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President Trump Now Tweeting in Fluent Low German

May 31, 2017 Andrew

WASHINGTON, DC Linguists and political pundits alike were baffled by a late-night possibly-drunken tweet by Donald Trump that seemed to contain a perfectly-formed Plautdietsch sentence. “As far as we knew, the man was only fluent in English…although […]

World Low German Spelling Bee Championship to Be Held in Grunthal

June 6, 2016 Andrew

GRUNTHAL, MB Middle-schoolers from throughout the Plautdietsch-speaking world will descend on Grunthal, Manitoba this week for the World Low German Spelling Bee Championship. The annual event attracts top spellers from Canada, the United States, Mexico, […]