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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Born2it, post: 4388972, member: 59977&quot;]Just in case you’re not joking, </p><p>“Some groups—especially those who remain apart—still speak (in addition to English) a German <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialect" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialect" rel="nofollow">dialect</a> known as Pennsylvania Dutch or Pennsylvania German, a blending of High German (in reference to the altitude of their natal region), various German <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialects" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialects" rel="nofollow">dialects</a>, and English. The word <i>Dutch</i> (from German <i>Deutsch</i>, meaning “German”), which once <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encompassed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encompassed" rel="nofollow">encompassed</a> all non-English speakers of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Germanic-languages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Germanic-languages" rel="nofollow">Germanic languages</a>, is in the 21st century a misnomer, as <i>Dutch</i> has come to be associated strictly with people from the Netherlands.”</p><p>Pennsylvania Dutch = Pennsylvania Deutsch</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pennsylvania-German" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pennsylvania-German" rel="nofollow">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pennsylvania-German</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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