A Conversation for The Pennsylvania Dutch

Pennsylvania Dutch

Post 1

Researcher 188007

This is good stuff, Jimi. Perhaps you should mention the film 'Witness', which gives a glimpse into the Amish lifestyle.

Also 'throw the horse over the fence some hay' is not a serious syntactic error (compare 'throw it some hay'), but it is unusual. The Pennsylvania Dutch probably also put adverbs inbetween subject and object, which is also counter-intuitive, and, er...
'the Germans' ascetic religious principles matched *closely* their own beliefs.'
... is an example of that. I don't mean to be picky.


Pennsylvania Dutch

Post 2

Jimi X

smiley - laugh

Thinking so much about being Pennsylvania Dutch, I'm surprised that's the only one that slipped in...

Thanks!

- X


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