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</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">This is a new one on me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Website of the New Sweden Farmstead Museum, </FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">http://www.co.cumberland.nj.us/tourism/new_sweden_farmstead_museum/default.html</FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">says this, in reference to the Swedish colony in southern New Jersey:</FONT>
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</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">the Scandinavian influence has endured over the years. Today, linguists theorize that certain </FONT><FONT face="Courier New">speech patterns in Southern New Jersey, which differ from the rest of the State, are traceable to </FONT><FONT face="Courier New">the mixed and changing Swedish-English vocabulary.</FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">Do any of the *linguists* on this list wish to comment?</FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">James A. Landau</FONT>
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