[split] Discussion of f116v interpretations by Anton Alipov

[ThomasCoon]

I am glad I have finally found some people who can teach me the finer points of my own language, but I would like to point out several things.

1) The text really looks like 'geis mich', which really lsuggests geismilch, goat milk

2) If there is  written  'gas', one should mention that in some of the South German dialects, including my own, gas (spoken with a long a) has the same meaning as geis, i.e. a female goat

3) I think one should remember that at the beginning of the page there is talk about poxleber, and that pox is the Gen. to pock, a male goat (not to mention the drawings, which go into the same direction)

4) Finally, the language IS German

Ich stimme dir zu. Es ist mir ganz klar, dass die Sprache Deutsch ist. Und ich hoffe, ich habe nicht versucht, dir Deutsch beizubringen. Das war nicht mein Vorhaben!

And there is simply no "l". It is not there . Now, when "mich" is a valid German word, what foundations are there to state that it is not "mich" but "milch"? I think there are no solid foundations for that. Imagine, for example, that a text in English contains the word "lie". Now, what arguments would there be to state that it is not meant to be "lie", but instead "life"? Are there any examples when milk is represented by "mich", not "milch"?

Just a few thoughts:

1) There is a linguistic explanation for missing "L": it is called You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (here is the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. also). It is the same reason why we do not pronounce the "L" in the English "walk" anymore. It is well documented in German history, and to me it is a completely possible explanation.

2) The bigger problem, though, is that "gaf/s mich" must be one word. There is no space when we add the missing stroke in the middle. So what is the only logical solution? Gasmi[l]ch - no other 1-word vocabulary makes sense, and gasmi[l]ch also fits grammatically.

What do you think, Helmut? Have you heard Germans say "milch" with a light or non-existant L?