[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/19/2015 10:58:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
magdalen at herberthouse.org writes:

But then  I can't make head or tail of Plattdeutsch (in Northern   
Germany)>>>
 
 
 
The Germans we knew from the Frankfurt/M area (Hesse/Hessia) always
denigrated the south German accents and spoke of them as sounding  like
"country bumpkins".  I guess the world is the same whatever region. 
 
 
David Strang.