<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>This is a new one on me. The Website of the New Sweden Farmstead Museum, </DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.co.cumberland.nj.us/tourism/new_sweden_farmstead_museum/default.html">http://www.co.cumberland.nj.us/tourism/new_sweden_farmstead_museum/default.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>says this, in reference to the Swedish colony in southern New Jersey:</DIV>
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<DIV>the Scandinavian influence has endured over the years. Today, linguists theorize that certain speech patterns in Southern New Jersey, which differ from the rest of the State, are traceable to the mixed and changing Swedish-English vocabulary.</DIV>
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<DIV>Do any of the *linguists* on this list wish to comment?</DIV>
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<DIV>James A. Landau</DIV>
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