I had this situation in my grandparents' home. Grandpa spoke "high German" even as a DS and grandma....didn't. So even in later years they would banter about what the correct name of something was. And of course, grandma who could show her temper, would get on Grandpa for his 'High-German ways"..... He was from Kowatschi (Kovasci) and she was born in GrossJetscha, although grew up in Eichental (Gyulatelep). Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Schambre" <jfschambre@comcast.net> To: "Barb D" <bbd2424@gmail.com> Cc: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [DVHH] P.S. to Camps &Armies >I am also very interesting in knowing what 'swabish' dialect was spoken in >Weisenhaid and Blumenthal. My grandfather always said "We speak Swabish >German so many who speak high german do not understand us", and it was >true! I had friends who's parents were German and spoke high German and >when they got together with my grandparents they had to speak English! :-) > > Good luck. Hope you can find an answer to your question. > > John > > John F. Schambre > San Francisco, CA > > > > On Apr 27, 2014, at 1:46 PM, Barb D <bbd2424@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I forgot to ask this really dumb question ,but how do I know if my >> families are really donauschwaben and what dialect thy would have spoke. >> There have been so many dialects refered to and I would like to know if >> there is a way to tell. >> Sorry I have so many questions, but I am a very curious person and love >> quests. >> Thanks again, >> Barb D. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Hello Linda, You post pleased me very much. My mother and oma did schwabel al little bit... but they spoke a relaxed version of "high German".... and from what Mom says, they did so at home also. They knew the dialect in the town... but did not always use it. Also, schwabish varied from town to town.... mostly depending on what regions the original settlers were from. There is a neighboring town to my mothers and, she says, they could barely understand them. Rita Colorado and Jabuka > From: famline@embarqmail.com > To: jfschambre@comcast.net; bbd2424@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:26:09 -0400 > CC: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DVHH] P.S. to Camps &Armies > > I had this situation in my grandparents' home. Grandpa spoke "high German" > even as a DS and grandma....didn't. So even in later years they would > banter about what the correct name of something was. And of course, grandma > who could show her temper, would get on Grandpa for his 'High-German > ways"..... > He was from Kowatschi (Kovasci) and she was born in GrossJetscha, although > grew up in Eichental (Gyulatelep). > Linda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Schambre" <jfschambre@comcast.net> > To: "Barb D" <bbd2424@gmail.com> > Cc: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 4:54 PM > Subject: Re: [DVHH] P.S. to Camps &Armies > > > >I am also very interesting in knowing what 'swabish' dialect was spoken in > >Weisenhaid and Blumenthal. My grandfather always said "We speak Swabish > >German so many who speak high german do not understand us", and it was > >true! I had friends who's parents were German and spoke high German and > >when they got together with my grandparents they had to speak English! :-) > > > > Good luck. Hope you can find an answer to your question. > > > > John > > > > John F. Schambre > > San Francisco, CA > > > > > > > > On Apr 27, 2014, at 1:46 PM, Barb D <bbd2424@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I forgot to ask this really dumb question ,but how do I know if my > >> families are really donauschwaben and what dialect thy would have spoke. > >> There have been so many dialects refered to and I would like to know if > >> there is a way to tell. > >> Sorry I have so many questions, but I am a very curious person and love > >> quests. > >> Thanks again, > >> Barb D. > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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