Lotte, I'm inclined to agree with you, but this is simply from a tour I did when we were in Hershey, Penn. The founder (Milton S. Hershey) was PD if I'm recalling correctly (Mennonite). I got quite a kick out of the info on this tour - and remember how my mom said that was the biggest deal - getting a Hershey Choc. Bar from the American Red Cross when they were refugees in Austria. Eve On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:47 PM, 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 > -- Syrmia Regional Coordinator http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia