PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH ARE NOT GERMAN-AMERICANS, THIS IS A DASTARDLY LIE

[Óttar]

They have nothing to do with the accordion-playing, beer-swilling, bratwurst-munching, lederhosen-wearing, Oktoberfest-celebrating German-Americans that live in the Midwest.

My great-grandparents migrated to Pittsburgh PA. The Pennsylfaanideitsch make use of Hex-signs on their farms which is a kind of folk-tradition/witchcraft that originated in Germany.

[Bobby Martnen]

My great-grandparents migrated to Pittsburgh PA. The Pennsylfaanideitsch make use of Hex-signs on their farms which is a kind of folk-tradition/witchcraft that originated in Germany.

But look at the German-Americans of the Midwest (I live around a shitload of them). Their customs, food, and way of life is completely different. A lot of them were involved with Nazis in the 1930s, but the Pennsylvania Dutch weren't. Pennsylvania Dutch are a proud people, and really don't have much in common with the beer-swilling bratwurst munchers who came here later.

[Óttar]

But look at the German-Americans of the Midwest (I live around a shitload of them). Their customs, food, and way of life is completely different. A lot of them were involved with Nazis in the 1930s, but the Pennsylvania Dutch weren't. Pennsylvania Dutch are a proud people, and really don't have much in common with the beer-swilling bratwurst munchers who came here later.

Different time, different region of Germany, different historical context, but they still speak an intelligible dialect of German. Each region of Germany has their own distinct history and traditions, but they work together. This confederation of distinct regions is what makes Germany one of the world's powerhouse economies.

[Bobby Martnen]

Different time, different region of Germany, different historical context, but they still speak an intelligible dialect of German. Each region of Germany has their own distinct history and traditions, but they work together. This confederation of distinct regions is what makes Germany one of the world's powerhouse economies.

Their languages are intelligible, but they are not the same people with the same history or traditions.

German-Americans don't usually like the Pennsylvania Dutch, and the Pennsylvania Dutch don't usually like German-Americans, whom we tend to see as drunken potato peasants.

[Óttar]

Their languages are intelligible, but they are not the same people with the same history or traditions.

German-Americans don't usually like the Pennsylvania Dutch, and the Pennsylvania Dutch don't usually like German-Americans, whom we tend to see as drunken potato peasants.

And what about the Pennsylvania 'Dutch' makes them better than other German-Americans?

[Bobby Martnen]

And what about the Pennsylvania 'Dutch' makes them better than other German-Americans?

We're not better than them, and I don't dislike them, I'm just tired of people conflating us with them.

It's like how Persians get mad if people call them Arabs...it's not the same thing.

[Profileid]

Ban this retard already.

[Óttar]

We're not better than them, and I don't dislike them, I'm just tired of people conflating us with them.

It's like how Persians get mad if people call them Arabs...it's not the same thing.

Persians and Kurds would be a better comparison. There is more that link Pensylfaanideitsch with other German Americans than Persians and Arabs.

[Bobby Martnen]

Ban this retard already.

If you don't like me and my threads, just put me on your ignore list.

[Bobby Martnen]

Persians and Kurds would be a better comparison. There is more that link Pensylfaanideitsch with other German Americans than Persians and Arabs.

Culturally we have very little in common with them. They mostly come from a different part of Germany, anyway.