Talk:Moin

message: 2 questions:
*pronounciation is /mojn/, right? anyway - please add a SAMPA version to the article
::or preferably an IPA version! rossb 17:01, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Not only Southern Germans misconceive the derivation of the phrase.  There's a sort of affinity between that part of Germany, it's customs, it's dialect and England.  When I was there and heard the greeting, I, as a  fair German speaker assumed it was a local form of Guten Morgen.   Fascinating entry, thanks. Jeremy P Lewis 01:46, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Citation: "There's a sort of affinity between that part of Germany, ..." Right: Take this lovely finding: In Eastern frisian dialect you say: "kein einen" (literally "no one") instead of high german "keiner" oder "niemand" (also meaning "no one"), when you want to say "really really no one". Example: "Don't tell such a story. No one will believe it. Not even the idiots will." In eastern frisian german the last two sentences would be put into a single one saying: "Das glaubt doch kein einen.".
The whole explanation is completely wrong: The original greeting is Moin Moin. Just Moin is the modern, abbreviated (or lazy) form. In some reagions of northern Germany you can easily notice the difference: The older. aboriginal people greet more often with Moin Moin and the younger, immigrated people just with Moin. And some people use both forms (like me). It's also currently unclear where Moin moin has its roots. Several theories exist, the one with the frisian language ist just one of many. Alureiter 08:35, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

text: How sounds: "moien dach = schönen Tag" in your ears? Dass "moin moin" zuerst (vor "moin") da gewesen sein, glaube ich nicht. --84.137.201.64 21:43, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

text: My grandmother is original born in the original "Ammerland". She only uses "Moin moin". Also did my grandfather. I can support what Alureiter said.--
I think there are regional differences. Up here in the Northwest (East Frisia) everybody says "Moin" (except when you ask them about what the Low German greeting is: Then they tell you it's "Moin Moin". But they never use it that way!), up in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, they tend to say Moin Moin. But I doubt the theory this article expresses that "the second moin (also morn) means "day" in Frisian". Is there any evidence for this? If this were true, people ought to say Moin Avend or something like that at other times of the day. But they don't.  Anna (talk) 21:17, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misconception 

message: My mom's a southern German (Mannheim, which has its own kooky dialect, apparently, because once I said something to a Northren German and they thought I mispronounced it) and I was born and raised in the USA, so, uh, what does this "moin" sound like?
: i think /mojn/ is wrong. That's more like the short form of "Morg'n" (short of "good morning"). It's more like m-o-i-n speacking each character ;)
The Finnish variant is a straight diphthong and I wouldn't characterise it as being only prevalent in Varsinais Suomi; through television I'd say it's almost universal amongst the 40 yr.olds and under, save only for the sparsely populated north, and its popularity is more of a generational marker.Jatrius 09:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You pronounce the "oi" in "moin" like the "oy" in "boy". And yes, you are right, Mannheim does have its own kooky dialect...;-) Anna (talk) 23:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Sorry, but I have never heard "Moin" being used in this way, and I hear it spoken about 500 times a day. I think you are confusing this with a slightly reproachful "Guten Morgen!" (= Wake up!) or - immigrated into the German language during the past ten years or so - "Hallo-o!". But "Moin" used in this sense? - No. --Anna (talk) 20:36, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Phonics

message: Still  no  references. As this article is based purely  on  original research and speculation, I  will  shortly  be redirecting  this article to Wikitionary wher the definition  is more accurate and more succinct. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:38, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There are references at :de:Moin#Einzelnachweise und -anmerkungen that can be added. There's already a link to Wiktionary in the article, so there's no need for a redirect there. —Angr (talk) 10:56, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect  to  Wiktionary 

message: I know how biased wikipedia is, but do I really have to see a banner welcoming people escaping war and persecution if I look up something as neutral as a language issue? This makes me more xenophobic. 77.249.235.171 (talk) 07:44, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refugees