What is Low Saxon? (The Saxon Series, Ep. 1)

In this new series of podcasts, Low Saxon connoisseurs Chris Canter and Martin ter Denge bare all about the Low Saxon language and sass it up. In English, for a change, because that has been long overdue.

This first episode covers the very basics: what exactly is Low Saxon? Why does it have so many names? Where is it spoken? By whom? What are its unique features?

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Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Who are we, where are we from, and why this podcast?
03:45 What are typical names for Low Saxon and why?
14:00 The Mandatory Linguistic Bit
15:30 Why in English?
15:56 Brief history of the Low Saxon / Anglo-Saxon connection
17:55 Similarities between English and Low Saxon words
19:25 Contrasting them with Dutch
20:37 What about Frisian?
24:19 Comparing Low Saxon and Frisian with Dutch grammatical traits
36:35 Notable vocabulary
40:20 Vocab retention/erosion: Old-Fashioned or Proper speech?
48:55 Neologisms: forming new words with the old
52:33 Dialectal dilemma: why hold on to one word if you don't even know the rest?
53:56 Attitudes of older speakers towards the young
55:23 The Icelandic Example

About your hosts:
Chris Canter (Zwolle, 1980) is a multilingual writer and translator. Martin ter Denge (Riessen, 1985) is a copywriter, translator, musician and language saxivist.