English Jawaan Taylor Jaguars Jersey , with its growing number of varieties, pidgins and inflections, is now firmly established as a world language. It is currently spoken as a second or foreign language by more speakers than those who call it their first language. Now there are more than three non-native speakers of English for every native speaker and the number of non-native English speakers continues to grow on a daily basis. Theres never before been a language thats been spoken by more people as a second than a first? said David Crystal, author of the book English as a Global Language? In the area where I grew up in south central Pennsylvania Josh Allen Jaguars Jersey , there is an interesting variety of the English language spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch?
One difficult aspect of the English speech in Dauphin, Lancaster and York counties located in south central Pennsylvania, where a large concentration of Amish, Mennonites and other Pennsylvania Dutch?sects live is the manipulation of the grammar elements of English. Here are a few examples of the ways in which grammar and word order are managed in everyday Pennsylvania Dutch speech. For Outlanders? anyone who is not Pennsylvania Dutch Yannick Ngakoue Jaguars Jersey , these expressions of everyday speech can range from amusing to startling. Heres a look at just a few of the many aspects of this variety of English.
Convoluted Grammatical Forms
Throw Papa down the stairs his hat.?Explanation: Throw Papas hat down the stairs to him. (I don''t care how old he is, don''t you dare touch ole Papa!)
Go out and tie the dog loose and dont forget to outen the light.?br > This expression uses convoluted grammar in addition to Germanic?verbalizations. Here the verb outen?means to turn out? The adjective and noun are used in reverse order from other forms of Standard English.
The owner says hell pay me ten dollars a day if I eat myself, but just five dollars if he eats me.?br > Explanation: No, theres no cannibalism here! The worker will get ten dollars a day for providing his own meals Leonard Fournette Jaguars Jersey , but five dollars a day if the owner has to provide the workers food. (Whew! I''m glad we cleared that one up!)
Hes a pretty good man yet, aint not??Explanation: Hes a pretty good man (provider), isnt he? (a tag question form)
Use of Specialized Vocabulary
Addition of specialized, but local?vocabulary is also quite commonly done as demonstrated in these examples.
Shall I put the candy in a toot??(A toot?is a paper bag.)
When talking about that fact that his father or grandfather is sick a child might say: Pop aint so good; his eatins gone away and he dont look so good in the face Taven Bryan Jaguars Jersey , either.?br > Speaking about his sons difficulties in school a father could be heard to express the following sentiments: My son aint dumb. It aint that he cant learn, its just that after he learns it, he forgets it.?br > If you dont speak Pennsylvania Dutch?in one of its multiple forms, they just might say of you: You dont make yourself out so good. You talk so fancy like a body cant understand you.?br > In talking about someone who doesnt read aloud well Jalen Ramsey Jaguars Jersey , at a meeting or in school for example, people might say something like: When he gets up to read he gets befuddled.?br > Or how about this amusing little observation of another persons speech: Dont talk so quick, it runs together too much when I think.?br > Pennsylvania Dutch Proverbs
Some interesting Pennsylvania Dutch proverbs include these offerings:
Kissin?wears out, cooking dont?br > No woman can be happy with less than seven to cook for?br > A plump wife and a big barn never did any man harm?br > He who has a secret dare not tell it to his wife?br > Ve get too soon oldt Telvin Smith Jaguars Jersey , und too late schmart?br > The Keystone State
In this region of the Keystone state?as Pennsylvania is monickered, this variety of is often called Ferhoodled English?by the Pennsylvania Dutch themselves and by local Outlanders? Famous for their frugal lifestyle and natural, delicious farm-fresh cooking, the Amish and other sects contribute to the tourism of the state. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to sample the crafts Nick Foles Jaguars Jersey , food and peculiar?language this austere people. It is but yet another of the many continually developing varieties of English as a global language.
"When you come over - come out" When you''re in the area, drop by. See, hear, and experience the food and the Pennsylvania Dutch for yourself.