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From: "Bill & Lynn Sewell" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] The Irish and the Dunker...
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:32:23 -0600
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I have read somewhere and I don't remember where that there were more German
speaking colonist than English speaking. The reason that English became the
predominate language is that the landowners along the coast spoke English.
Does anyone know for sure this is true. I know much of PA,NC and SC and
much of DE spoke German dialects. Lynn
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From: "Sandra Shelly" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: [BRE] The Irish and the Dunker...


> Listmembers,
> If the people were Brethren Baptist German Dunkers maybe the Speakers
> read the
> Scriptures in German, even long after they had
> many nonGerman members. Since I am not Catholic I did not realize this
> fact, but recently found out the reason the Mass was spoken Latin is
> because it was to be a Universal language of the Church, so no matter
> where people moved or what language they spoke the message would still
> be the same. This might have been true as the German Dunkers first
> settled in the the US and changed through the years. There were many
> diverse settlements early on in the history of the US, but there were
> also many regions that were primarily of one
> Ethnic group. I would imagine with folks in
> Pennsylvania being called Pa. Dutch,,
> many did speak German and probably German
> was spoken more than we realize in the
> United States. There was a time when German
> was a required class for premed students.
>
> With Regards
> Sandra
>
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