[lbo-talk] Dean Baker on immigration

[Michael Perelman]

Interesting, in W. Pennsylvania, we used the terms (probably in ignorance) Amish & 
Pennsylvania Dutch interchangeably.

On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 11:51:08AM -0400, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> 
> 
> Huh?  My wife is pure-bred Pennsylvania Dutch very familiar with the region
> (Berks and Lancaster counties & environs)- and this is definitely not the
> story I hear from her or, for that matter, see myself.  You must be thinking
> of the Amish - who are of German origin, but who maintain a separate society
> for religious reasons. But I do not think anyone would take them for
> Pennsylvania Dutch.   
> 

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