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Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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This American social history book describes in great detail the early settlers of Pennsylvania who spoke a dialect of German, but who referred to their language and themselves as "Dutch". It also includes descriptions of other migrants to the same area, including the Swiss and the Amish.
Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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This American social history book describes in great detail the early settlers of Pennsylvania who spoke a dialect of German, but who referred to their language and themselves as "Dutch". It also includes descriptions of other migrants to the same area, including the Swiss and the Amish.
Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
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Category : German Baptist brethren in Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368932829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230358918
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Languages : en
Pages : 50
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ... "PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH" (PROPERLY GERMAN). I Have lived for twenty years in the county of Lancaster, where my neighbors on all sides are "Pennsylvania Dutch." In this article, I shall try to give, ffom ray own observation and familiar acquaintance, some account of the life of a people who are almost unknown outside of the rural neighborhoods of their own State, who have much that is peculiar in their language, customs, and beliefs, and whom I have learned heartily to esteem for their native good sense, friendly feeling, and religious character. LANGUAGE. The tongue which these people speak is a dialect of the German, but they generally call it and themselves "Dutch." For the native German who works with them on the farm they entertain some contempt, and the title "Yankee" is with them a synonym for cheat.* As must always be the case where the great majority do not read the tongue which they speak, and live in contact with those who speak another, the language has become mixed and corrupt. Seeing a young neighbor cleaning a buggy, I tried to talk with him by speaking German. "Willst du reiten ?" said I (not remembering that reiten is to ride on horseback). "Willst du reiten?" All my efforts were vain. I was going for cider to the house of a neighboring farmer, and there I asked his daughter what she would say, un der the circumstances, for "Are you going to ride?" "Widdu fawry? Buggy fawry?" was the answer. (Willst du fahren?) Such expressions are heard as "Koockamulto'," for "Guck einmal da," or " Just look at that!" and " Haltybissel" for " Halt ein biszchen," or "Wait a little bit." "Gutenobit" is used for " Guten Abend." Applebutter is "Lodwaerrick," from the German "Latwerge," an electuary, or an electuary of * An acquaintance explains...
Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387099878
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Author: Gibbons
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ISBN: 9780788400667
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382155559
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
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ISBN: 9781331134572
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Excerpt from Pennsylvania Dutch and Other Essays I have lived for twenty years in the country of Lancaster, where my neighbors on all sides are "Pennsylvania Dutch." In this article, I shall try to give, from my own observation and familiar acquaintance, some account of the life of a people who are almost unknown outside of the rural neighborhoods of their own State, who have much that is peculiar in their language, customs, and beliefs, and whom I have learned heartily to esteem for their native good sense, friendly feeling, and religious character. Language. The tongue which these people speak is a dialect of the German, but they generally call it and themselves Dutch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: S. Haldeman
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382155540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author: Phebe Earle Gibbons
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Category : Pennsylvania Dutch
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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