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

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Subject: Re: [conculture] CHAT: The centre of the temporal universe,wasTranslation relay
From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@UFL.EDU>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 15:06:04 -0500
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John Cowan wrote:
> High German, specifically Swabian.

*High* German?  Strange, I wonder why I misremembered it as Low?

> That is simply the Pennsylvanisch dialect of English!  There is no
> direct continuity between that and P. itself.

Are you sure?  I'd read that those constructions were from a steadily
anglicized Pennsylvania Dutch.

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- Re: [conculture] CHAT: The centre of the temporal universe, was Translation relay
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- Re: [conculture] CHAT: The centre of the temporal universe,was Translation relay
  - From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>

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