Touch of Dutch

Submitted by Larry Gradwohl

5 Yenner, 1956

Do huck ich un bin am Kontzidere, was ich schreiwe sett fer’s Neiyaahr abschtarde. Ich denk mol fer’s erscht duhnnich schwetze vun selle Warde, was mer doyetz in dem Kolum ghatt hen. Es scheint es waere meh Leit ge-interest in denne Warde, as ich ge-echschpeckt hab ghatt. Do iss es Englisch, so wie mir sie verschtanne un heere hen unser Eldre sie schwetze un mer hen sie aa uffgeguckt im Horne’s Manual.

1. Kandel-zucker (m.) – rock candy. (Des kann mer alleweil kaufe in deel Schtore. Deel Leit hen als en aardlich grefdich Gedrink gemacht Yaahre zerick mit dem Kaendi in Rei do.)

2. Schuss-bloder (f.) – stye. (Ebbes as mer uns Aag grickt alsemol.)

3. Gewilburt (n.) – wildlife. (Der Paepp iss als

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gange Gewilburt scheese; so wie Hause, Fesande, Gschgwall.)

4. Gaawe (pl.) – talents. (Mer sett die Gaawe gut yuuse, was Gott em gebt.

5. Driese (pl.) – tonsils.

6. Dolmetschder (m.) – interpreter.

7. absenaat – particular or obstinate (Wann ebber arrig ‘particular’ iss, wie ebbes geduh watt, dann saagt mer, “Sei net so absenaat.”)

8. Iwwerfluss (m.) – overbundance.

9. abkappe – to mock or sass off (Sell macht mich bees, wann mich ebber abkappe dutt.)

10. aagranst (pp of aaranse.) – approached for something (Er hot mich aagranst fer Geld.)

Well, dart sin die Warde, awwer nau weess ich , was dihr noch gleiche deet zu wisse. Vun al de Briefe as mer grickt hen, hen mer der Brief rausgsucht, wo es erscht gschickt iss warre mit es menscht Warde recht. No hen mer en glee Grischtkindli eigewickelt fer schicke zu sellem Schriewe un sell iss der Elmer W … vun neegscht an Green Pond, Easton. R. D. 3

Es dutt uns Leed, as mer net ebbes schicke zu all denne, wo Briefe gschickt ihn, awwer des iss

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net meeglich. Ich hoff as ihr mer al widder schreiwe eb lang. Saagt mer was ihr gleiche zu lese. Gross Dunk zu eich all.

Mer waare arrig froh fer widder heere vun unsere Leeser vun Filldellfi un Kalifornya iwwer de Grischtdaage. -Florence Baver

January 5, 1956

Here I sit and am considering what I should write to styart off the New Year. I think at first I wll be speaking of those words which we had in this column recently. It appears that there were more people interested in those words then I had expected. Here is the [meaning in] English such as we understood and heard our elders speak them and we also looked them up in Horne’s Pennsylvania German Manual for Pronouncing, Speaking, and Writing English.

1. Rock candy. (This we can still buy in some stores. Some people have made a very strong years ago by putting this candy in rye [whiskey]. [Rock and Rye – so I’ve seen told!]

3. Game animal. (Dad often went to shoot game animals; such as rabitts pheasants, and squirrels.)

4. Talents. (One should use the talents that God gave him.)

5. Tonsils.

6. Interpreter.

Continued on page 30

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7. Difficult to please, obstinate. (When someone is very particular how something is done, then one can say, “Don’t be so difficult to please!) [Of course, we all know someone like that and we also know that we, ourselves, are not absenaat, gelle?]

8. Surplus or overbundance.

9. To give a quick, sharp reply; to sass off. (That makes me angry, when someone gives me a sharp response.)

10. To urge vigorously; to approach for something. (He tormented me for money.)

Well, there are those words, but I still know what you also would like to know. From all the letters that we got, we sought out the earliest send letter with the most words that were correct. Then we enclosed a little Christmas present to send to that writer and he is Elmer W … who lives next to Green Pond, Easton R. D. 3.

We are sorry that we did not ship something to all those who send us letters but that is not possible. I hope that you all write again before long. Tell me what you would like to read. A big ‘Thank you!’ to each and every one of you.

We were also very glad to again hear from our readers from Philadelphia and California over the Christmas season. [It has been some time since I featured a selection from Florence Baver, my first choice among Dutch writers when I started contrubuting these articles. In this one she uses a lot of English loan words, most of which I respelled using Buffington/Barba rules. Enjoy!]

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