RE: The German Language
January 18, 2016 at 1:12 pm
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2016 at 1:19 pm by Alex K.)
(January 18, 2016 at 11:35 am)abaris Wrote: Well, look at the Amish. When they're speaking German, you would guess they just came in from Southern Germany. Because they're confined and living isolated. There's not outside influence changing their language.
In fact, their dialect (Pennsylvania German or Deitsch) is largely the same as mine (Süd/Vorderpfälzisch), mixed with some neologisms from English.
It's very amusing for me to listen to them or read their poetry.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
