Lockyer Valley
Tales of ‘Otta’ (Otto) ‘S…….’ ‘And of course Grandfather used to explode and order him off the property and tell him he was ‘nuttin’ but a bleddy liar’. “You’re a bleddy liar, Otta, you better yet home go”, and Otto would reply, “No, Max, dat’s vat happened you know, dat’s […]
