March 2013
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Word of the Day :)
deutschtaeglich:
der Marienkäfer- ladybug
Der Marienkäfer ist so schön!- The ladybug is so pretty!
Pronunciation can be found here
January 2013
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December 2012
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August 2012
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PA Dutch: A Briefer
iamzakadams:
Every region of the country has a certain way of speaking. The accent and dialect can often be an obvious marker for where a person is from. For example, hearing a person speak who seemingly forgets the letter “R” while speaking is definately from Massechusetts and/or the Boston area. If someone refers to New Jerser as “Joisy” is most likely from New York City or New Jersey itself....
Peeputt & Co.: PA Dutch Country →
peeputt:
For my Anthropology class, we were asked to talk about our local foods, and specifically if we have any weird foods that we eat locally. Here is what I wrote. I thought it was interesting so I’m posting it here.
:-)
In my Pa Dutch country corner of the world we have a lot of local food from Pa…
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July 2012
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One of my favourite German words:...
wennedenkstisehzuspaet:
It’s like a morphological ‘fusion’ of verschlimmern ‘to make worse’ and verbessern ‘to improve’.
It means to make something even worse while trying to improve it.
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May 2012
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