German dialect in Texas is one of a kind, and dying out - Page 3

Dan D · 05-16-13, 04:55 PM

Ben Franklin on "Stupid, Swarthy Germans"

Fun to read, if you consider the hostile stance towards immigrants to Germany in Germany nowadays. We need something like 5 million immigrants to Germany over the next 25 years to keep this brothel running. Who will pay [EDIT] the "retirement pensions for the old folks" otherwhise with a population shrinking dramatically? I don't know the reason:

, but people are hesitant to immigrate to Germany. It is a fun place here in Germany, the beautiful Rhine river and all that. Come to Germany. Germany needs you. I think we have an image problem.

GoldenRivet · 05-17-13, 01:05 AM

Brothel???

why the hell didnt you say so sooner???

on my way

soopaman2 · 05-17-13, 02:16 PM

So is it the Germans that make Texans sound so cool, or the diversifying into Texans, who are cool as well?

I am a Guido-wop-dago, guinea /American, we have a vested interest in what the Germans are conquering.

People seem to forget all about my ancestors, the Romans, conquering the world with ease...But it's always about the Germans!?!

Ginzo power!!

I will punish you all with Tony Soprano, and Goodfellas lines,,

No no, don't try to stop me, damn you all for scorning Chris Columbus, the Italian hero.

Jimbuna · 05-17-13, 03:18 PM

Eh?

Red October1984 · 05-17-13, 03:19 PM

The area where I live in Southeast Missouri is very German. Blonde hair blue eyes show up here and there. We've got German names though. Names starting with Van and what not...

I'm part German, Italian, and English/Irish and IIRC I have descendents that were on the Mayflower. I have dark blonde hair and blue eyes. My hair used to be a yellow blonde but now it's closer to brown.

Still waiting to learn to speak German though. I want to really really badly.

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Eh?

No...this is not the Canada thread.

Jimbuna · 05-17-13, 03:31 PM

Okay...that's a pity.

Schroeder · 05-17-13, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

. Names starting with Van and what not.

Van is Dutch, not German.

In German we have a "von" but in contrast to the Dutch "van" the German "von" indicates an aristocratic background of the person and is therefore pretty seldom.

Jimbuna · 05-17-13, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Van is Dutch, not German.

In German we have a "von" but in contrast to the Dutch "van" the German "von" indicates an aristocratic background and is therefore pretty seldom.

Yep....Van meaning 'from' or 'of' I lived there a few years ago.

Eg: Von Rodenburg = from the red mountain

Don't you just love it

Red October1984 · 05-17-13, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Yep....Van meaning 'from' or 'of' I lived there a few years ago.

Eg: Von Rodenburg = from the red mountain

Don't you just love it

Well...I don't want to give the story of my town because that would make it extremely easy to find me and I don't want you creepers finding me.

But originally, 3 or 4 families settled here from Germany. I won't say names because again, I don't want to be found.

There's one family...a huge family with the Van in their name. There's no space in between van and the rest of the name. I'm not exactly sure but I know that we're all German and we all live here.

Schroeder · 05-17-13, 04:27 PM

Then it must be a coincidence. The Dutch van and the German von are separate words that are separated by a space from the rest of the family name.

Sailor Steve · 05-17-13, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Then it must be a coincidence.

Not coincidence, but evolution. Names get changed for a variety of reasons. My family name was Brodfeld. The were part of the Saxon invasions in the post-Roman days. By the 10th century they were solidly English and the name had become Bradfield. It happens all the time.

The Canadian city of Vancouver is named for George Vancouver, the Royal Navy captain who charted that region. His family name is believed to have originally been either van Coevorden or van Couwen. Vancouver himself believed the former to be correct, but both names were originally two words.

Stealhead · 05-17-13, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

Blonde hair blue eyes show up here and there.

Actually that is not a typically Germanic trait.

Red October1984 · 05-17-13, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Actually that is not a typically Germanic trait.

No but these people have German ancestors.

Stealhead · 05-17-13, 09:36 PM

That may be true but the fact that a person has blonde hair and blue eyes alone does not make them ethically German.That trait is possiable in any person that is at least partly Caucasian(White).

Red October1984 · 05-17-13, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

That may be true but the fact that a person has blonde hair and blue eyes alone does not make them ethically German.That trait is possiable in any person that is at least partly Caucasian(White).

I see...

Our little town has been around for a heck of a long time. Our church was built in 1856 and it still stands. The town was here well before that.

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Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ben Franklin on "Stupid, Swarthy Germans" Fun to read, if you consider the hostile stance towards immigrants to Germany in Germany nowadays. We need something like 5 million immigrants to Germany over the next 25 years to keep this brothel running. Who will pay [EDIT] the "retirement pensions for the old folks" otherwhise with a population shrinking dramatically? I don't know the reason:, but people are hesitant to immigrate to Germany. It is a fun place here in Germany, the beautiful Rhine river and all that. Come to Germany. Germany needs you. I think we have an image problem. __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Okay...that's a pity. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	That may be true but the fact that a person has blonde hair and blue eyes alone does not make them ethically German.That trait is possiable in any person that is at least partly Caucasian(White).