SC - OT - Kilts

[Marilyn Traber]

Right, I wasn't concerned with niceness or PC-ness. The Deutsch=Dutch
connection seemed likely to me before I heard ofthe Dutch=false connection.  
Heck, it's probably BOTH

Bonne

Ron Brooks wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> It is my understanding  that the expression  "Pennsylvania Dutch" was
> never intended
> as derogatory. It cme from the early "Hooked on Phonics" days of the
> settling of
> America. The Pennsylvania came of course from the state, but the Dutch
> was a corruption of Deutch<sp?>, which is of course, German for German.
> So Deutch
> to Dutch isn't much of a leap.
> 
> Bjorn Lochlannac
> Barony of Bonwicke
> Western Region
> Kingdom of Ansteorra
> 
> Lord Ras said:
> >Having a Pennsylvania Dutch background  and ancestry I clearly
> >understand the
> >need for some to make "nice" with terms that they feel are slightly
> >denegrating. However, the facts are that even the PA Dutch use the
> >word in such a manner.
> >
> >To go "Dutch": pay your way.
> >Dutchman ; affectionately insane; miserly
> >to speak "Dutch"; to speak nonsense; unintelligeble speach
> >"Dutch" : something that appears to be something other than what it
> >is; silly; daffy
cut
> >
> >The point being we should be careful when we make opinions on historical
> >matter NOT to be too quick with using modern thought processes and
> >social values when formulating those opinions.
> >
> >Ras
>

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