Re^2: Ever been to Perl?

Since at least Perl seems to be in Germany: both words don't have a meaning, at least I know of none (and I'm a native speaker).

There are a few variants of perl that do have a meaning in German, for example "Perle" is a pearl, and "perlen" is to bubble.

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Re^3: Ever been to Perl? by shmem (Chancellor) on Jan 21, 2008 at 15:46 UTC
From Theodor Fontane's translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet: "Gebt mir den Trank; Hamlet, die Perl' ist dein" Apart from that usage which avoids a diphtong by dropping the final vowel, I'm pretty sure that form is used in some places in Bavaria, too ;-) The final e is dropped in composite words also, e.g. Perlmutt, Perlwein (the former containing "pearl", the latter "bubble".) --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply]

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Re^3: Ever been to Perl?
by shmem (Chancellor) on Jan 21, 2008 at 15:46 UTC

Theodor Fontane

"Gebt mir den Trank; Hamlet, die Perl' ist dein"

Apart from that usage which avoids a diphtong by dropping the final vowel, I'm pretty sure that form is used in some places in Bavaria, too ;-)

The final e is dropped in composite words also, e.g. Perlmutt, Perlwein (the former containing "pearl", the latter "bubble".)

--shmem

_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}

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