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Do-re-mi-so-la-ti-dobremner@mathstodon.xyz
Oct 12, 2026, 2:17 PM
@zeank This is no doubt correct. The most shocking thing (20+ years ago) was leaving downtown Munich, and meeting a speaker of at least Bavarian influenced German @finn
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StephanStephanB@ruhr.social
Oct 12, 2026, 6:50 PM
@bremner @zeank @finn In case you dare to go beyond Munich's S-Bahn region (e.g. beyond Petershausen, Wolfratshausen, Grafing, ...), you might find some Bavarian speaking people which I (born in Munich) could find hard to understand...
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Rupert V/rupert@mastodon.nz
Oct 12, 2026, 7:32 PM
@bremner @zeank @finn
Ok, so I get that I wouldn't have heard of the Bavarian language in Munich, but I'm a bit irked that our au pair from Chiemsee did not tell me, even when we visited her family.
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PositivDenken 🤯zeank@mastodon.social
Oct 12, 2026, 7:40 PM
@rupert
Bavarians are being told that speaking Bavarian is inferior and only stupid people do it. That’s why many avoid it at all costs. It’s a dying language, but mostly because of other reasons, I think.
@bremner @finn
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Rupert V/rupert@mastodon.nz
Oct 12, 2026, 7:45 PM
@zeank @bremner @finn Every minority language goes through that phase. In Aotearoa we're almost past it with te reo Māori. Still a few numbskulls that think putting "Kura" on a road sign will cause accidents.
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