German dialect in Texas

[Dennis R. Preston]

Larry, you wag. You know very well that "hacek" (compare Polish
haczyk) means 'hook.'

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>At 10:59 AM -0500 11/27/06, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>>Yes, Wilson, and, alas, like much of West Slavic, that spacek (little
>>sparrow) is a loan from German (Spatz).
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>>dInIs
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>Is it safe to assume that "hacek" (little upside down hat) is from
>German Hatz?
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>LH
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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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>>>On 11/27/06, william salmon <william.salmon at yale.edu> wrote:
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>>>>   Hans Boas of UT Austin has an interesting preservation project for Texas
>>>>   German. The Houston Chronicle reports, giving some statistics and
>>>>history on
>>>>   the state of German in Texas:
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>>>>   http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4361488.html
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>>Dennis R. Preston
>>University Distinguished Professor
>>Department of English
>>15C Morrill Hall
>>Michigan State University
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>>preston at msu.edu
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
15C Morrill Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-4736
preston at msu.edu

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