Quaint Idioms and Expressions of the Pennsylvania Germans
by A. Monroe Auband, Jr
(revised edition)
self published
Lancaster, PA
Subtitled "A Delightful Bit of Entertainment"
Half my family came from Amish/Mennonite legion in Pennsylvania. They didn't speak like this to "entertain" non-Pennsylvania Dutch speakers. It was their dialect and their culture. All the same, it is a cute booklet.
My great-grandmother was born in the mid-1800s and spoke no English at all. She was still alive and bedridden when I was a young boy and I would listen to Mother and Daughter (my grandmother) speak "Dutch" to each other.
In a way, then, this booklet speaks to my own history.
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