Re:Dutch or Deutsch

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: : : : : : But.....man I love it.  Great food.  Great cultural legacy.
: : : : : : Let's hear it for the Pennsylvania Dutch.  

: : : : : : Bill R

: : : : : Hey!

: : : : : What exactly are the Pennsylvania Dutch? Geez, right, probably a stupid question..... But what the hell....

: : : : : Ilse

: : : : Hi Ilse!

: : : : Not a stupid question at all!!! What they are not; Dutch.
: : : : What they are; German.

: : : : Pennsylvania Deutschland ... Amish country ...
: : : : Now you get it, right???

: : : : E

: : : Hi Elaine!

: : : Yes!!! I was checking all these posts and thinking: Huh? Sounds more like a German diet to me.... 

: : : Dutchy Deutchschy Germany.... Okay guys, respect the difference... Or I will be so offended, you know? Just kidding :)

: : : Ilse

: : My fault Ilse.  It's where I come from.  Many Germans came into the early colony and established farms and towns in the interior.
: : They were, of course, German or Deutsch but are now called the Pennsylvania Dutch which is a corruption of the proper term.  But then, their language is a corruption too...no longer pure German but a colloquial dialect.  My mother and grandmother spoke it whenever they didnt want the kids understanding...so they never taught it to me, and when my grandmother died that opportunity was lost. 

: : Many of the Pa. Dutch aren't Amish these days.  An awful lot of them look like and act like you and I until they open their mouth.  THEN you know!!

: : Would you like me to conjugate the word this?  Dis Dat Dese Dose.
: : (this that these those)

: : Bill R

: Ya Bill--

: Dot iss a gute vay to tell der Ilse vot iss vee. Yew told her motsh better dan I cood...Denks, nahw! You iss a gute fellow, for an English!

: Chakey


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