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Re: Amish names (and surnames)

by jennifer

12/13/2013, 2:13 PM

in reply to a message by তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য

I believe Dutch came from Deutsch, the German word for German. It looks and sounds more like Dutch, so the 'English' called them Dutch, and many live in Pennsylvania, at least when the phrase was coined.

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- Getb (guest) +1

12/13/2013, 8:03 PM

Sorry for the inaccuracy.

- jennifer

12/14/2013, 5:03 AM

They are called Pennsylvania Dutch- the people who coined the phrase didn't understand their German so thought they are saying Dutch. So you weren't inaccurate- the people who came up with the name were.

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