A tourist went past the town hall of Emden where two old men were sitting on a bench. The tourist asks: “Entschuldigen Sie bitte, können Sie mir wohl sagen, wie ich zum Bahnhof komme?” No answer. „Excuse me please,“ he tries again, „which is the way to the station?“ No answer. “Excusez-moi messieurs,” the tourist persists, “pour aller à la gare,s`il vous plait?” No answer. He tries Spanish and Turkish but still doesn’t get a reply.
“Kiek, Harm,” says one of the old men to the other on the bench, “wat`n kloke Keerl was dat. De proot fiev Spracken!”
“Ja” says Harm, “un wat nützt hum dat?”

(“See, Harm – what a clever chap. He speaks five languages!” “Maybe so, but what good did it do him?”)

Here’s some vocab, English, Platt, German:

apple Appel Apfel
book Book Buch
colour Klör Farbe
cup Koppke Tasse
five fiev fünf
gate Gatt Loch
good good gut
knife Kniev Messer
late laat spät
lane Lohne Weg
little lüttje klein
mug Mugg Becher
pot Pott Topf
sick süük krank
street Straat Straße
table Tafel Tisch
we wi wir

And finally, if you’re interested, Asterix is out in Plattdeutsch. Try Amazon, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asterix-Mundart-Plattdeutsch-Bd-2-T%C3%B6rn/dp/377040467X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319116326&sr=8-1