Talk:Bernese German

Matte-Englisch as it is known, is a dielect spoken in the Matte-Enge section of the city. One who has been to Bern should have walked down the steps set into the cliffside to a narrow (eng) plateau (Matte) that sits right next to the Aare river. This section developed it's own special dielect even though it is situated right next to the city. The isolation caused by the cliffs kept these people mostly to themsleves. Even when I lived there in 1984, many people would be born, live and die in the Matte-Enge. Some without every climbing the steps.

Recent storms, though have forced an evacuation of the Matte-Enge as the Aare flooded its banks and the entire area. I'm told that the water rose quite high, covering most of the smaller structures completely. I hope they have all made it back home to this very interesting area.

Matte-Engisch original name for the dielect and has been satyrized in many books Matte-Englisch.

"The change of nd to ng, e.g. angers instead of anders ('different'). The many words ending with -ng created the joke that Bernese sounds almost like Chinese: "Schang chum hey d'Ching wei Hung" ("Schang (Jean) come home, the kids want honey(bread)")" It's Schang gang hei (go home) d'Ching wei Hung (or Hungg)

There may be a joke like this, but if so, it doesn't make any sense. As by the transformation rule described above, "Hung" should be the Bernese German form of "Hund". But "Hund" means "dog", not "honey". Indeed, "Hung" means "dog". The Bernese word for "honey", on the other hand, is "Hungg", with a g sound at the end. Not necessary, Hung (Dog) and Hung (Honey) can be the same word. I have learned Hung for dog and Honey and not Hung-g (with the g sound at the end. Matte-Englisch is not a dialect but a secret languaged following a very simple but logic path. For Example Matte-English is in that constructed language Itteme Inglische. Mattebärndütsch is the dialect you are talking about, not matte-english.

Phonology

"The change of nd to ng, e.g. angers instead of anders ('different'). The many words ending with -ng created the joke that Bernese sounds almost like Chinese: "Schang chum hey d'Ching wei Hung" ("Schang (Jean) come home, the kids want honey(bread)")"

There may be a joke like this, but if so, it doesn't make any sense. As by the transformation rule described above, "Hung" should be the Bernese German form of "Hund". But "Hund" means "dog", not "honey". Indeed, "Hung" means "dog". The Bernese word for "honey", on the other hand, is "Hungg", with a g sound at the end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.62.184.85 (talk) 20:01, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

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