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There’s Mainzer

And Määnzer

And then there’s Meenzer.

A definite pecking order.

Here’s the definition

Mainzer sind die zugezochene

Määnzer sind die, die wo aach in Meenz gebore sinn, die Eldern awwer net

und Meenzer sinn die rischdische, nämlich die, die wo aach in Meenz gebore sinn und mindestens ä Elderndeil aach

(Mainzer are immigrants (me) , Määnzer were born here, but their parents weren’t, Meenzer are the genuine article – born in Mainz as was at least one parent)

And a Meenzer Meedsche is the female of the species

25 Jan This entry was published on 25 January, 2008 at 08:56. It’s filed under Mainz and tagged Language. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.