Re: German vocalism

Brian M. Scott wrote:

> The change never reached southern
> Alemannic, large parts of Lower Hessian and Thuringian,
> and Ripuarian and was only late -- 16th and 17th
> century -- and partial in northern Alemannic.

Even today in most of these areas [au] coexist with the
older [u:] or [u], e.g. <uff> instead of <auf>. In the
neighboring Bavarian dialect (Bavaria & Austria) [auf]
tends to [a:f].

George