German dialect in Texas
Charles Doyle
cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Mon Nov 27 16:08:47 UTC 2006
Well into the twentieth century, both German and Czech schools were operating in Texas (and in the Midwest too). Those immigrant Americans were lucky the English-Only patrols didn't find them out!
--Charlie
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>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:42:39 -0500
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: German dialect in Texas
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>There's also a Texas Czech dialect. The actress, Sissy Spacek ([SpaCEk] = "sparrow"), is probably the best-known member of that community.
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>-Wilson
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