dese, dem and dose

[victor steinbok]

Are you talking about the city dwellers or the Amish/Mennonite rural
population? And there's also central Texas, but that may be later in the
19th century.

Oh, and if you recall recent discussions, one of the early mentions of
"beigel" showed up in a description of a Cincinnati street vendor.

VS-)

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Dan Nussbaum <yekkey at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville and Saint Louis also had
> large German populations, but they do not have trouble with the th
> pronunciation.
>
>
> Dan Nussbaum

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