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Post by idget on Jun 21, 2009 5:07:48 GMT -5
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Post by heikimikey on Jun 21, 2009 9:50:20 GMT -5
Tjara: that's unfair, our Latin lessons are far longer ago than yours! (To Tjara and idget: mihi videor, manica alba abiectus est......) Most of my Latin still origins from reading "Asterix", I admit. And OBC: Tjara had a very good point there: If you go 3-4 hours from my home area, it is either French, Netherlands or Danish you would have to speak. Where I live now it would be Slavian languages, too...and since I am older than Tjara and learned English before the computer age, another point: it has always been the language of business and science. I remember that after the wall came down and there were thousands of students in medicine who did not speak English and I translated some articles for a friend - he needed them and they were simply not available in German. Why do all Americans want to go to Bavaria?? Where do your dad's ancestors come from? I originally come from Southern Germany, the county next to Bavaria, Baden-Würtemberg. Great landscape, great wine, great old castles and palaces both intact and in ruins to climb on. Bavaria has very good beer, higher mountains, and I believe some of the more famous palaces. |
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Post by tjara on Jun 21, 2009 10:20:02 GMT -5
Hey, visiting Bavaria is fine if you don't expect to understand their German ;D ;D ;D
They are the Texans of Germany *LOL*
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Post by heikimikey on Jun 21, 2009 12:14:30 GMT -5
Tjara, you clearly never heard schwäbisch before *LOL*
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Post by outerbankschick on Jun 21, 2009 13:21:28 GMT -5
I think I might be mistaken and actually categorizing all of Southern Germany as Bavaria. . .I'd love to see the whole area. I love the idea of visiting old castles. I've been to a couple in Scotland when I traveled with a school group when I was fourteen. They were fascinating to me!
I'm not sure what part of Germany they originally hailed from. My father's mother's maiden name was Wagner and some of her relatives are named Rubendall. I was born in PA, in the Susquehanna Valley, in the outlying areas of Amish country. My mom tells me that my dad's grandmother knew "Pennsylvania Dutch".
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Post by heikimikey on Jun 21, 2009 13:56:58 GMT -5
OBC: Since Bayern (Bavaria) and Baden-Württemberg are two of the biggest counties in Germany, those two basically make Southern Germany, so basically you were not totally wrong. If you ever really make it, let me know and I could give you some input for your possible traveling route, so you do not miss the nicest castles I was born 50 km from Heidelberg but now live in Berlin. Wagner....I know a family Wagner in Allentown, PA....but their ancestors actually come from Austria. I have a "Pennsylvania Dutch cookbook" they gave me and I think"Dutch" actually means "Netherlands" but I believe the "Pennsylvania Dutch" derives from "Deutsch" as in "German", am I right? It's a small world  |
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Post by outerbankschick on Jun 21, 2009 15:09:44 GMT -5
You would be correct. If we say one is "Dutch" that is the Netherlands. Some of my maternal great-grandmother's family is actually Dutch from Holland. And the "Dutch" in Pennsylvania Dutch does indeed come from "Deutsch". It's a language the Amish speak which is some sort of variation of German. My mom's maiden name is Dyer, which was O'Dwyer once, very long ago, so we've got quite a bit of the Irish in us, too. Lots of Irish on Mom's side and a smidgen from Dad's. Mostly German and English on Dad's side. |
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Post by tjara on Jun 21, 2009 15:12:33 GMT -5
Pennsylvania Dutch is a variation of 17th century German, mixed in with English sentence structure and some englisch words. I can understand it, though. Wagner is a rather common name. idgetLOL. Only saw that now. Toooooo funny... |
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Post by heikimikey on Jun 21, 2009 16:24:37 GMT -5
I am kind of repeating myself, but I have to say it again: I love this board....during the last days I've done research about the difference between "attic Greek" an "homeric Greek", got to practice my Latin again and got new motivation to deal with linguistics again, which is some kind of an old hobby of mine. Language is so fascinating.....thanks for all your input!
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Post by Techguy on Jun 21, 2009 21:44:46 GMT -5
A big hello and welcome to all the newcomers.
I absolutely positively will NOT go near Latin again anytime soon.
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Post by Irene on Jun 24, 2009 12:36:03 GMT -5
Thought I'd better stop in and say "Hi all!"
New to posting but not to lurking.
My latin is skimpy, my Spanish rusty, my French always improving. I've all but forgotten my Hawaiian, Thai, and Japanese from living as a kid in Hawaii, but can recall a bit of Chinese from my travels there...
Oh god! Stop me. I sound like Goren.
I'll just limp through these boards on my English if that's okay. Nice to be here. So many of you have a lot of interesting things to say!
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Post by Patcat on Jun 24, 2009 13:27:13 GMT -5
Welcome Irene!
Having grown up in Southern Indiana, English is something of a second language to me. I can, however, translate Kentucky dialects.
Patcat
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Post by tjara on Jun 24, 2009 14:00:41 GMT -5
Welcome Irene. I'm glad you joined in... even if only speaking English ;D
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Post by idget on Jun 24, 2009 15:57:55 GMT -5
Welcome Irene! Patcat, both of my parents are from eastern KY, so I know entirely what you mean! They definitely have their own way of speaking! |
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Post by caitlen on Jun 25, 2009 21:35:59 GMT -5
Welcome to all new members |
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