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On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 11:15:16 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 31/10/2025 20:01, rbowman wrote: >> On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:48:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >>> Catalan is different, quite different, but it is a language on its >>> own. >>> And there are other regional languages. I can not understand a speaker >>> of those languages, just some words. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German >> >> There is the 't' and 'd' shift that Lawrence mentioned for US English. > > Germanic, Dutch and German and Yiddish definitely migrate 't' towards > 'd' and mangle past participles. And blow 'w' into 'v' > > A lot of rural immigrants were from Holland, in the past. Even in the colonial days there was a significant Dutch/German population in the US. According to the 2000 census, which I think was the last time they asked, 27% of this state claimed German ancestry, followed by 14.8% Irish, 12.6% English, and 10.6 Norwegian. The Indians were 7.4% for some diversity. A friend claimed the local Sons of Norway lodge was mostly Germans. They have a really nice clubhouse, might as well invade. I won't claim it's genetic but I had a hell of a time with 'th' when I was a kid.
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