The Amish are Germanic. They come from the Palatinate region which is a region in Southwestern Germany. I was amazed at how similiar their dialect is to the Schwowish I speak. I can understand them very well. But, I think if they have a link with the Donauschwaben it is a small link. The Amish today are still holding up their tradition, but I think their younger generations are looking for a change. By tradition, the Amish live more or less by what Mother Nature gives them. They shun technology and I believe their young generation wants that now. But there are big similarities between the Amish and Donauschwaben because both were agriculturally orientated and very hard working people. So from the standpoint that they have cultivated the land and worked very hard they are like the Donauschwaben. Daniela Ivkovic Showley -----Original Message----- From: Rita Schiwanowitsch <schiwanore@msn.com> Hi Lotte, I was watching a show on television about the Penn Dutch people one day. They would occasionally film the people in the sho speaking their language. Yes, I agree it is similar to Schwowisch. Although I did not understand every word they said, I could understand enough to get the gist of what they were saying. My mother, who was born near Belgrade, has always wanted to visit these people. She has read that they live the way her people did. One day I hope to fulfill her wish. Rita > Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 08:37:15 -0400 > From: suervl@roadrunner.com > > Lotte- > > I don't think you're off your rocker. There were thousands of Palantines who came to Philadelphia in the early-mid 1700's. One of them was my husband's 5th great grandfather -Jacob Enckisch - somewhere along the line his name was Anglo-sized to Anguish. He along with many other Palantine families, later settled in New York's Mohawk Valley. > > Sue

Hi Daniela. Is this Amisch ? http://hiwwewiedriwwe.wordpress.com/ Alex. On 2014-05-15, at 12:34 PM, Daniela wrote: > The Amish are Germanic. They come from the Palatinate region which is a region in Southwestern Germany. I was amazed at how similiar their dialect is to the Schwowish I speak. I can understand them very well. But, I think if they have a link with the Donauschwaben it is a small link. The Amish today are still holding up their tradition, but I think their younger generations are looking for a change. By tradition, the Amish live more or less by what Mother Nature gives them. They shun technology and I believe their young generation wants that now. But there are big similarities between the Amish and Donauschwaben because both were agriculturally orientated and very hard working people. So from the standpoint that they have cultivated the land and worked very hard they are like the Donauschwaben. > > > Daniela Ivkovic Showley > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rita Schiwanowitsch <schiwanore@msn.com> > > > Hi Lotte, > I was watching a show on television about the Penn Dutch people one day. They > would occasionally film the people in the sho speaking their language. Yes, I > agree it is similar to Schwowisch. Although I did not understand every word > they said, I could understand enough to get the gist of what they were saying. > My mother, who was born near Belgrade, has always wanted to visit these people. > She has read that they live the way her people did. One day I hope to fulfill > her wish. > Rita > >> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 08:37:15 -0400 >> From: suervl@roadrunner.com > >> >> Lotte- >> >> I don't think you're off your rocker. There were thousands of Palantines who > came to Philadelphia in the early-mid 1700's. One of them was my husband's 5th > great grandfather -Jacob Enckisch - somewhere along the line his name was > Anglo-sized to Anguish. He along with many other Palantine families, later > settled in New York's Mohawk Valley. >> >> Sue > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Alex, I did not know the word " Hiewwe un Driewe" is used by the Amish here also. It certainly was at home in the place of my birth "Indjija" with a German population of six tsd. of the towns total population of eight tsd. Indija was settled by Germans (late) from 1825 to 1888 coming from other settlements in the Danube lowlands. I won't argue the word comes from the Amish who later settled in the 'Palatinate' or the 'Alsace' or the settlers, that made the Indija a boomtown - culturally and spiritually. Neither do I want to call any one who posted this article "of the rockers." To express my feelings: the word just triggered a backlash of my younger years where every one in Indija knew these two words "Driewe and Hiewwe" (Driewe means 'over there - Hiewe here-or 'this sides'.) Practically all (the "Newcomers") to Indija were labeled "they came from over there to here - and the towns people all knew the word as an everyday word. Amazing what a dialect expression can do.. for the memory generation can now say: some are living "Hiewe" - across the sea, but a majority of the "Indjija" survivors are still living "Driewe" - there in the old 'motherland' ! Gary Gerhard Banzhaf/ Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Leeb" <al4501@shaw.ca> To: "Daniela" <danielashowley@aol.com> Cc: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [DVHH] Pennsylvania Dutch and Donauschwaben > > > Hi Daniela. > > Is this Amisch ? > > http://hiwwewiedriwwe.wordpress.com/ > > Alex. > > > On 2014-05-15, at 12:34 PM, Daniela wrote: > >> The Amish are Germanic. They come from the Palatinate region which is a >> region in Southwestern Germany. I was amazed at how similiar their >> dialect is to the Schwowish I speak. I can understand them very well. >> But, I think if they have a link with the Donauschwaben it is a small >> link. The Amish today are still holding up their tradition, but I think >> their younger generations are looking for a change. By tradition, the >> Amish live more or less by what Mother Nature gives them. They shun >> technology and I believe their young generation wants that now. But there >> are big similarities between the Amish and Donauschwaben because both >> were agriculturally orientated and very hard working people. So from the >> standpoint that they have cultivated the land and worked very hard they >> are like the Donauschwaben. >> >> >> Daniela Ivkovic Showley >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rita Schiwanowitsch <schiwanore@msn.com> >> >> >> Hi Lotte, >> I was watching a show on television about the Penn Dutch people one day. >> They >> would occasionally film the people in the sho speaking their language. >> Yes, I >> agree it is similar to Schwowisch. Although I did not understand every >> word >> they said, I could understand enough to get the gist of what they were >> saying. >> My mother, who was born near Belgrade, has always wanted to visit these >> people. >> She has read that they live the way her people did. One day I hope to >> fulfill >> her wish. >> Rita >> >>> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 08:37:15 -0400 >>> From: suervl@roadrunner.com >> >>> >>> Lotte- >>> >>> I don't think you're off your rocker. There were thousands of Palantines >>> who >> came to Philadelphia in the early-mid 1700's. One of them was my >> husband's 5th >> great grandfather -Jacob Enckisch - somewhere along the line his name was >> Anglo-sized to Anguish. He along with many other Palantine families, >> later >> settled in New York's Mohawk Valley. >>> >>> Sue >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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