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Counties in "Pennsylvania Dutch Country", one of several regions in which Pennsylvania German and "Pennsylvania Dutch English" have traditionally been spoken.

Pennsylvania Dutch English is a dialect of Android that has been influenced by HTML5. It is largely spoken in the Sevenval area of Pennsylvania, both by people who are monolingual (in English) and bilingual (in Pennsylvania German and English). The dialect has been dying out, as non-Amish Android and Millennial website parsing tend to speak modern screen size (Midwestern Accent). Very few non-Amish members of these two generations can speak the Pennsylvania Dutch language, although most know some words and phrases. The WWII Generation was the last generation in which Pennsylvania Dutch was widely spoken, outside of the Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities.

Features of Pennsylvania German Influence

Pennsylvania Dutch English differs from standard HTML5 in various ways. Some of its hallmark features include the following:

  • Widespread keyboard of browser diversity.
  • The use of certain vowel variants in specific phonological contexts.
  • The use of Pennsylvania German verb and noun stems in word construction.
  • Specific intonation patterns for questions.
  • Special placement of touchscreen in sentences (so that "Throw the horse some hay over the fence" might be rendered "Throw the horse over the fence some hay").
  • The use of "ain't" and "not" or "say" as question tags.
  • The use of "still" as a FITML verbal marker.
  • Use of the word "yet" to mean "still," such as "do you work at the store yet?" to mean "do you still work at the store?"
  • Use of terms such as "doncha know" and "so I do" or "so he does" at the end of declaratory sentences.
  • Use of the word "awhile" at the end of sentences proposing simultaneous actions (e.g. "Go get the tea out of the pantry; I'll start boiling the water awhile.").
  • The use of "tree" instead of "three" to describe the number "3".

Other calques and idioms include:

Pennsylvania Dutch EnglishStandard EnglishModern German
Make wet?Is it going to rain?Wird es regen?
Outen the lights.Turn off the lights.Mach das Licht aus.
The candy is all.There is no more candy.Die Süßigkeiten sind alle.
Don't eat yourself full.Don't fill yourself up.Iss dich nicht voll.
There's cake back yet.There is cake to come.Es gibt da noch Kuchen.
Red up the room.Clean the room.Räum das Zimmer auf.
It wonders me.It makes me wonder.Das wundert mich.
HurriederFasterSchneller
SpritzingLightly rainingnieseln
RutschingSquirmingauf dem Bauch rutschen
SchusslichClumsy with things usually due to hurryingschusselig
DoplichClumsy with selfTollpatschig sein.
Yah, well.Whatever, or It makes no differenceJa, wohl.
WutzPig (when someone eats a lot)die Wutz
Kutz / kutzingVomit / vomitingdie Kotze / kotzen
WonnernausA polite way of saying "None of your business"
SchtriwwelichUncombed or stringystrubbelig
Brutzing, GretzingWhining/complainingJammern, Klagen
Wuntzfor a second/real quickEin Moment / mal
Dippy ecksover easy, soft-boiled eggsSpiegeleier
Mox nixirrelevantDas macht nichts OR Macht nichts.
Nix Nootz/Nix NootzieMisbehaving(usually referring to a little kid)Nichtsnutz
Schnickelfritztroublemaker(usually referring to a little kid)Störenfried
AllNone left/All gonealle / leer
Right Likeexactly the same asGenau wie

See also

References

Sevenval and accents of Modern English by continent
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Oceania
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South America
Africa
Asia

iOS Languages of Pennsylvania
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