? I absolutely love the Hessian dialect. I have saved many examples of it. I attempt to share it with grand- and great-grandchildren, but it just doesn't work. When we have coffee with our German friends from other parts of Germany and former German lands, it breaks them up! We have wonderful memories of Hessen and all the other places we have visited in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, and tiny Liechtenstein!! If you go there, seek out a tiny village with downtown streets reserved for pedestrians. We especially love waking up in our guest quarters to the sound of the bell on the lead cow going up into the mountains, and hearing it again in the evening. September has been the best month to go there, at least in our experience. I agree with Karl: Chausee sounds funny in "Eberst Hoch Deitsch", which is the name we had for our dialect in the town of Eberstadt, now part of Darmstadt. "Eberstädter Hoch Deutsch" would be a correct spelling for "Eberstadt High German" in English. Our pronunciation was, of course, dialectical and also funny. We had a French word for the sidewalk, "Trottoir," but our pronunciation was "troh de vah." Such memories! It is awful to get too old to travel back to our beloved Germany!! :-0 <------------ Don singing his favorite German song! Don Watson

Hello Don, Eberstadt....wow, I was a military wife in the very early 60's and when I arrived in Germany we lived in a tiny one room apartment in Eberstadt then later in Darmstadt to be nearer the base. What wonderful memories I have of those two towns and the two wonderful families that we rented from. How I would love to travel back and visit the towns of my ancestors, St. Arnual, Saarbrucken, Kell am See and my road block from Bavaria. Arden LI, NY I absolutely love the Hessian dialect. I have saved many examples of it. I attempt to share it with grand- and great-grandchildren, but it just doesn't work. When we have coffee with our German friends from other parts of Germany and former German lands, it breaks them up! We have wonderful memories of Hessen and all the other places we have visited in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, and tiny Liechtenstein!! If you go there, seek out a tiny village with downtown streets reserved for pedestrians. We especially love waking up in our guest quarters to the sound of the bell on the lead cow going up into the mountains, and hearing it again in the evening. September has been the best month to go there, at least in our experience. I agree with Karl: Chausee sounds funny in "Eberst Hoch Deitsch", which is the name we had for our dialect in the town of Eberstadt, now part of Darmstadt. "Eberstädter Hoch Deutsch" would be a correct spelling for "Eberstadt High German" in English. Our pronunciation was, of course, dialectical and also funny. We had a French word for the sidewalk, "Trottoir," but our pronunciation was "troh de vah." Such memories! It is awful to get too old to travel back to our beloved Germany!! :-0 <------------ Don singing his favorite German song! Don Watson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don and all fans of Hessen, That is Our Father in the dialect of Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen probably written by Johann Jacobius Fries; Vadd'r unßarr, dohr de bist em Himmel, G'heiligt wahrd' deihn Nahm, Zau uns kumm deihn Raich, Deihn Welle g'scheh uff Ährde Wäi em Himmel, Unßarr däglich Bruhdge geww'uns haint, Vergeww' uns unßar Scholde, wäi mer vergewwe unßarn Schold'gern, Fäihr uns net en Versauchung, Sunnern arlihs uns vom Iww'l, Dann deihn iß d's Raich, Unn die Kraft, un die Harrlichkeit en Ihwigkeit Amen. Regards Karl --- Don Watson <dwats@cox.net> schrieb am Fr, 15.10.2010: Von: Don Watson <dwats@cox.net> Betreff: [HESSE] Hessian Dialect An: hesse@rootsweb.com Datum: Freitag, 15. Oktober, 2010 19:19 Uhr ? I absolutely love the Hessian dialect. I have saved many examples of it. I attempt to share it with grand- and great-grandchildren, but it just doesn't work. When we have coffee with our German friends from other parts of Germany and former German lands, it breaks them up! We have wonderful memories of Hessen and all the other places we have visited in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, and tiny Liechtenstein!! If you go there, seek out a tiny village with downtown streets reserved for pedestrians. We especially love waking up in our guest quarters to the sound of the bell on the lead cow going up into the mountains, and hearing it again in the evening. September has been the best month to go there, at least in our experience. I agree with Karl: Chausee sounds funny in "Eberst Hoch Deitsch", which is the name we had for our dialect in the town of Eberstadt, now part of Darmstadt. "Eberstädter Hoch Deutsch" would be a correct spelling for "Eberstadt High German" in English. Our pronunciation was, of course, dialectical and also funny. We had a French word for the sidewalk, "Trottoir," but our pronunciation was "troh de vah." Such memories! It is awful to get too old to travel back to our beloved Germany!! :-0 <------------ Don singing his favorite German song! Don Watson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message