User:Doric Loon

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OK, I am the Doric Loon. It's rather a silly handle, when I come to think of it, but I found myself having to think of something fast. "Doric" is the dialect and culture of the part of Scotland I come from (round Aberdeen), and "loon" is the word in that dialect meaning "lad", "guy", "fellow" or whatever. As you see, it's frightfully original.

My particular enthusiasms are Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands, literature, medieval studies, historical linguistics and migration studies, and you are likely to find me sticking my nose in wherever several of these interests come together.

Articles I have started, written, substantially re-written or otherwise taken under my wing in more than a passing way include:

Contents 1 Mediaeval Literature 2 Language 2.1 Germanic and Indo-European philology 2.2 English, Dutch, Yiddish, Hebrew 2.3 Grammar 3 Scotland 3.1 Church of Scotland 4 Britain 5 Germany 6 Music

[edit] Mediaeval Literature

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en This user is a native speaker of English. de-4 Dieser Benutzer hat Deutschkenntnisse auf muttersprachlichem Niveau. nl-3 Deze gebruiker spreekt uitstekend Nederlands. gd-2 Tha comas labhairt meadhanach sa Ghàidhlig aig an neach-chleachdaidh seo. fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. it-1 Questo utente può contribuire con un livello semplice di italiano. he-1 משתמש זה מסוגל לתרום ברמה בסיסית של עברית.
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• Medieval German literature
• Jans der Enikel also in the German Wiki: de:Jans der Enikel
• Dukus Horant
• Martin of Opava
• Biblia pauperum
• German Wiki: de:Christherre-Chronik
• Medieval Chronicle Society

[edit] Language

[edit] Germanic and Indo-European philology

• Germanic verb
• Germanic weak verb
• Germanic strong verb
• Preterite-present verb
• Indo-European copula
• Indo-European ablaut
• Indo-European s-mobile
• Umlaut
• Grammatischer Wechsel
• Germanic spirant law
• High German consonant shift
• Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law

[edit] English, Dutch, Yiddish, Hebrew

• English verb
• Pronunciation of English th
• English relative clauses
• Dutch language (the comparative section)
• Dutch spelling
• Yiddish language (the section on Old Yiddish)
• History of the Jews in Scotland (the section on Scots-Yiddish)
• Yogh
• Waw-consecutive
• German Wiki: de:Scots (Scots language)
• German Wiki: de:Schottisches Englisch (Scottish English language)

[edit] Grammar

• Linguistic prescription
• Relative clause
• Weak (grammatical term)
• Tag question

[edit] Scotland

• Aberdeen Grammar School
• Both sides the Tweed
• Ceartas
• Culloden, Highland
• Gaelic road signs in Scotland
• Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
• Hiberno-Scottish mission
• Westhill
• Cutty-sark

[edit] Church of Scotland

• Kirk
• Hymnbooks of the Church of Scotland
• Ordination of women in the Church of Scotland
• Bishops in the Church of Scotland
• Ministers and elders in the Church of Scotland
• Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland
• List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
  • James Aitken Whyte
• Sermon on the Mound
• List of Church of Scotland parishes
  • Skene Parish Church
  • Barn Church, Culloden
  • St George's-Tron Church, Glasgow
  • English Reformed Church, Amsterdam
  • St Andrew's Church, Rome
• List of Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries

[edit] Britain

• The empire on which the sun never sets

[edit] Germany

• Vergangenheitsbewältigung
• Reich
• University of Regensburg
• Scots Monastery, Regensburg
• Hemau
• German Wiki: de:Max-Buchhauser-Garten

[edit] Music

• Scratch Messiah