[tied] Re: Bruder / Vater

>
> Dutch vaar, moer (archaic, prob. because homophonous with too many

other

> things), broer (much more common than broeder, which now is usually
> confined to specalized uses like "friar"). Loss of intervocalic -d-

[or

> substitution with a glide: ouwehoer, goeiemorrege] is general in

Dutch.

>

But: ouders. Yes, now that you remind me of it: the sociolinguistics
of those forms is similar to that of the Danish ones. Intervocalic -d-
is treated very differently in the various Danish dialects. You'd
find 'broder' for "friar" in Danish too.

Torsten