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To: Hyman Roth
Those crazy Dutch.

And the New Amsterdam Dutch have nothing to do with the Pennsylvania Dutch. Trying to speak Dutch to the Pennsylvania Dutch will probably get you in Dutch.

14 posted on 12/11/2014 6:19:02 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Penna. Dutch are actually German - the name comes from “Deutsch” the word for German, in their native language. The locals had a difficult time pronouncing it, so the just called them “Dutch”.


16 posted on 12/11/2014 9:11:09 AM PST by jttpwalsh
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