Posted on 06/11/2013 5:08:47 AM PDT by SoothingDave
The folks from Pomerania make the west Prussians sound like libertines and adventurers-and they certainly did stay away from Germany-can’t blame them for that, though-prison is a great disincentive to return...
They sound a bit like the Amish and other similar groups who also speak a Germanic dialect-they are said to have left for religious reasons, too.
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