Hi Helga, Having lived five years of my life in Wuertttemberg, I got to know the local Schwaben pretty well. Their dialect differs somewhat from ours, but years ago I met a DS from Hungary and her dialect was more Germany Schwowisch. My husband was from Ruma and his dialect was more Austrian and Bavarian. I converted him to speak my kind of schwowisch, except when he spoke to his mother. Then my older daughter about age seven would say, 'Mom, he speaks a foreign language again'. I guess we were influenced by wherever the majority if town settlers came from. Anne -----Original Message----- From: Helga Kiely Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 5:04 PM To: Anne Dreer Subject: Re: [DVHH] (Baden)Wüttemberg I knew you would have an answer for me. You know everything and I am not saying to be sarcastic. You really do! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Dreer" <dreera@sympatico.ca> To: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 4:44 PM Subject: [DVHH] (Baden)Wüttemberg > Helga, > When you look at the map of Europe you will see that the Rhine river > starts in Switzerland, flows through lake Constance (Bodensee) the turns > north and flows to the North Sea (part of the Atlantic ocean. The Danube > (Donau) starts in the Black Forest in southern Germany – Baden > Württemberg. It flows eastward through southern Germany and Northern > Austria through Vienna, through part of Slovakia. Near Bratislava it > turns south and goes through Hungary, eastward in Croatia, > Serbia,Bulgaria, Romania and to the Black Sea in Ukraine. > > The Danube was only navigable from Ulm eastward, that’s why the settlers > embarked there when they headed south eastward. > > Anne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My grandparents spoke different dialects. Grandfather was born and raised in Kowatschi (Temeskovaci/Covaci) and grandmother was born in Grossjetscha, but moved at a young age to Eichenthal. My grandmother told me that Grandpa spoke 'high' dialect and she 'low'. When she would get irritated with him she'd scowl about his 'high-falutin German"...... (I've read that those in Kowatschi who started this sister village of Saderlach spoke Allenamish) Linda Bautz McKenna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Dreer" <dreera@sympatico.ca> To: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [DVHH] (Baden)Wüttemberg > Hi Helga, > Having lived five years of my life in Wuertttemberg, I got to know the > local > Schwaben pretty well. Their dialect differs somewhat from ours, but years > ago I met a DS from Hungary and her dialect was more Germany Schwowisch. > My > husband was from Ruma and his dialect was more Austrian and Bavarian. I > converted him to speak my kind of schwowisch, except when he spoke to his > mother. Then my older daughter about age seven would say, 'Mom, he speaks > a > foreign language again'. > I guess we were influenced by wherever the majority if town settlers came > from. > Anne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Helga Kiely > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 5:04 PM > To: Anne Dreer > Subject: Re: [DVHH] (Baden)Wüttemberg > > I knew you would have an answer for me. You know everything and I am not > saying to be sarcastic. You really do! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anne Dreer" <dreera@sympatico.ca> > To: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 4:44 PM > Subject: [DVHH] (Baden)Wüttemberg > > >> Helga, >> When you look at the map of Europe you will see that the Rhine river >> starts in Switzerland, flows through lake Constance (Bodensee) the turns >> north and flows to the North Sea (part of the Atlantic ocean. The Danube >> (Donau) starts in the Black Forest in southern Germany – Baden >> Württemberg. It flows eastward through southern Germany and Northern >> Austria through Vienna, through part of Slovakia. Near Bratislava it >> turns south and goes through Hungary, eastward in Croatia, >> Serbia,Bulgaria, Romania and to the Black Sea in Ukraine. >> >> The Danube was only navigable from Ulm eastward, that’s why the settlers >> embarked there when they headed south eastward. >> >> Anne >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com