Pennsylvania Dutch
 

About Pennsylvania Dutch
“Pennsylvania Dutch” is a Palatine German-derived American language.

The Pennsylvania Dutch, historically, were people of various religious affiliations.

Today, most active Pennsylvania Dutch speakers are members of conservative Anabaptist communities, mainly Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites. These groups also often maintain reading knowledge of the High German of the Bible and other religious texts used in church and at home.

The Pennsylvania Dutch dialect has primarily been a spoken language throughout its history, with very few of its speakers making much of an attempt to read or write it.



At the theater we are preparing for a concert on Saturday. It will be unique in that it will be preformed mostly in Pennsylvania Dutch - my first language.
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"We still speak the mother tongue" (in Pennsylvania Dutch)
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Distelfink: German/Pennsylvania Dutch symbol for good luck and happiness

John Schmid; Common Ground Ministries
John Schmid is the founder and director of Common Ground Ministries. He has performed music and shared testimony in over thirty countries. Prior to founding Common Ground Ministries John was in a country band in Nashville.

One unique aspect of John Schmid’s performances is his ability to speak and perform in the Pennsylvania Dutch language. He has recorded several CDs of Pennsylvania Dutch Folk and Gospel, as well as some High German hymns. Mr. Schmid’s recordings are among the few works available in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.

John’s unique style has been described as having a “touch of Dutch and a dash of Cash”. He hopes you will be drawn closer to God and the Pennsylvania Dutch heritage through tonight’s performance.

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My company is the corporate sponsor for the event.

Lucky Sweep Chimney Services & Sales, LLC

Owner Steve Hoover, was raised a conservative Mennonite and his first language was Pennsylvania Dutch (a German dialect). Like many Amish and Mennonites, the family’s mode of transportation was horse and buggy.

A defining moment in Steve’s life was the destruction of the cherished family home in the mid 1980’s. It was apparent faulty construction of a chimney serving the wood stove, and a chimney fire had ignited the structure inside the wall resulting in a total loss of the home.

When Steve had the opportunity to purchase some chimney cleaning tools shortly thereafter, he recalled the tragedy of the fire and became a “chimney sweep”. What started as a part time novelty for Steve soon became a fulltime business. Today Steve is owner of Lucky Sweep Chimney Services & Sales LLC, a company that services nearly one thousand chimneys each year.

The company is a member of the National Chimney Sweep Guild and Steve is certified by the Chimney Safety Institute and the National Fireplace Institute. The CSIA and the NFI are dedicated to public safety. Those who are credentialed with certifications have demonstrated a working knowledge of applicable National Fire Protection Standards.

Lucky Sweep Chimney offers professional inspection and sweeping service in Versailles and throughout the Lake of the Ozarks communities. The company also offers sales and installation of wood burning stoves, inserts, liners and prefabricated chimney systems.

573 378 xxxx – Versailles, 573 348 xxxx - Osage Beach


Viel Glück Von Ihrem Schornsteinfeger!

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Viel Glück Von Ihrem Schornsteinfeger in der Tat!

:)

(I guess it's right... I used an online translator.)

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Steve, you folks are a wonder! Am glad to have formed a forum friendship with you and hope to meet you and your family sometime.

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Hi. My grandmother on my dads side of the family came over from Holland when she was 14 years old,and married my grandfather who is English.His poeple came on the mayflower.:heart:heart:heart

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Likewise, dear Sister.

Blessings to you and yours.

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Indeed!

The translation from German is

Much Luck From Your Chimney Sweep!

-- to which D4T added "indeed"

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John Schmid

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So do you speak Dutch or German or a mix of both?

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I primarily speak Pennsylvania Dutch which is a German Dialect. It has developed some on it's own in the past 300 - 400 years and added some English words.

In Germany today there are over 30 dialects spoken in various regions - Those who speak the dialects are also all taught standard German in Schools.

In America the Mennonites and Amish followed the practice of reading, writing and singing German but reverting to Pa Dutch in everyday communication. My family went to the public school and received very little of the formal German learning. It is a bit difficult but I can communicate with Germans and have done so on many occasions.