Kraichgauer wrote:
DaWalker wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
"pennsylvania dutch."
Wht is it called that when it sounds so German? I asked a girl that once and she laughed at me - never got an answer or thought about it since
ME = Nationality: Texan
Ethnicity: German / Irish / Swedish - pretty much in that order.
In 17th century America, people tended to pronounce Deutsche (German) as Dutch. It stuck. Back then, most people probably had thought German and Dutch were close enough that they figured they were about the same thing - which isn't too far from the truth.
The words Deutsche and Dutch both had common origin among the Germanic peoples, when describing themselves as Deutz or Teutz, which perhaps meant something to the extent of (people) of the tribes.
-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer
Thank you, I was going to look it up after while. But I probably would have forgotten about it, but Now I know.
And not likely to forget either, due to the fact it reminds me of the Play "The Foreigner",
There is a famous punch line - "It's ALL foreign too me soooo....never...mind"
Thanks