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Re: [conculture] CHAT: The centre of the temporal universe,was Translation relay

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Subject: Re: [conculture] CHAT: The centre of the temporal universe,was Translation relay
From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@UFL.EDU>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 21:58:00 -0500
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"J.Barefoot" wrote:
> Pennsylvanisch - Germanic? How divergent?

In our timeline, Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvanisch) was descended from
a dialect of Low German.  However, it gradually had greater and greater
English influence until it was essentially an English dialect with
German-like syntax, some examples are "Outen the lights" for "turn off
the lights", and a German-influenced pronunciation, like "britch" for
"bridge".

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