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 > To: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com; lielo816@aol.com > Subject: Re: [DVHH] Pennsylvania Dutch and Donauschwaben > > 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 > > ---- Lotte Devlin <lielo816@aol.com> wrote: > > > > All, > > I grew up in the Philadelphia area, so often saw/heard Pennsylvania Dutch folks who had come to Philly for different reasons. It always struck me that Penn Deitsch had many similarities to Schwowisch. > > > > I thought that I had read somewhere that the PD immigrated to America about the same time our DS ancestors traveled south to colonize the frontier. Anyone else ever hear that? > > > > I found this interesting link to the PD newspaper, which is still operational today. Its name "HIEWWE WIE DRIWWE" means "over here as over there." Those who can read Schwowisch might find this interesting, too. While I'm sure the PD language developed on its own once it was transported to USA, one can definitely see some similarities to Schwowisch. Whatya think? > > > > You won't hurt my feelings if you think I'm off my rocker! Enjoy! > > > > Lotte > > > > http://hiwwewiedriwwe.wordpress.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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

I travel a couple of times a year to a giant flea market in Indiana (Shipshewanna). A few times we have done the family style dinners hosted at Amish homes. You ride in the buggy with the Amish driver and you can talk with them quite openly. At the table one time our Amish driver was seated across from me and I told him that his dialect reminded me of my parents dialect and he asked where they were from. When I told him he immediately piped up - ah de Schwowisch. I was really surprised and he seemed to be quite well versed in the history of the DS. I had always been surprised how well I could understand them when talking in the flea market with each other. I tend to not do so well with "Reichdeutsch" Eve On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Rita Schiwanowitsch <schiwanore@msn.com>wrote: > 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 > > To: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com; lielo816@aol.com > > Subject: Re: [DVHH] Pennsylvania Dutch and Donauschwaben > > > > 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 > > > > ---- Lotte Devlin <lielo816@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > All, > > > I grew up in the Philadelphia area, so often saw/heard Pennsylvania > Dutch folks who had come to Philly for different reasons. It always struck > me that Penn Deitsch had many similarities to Schwowisch. > > > > > > I thought that I had read somewhere that the PD immigrated to America > about the same time our DS ancestors traveled south to colonize the > frontier. Anyone else ever hear that? > > > > > > I found this interesting link to the PD newspaper, which is still > operational today. Its name "HIEWWE WIE DRIWWE" means "over here as over > there." Those who can read Schwowisch might find this interesting, too. > While I'm sure the PD language developed on its own once it was > transported to USA, one can definitely see some similarities to Schwowisch. > Whatya think? > > > > > > You won't hurt my feelings if you think I'm off my rocker! Enjoy! > > > > > > Lotte > > > > > > http://hiwwewiedriwwe.wordpress.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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > -- Syrmia Regional Coordinator http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia