Hello Markus!

On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 12:40:39 PM you wrote:

> What adds the the widespread confusion is that in German the
> adjective and the name of the language German is "Deutsch", which
> most English speakers pronounce 'dutch' (this probably started the
> misnomer for the Pennsylvania Dutch).

Not just "probably", "Dutch" is a corruption of "deutsch". For all of
those needing a reference source, look for Hugh Brogan's standard
*Penguin History of the United States of America*.




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