><< Do you wonder if at that time perticully the earlier arrivals if they >spoke German or part?>> From what I've read the early IPs did indeed speak German...and many lived in close proximity to one another for the purpose of keeping their traditions and language alive. > << My cousin who I told you about before that is in her 70's and her > older sister close to 90 said that our grandmother Lydia Seibert Stark > said she was Pennsylvania Dutch and spoke a dialect in the early 1900's > to them when they were children.>> Y'all probably already know this but just in case there's somebody out there to whom this may be news... Pennsylvania "Dutch" were German Palatines (not IPs). The word "Dutch" was a distortion of the word "Deutsch", which is a German word for just that, German. Early non-German colonists heard the word "Deutsch" and thought it was "Dutch" and that's what stuck - all these years later, too. Susan <stepping back out of a question that was asked of Carole! <g>)

Hi, List... my father often spoke about his grandfather telling the story of "Old Grandma Detlor" - now we are talking mid-1850s - talking some strange dialect and smoking a pipe. He pronounced the name "Deetler" - he also said they were Pens. Deutch. Just my two cents worth - but that is how memories are preserved isn't it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "SLWillig" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [IP] Maryland IP's > > ><< Do you wonder if at that time perticully the earlier arrivals if they > >spoke German or part?>> > > From what I've read the early IPs did indeed speak German...and many lived > in close proximity to one another for the purpose of keeping their > traditions and language alive. > > > << My cousin who I told you about before that is in her 70's and her > > older sister close to 90 said that our grandmother Lydia Seibert Stark > > said she was Pennsylvania Dutch and spoke a dialect in the early 1900's > > to them when they were children.>> > > Y'all probably already know this but just in case there's somebody out > there to whom this may be news... Pennsylvania "Dutch" were German > Palatines (not IPs). The word "Dutch" was a distortion of the word > "Deutsch", which is a German word for just that, German. Early non-German > colonists heard the word "Deutsch" and thought it was "Dutch" and that's > what stuck - all these years later, too. > > Susan <stepping back out of a question that was asked of Carole! <g>) > > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > You can't plough a field merely by turning it over in your mind. >