"was willst du hawwe" When I looked at the above, knowing no Pennsylvania Dutch or German, it looks like "What will you have?".....doesn't it!!!! Jan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 5:17 PM Subject: [PENNA-DUTCH-L] Wos Wit >I believe that the phrase wos wit is a slight corruption of the phrase "was >willst" or "was willst du hawwe" meaning to agree with "Pa Dutch Bill" : what >do you want. Willst from the verb "wollen": want, wish , desire. > > Pa Dutch Glenn in Lititz >