Pennsylvania Dutch: A Dialect of South German with an Infusion of EnglishTrübner, 1872 - 69 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
A. J. Ellis aawer Alsace Alsatian Austrian Bahn Bavarian biiwli bischt buch called County dær dart dative deet denk dialect dii Mændə dii Meeri Dipthongs Early English Pronunciation Ellis English words eppes example ədər feminine fiil fraa French gans gaul German Genders glottis grammatic gender guut habe hærts Haldeman hätt haus hause hət High German hund idiom isch italics joor juscht kennə kumm kummə Lancaster Lancaster County language letter masculine mool nasal vowels neuter niks nimmi nochbər occur Pennsylvania Dutch Pennsylvania German plural pronounced Radlof Rauch recht reich Roman type rootǝ wei rother schtee schun selli sonant South German speak speech spelling Suab Suabian surd Swiss Swisserland syllable trink tseit wær wært Westerwald Wii kummt zaum Ziegler
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Page 28 - Nachbor sein whiet abscheulich gedamatecbl." (My stallion jumped over the fence and horribly damaged my neighbor's wheat.) This example is probably spurious and a joke, because PG.