Talk:Moin

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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)

• speculation - can this be the origin of the Finnish greetings 'moi' / 'moimoi' ?

[edit] Misconception

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)

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)

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) (de-user: Rollo_rueckwaerts)