Post by myrtonos on Jun 11, 2014 3:07:47 GMT -5
This WP article includes the terms Faernsehner, Guckkaschde and Faerngucker in addition to Guckbax. I'm told that the article was written by someone who learnt Standard European German and then learnt PD, and that older speakers who grew up with the dialect use either Guckbax or TV. Apparently a lot of younger writers have learnt Standard European German and then learn the Pennsylvanian dialect, and will often use PD versions European German words in the dialect. Thus we have a situation where native PD speakers speak a more anglicised platter than those scholars and young writers.
Older speakers nearly always English loan word for new inventions/terms (among other things), but making a PD version of the European German term or creating a distinct PD term such as Wedderfresser for computer, both are more German sounding options.
Question of the poll: Should the scholars be criticised for bringing European Germans terms into PD (which would likely also be in Pfälzich, maybe in different form), or praised for avoiding English terms where they know the German equivalent?
Older speakers nearly always English loan word for new inventions/terms (among other things), but making a PD version of the European German term or creating a distinct PD term such as Wedderfresser for computer, both are more German sounding options.
Question of the poll: Should the scholars be criticised for bringing European Germans terms into PD (which would likely also be in Pfälzich, maybe in different form), or praised for avoiding English terms where they know the German equivalent?
