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Re: CHAT: [conculture] CHAT: The centre of the temporal universe,was Translation relay

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 22, 1999, 15:05
Nik Taylor wrote:

> In our timeline, Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvanisch) was descended from > a dialect of Low German.
High German, specifically Swabian.
> However, it gradually had greater and greater > English influence until it was essentially an English dialect with > German-like syntax, some examples are "Outen the lights" for "turn off > the lights", and a German-influenced pronunciation, like "britch" for > "bridge".
That is simply the Pennsylvanisch dialect of English! There is no direct continuity between that and P. itself. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)