A German Reacting To "Speaking Texas German"
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- A German reacts to Texas German from the USA! This is the second time I've heard this dialect of the German language and I still find it fascinating. Texan Germans treasure their German heritage and many still speak it to this day! Let's compare it to Germany German and Get Germanized!
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Even though approximately 44.2 million Americans claim German Ancestry. It is just hard to find these German speaking communities anymore. WW1, and WW2 caused a lot of people to stop practicing old traditions, and speaking the language. Although it is true that before WW1 German was so common that it was the second most commonly spoken language in the USA. Now it is Spanish that is the second most commonly spoken language In the USA.
This makes me very sad, and is part of the reason I'm learning German right now. I'm pissed that this fantastic language was lost in family because of something they didn't even do. I'm very proud of my immigrant ancestors, and I want to learn about their history, language, and traditions. Now id only I could find where they were FROM. Damn fires burning documents! 😠
When Texas was voting on the national language German lost to English by one vote.
Yes, my Grandmother spoke some German with her mother and others in the area in the 1950s but it was really dying out then. Swedish church's in my area stopped doing sermons in swedish around the same time (my father's side of the family), I think during the Cold War the American identity really solidified and created a much more homogeneous culture of English and American culture.
My Grandmother's older siblings grew up speaking German. My Mom says Gma's eldest brother was useful in the war because he was a German speaking American.
My great grandfather came to Texas from Prussia with his father when he was 9 or 10. They eventually moved to the Texas panhandle for the dryer climate, so he grew up with much less exposure to German. I heard that he refused to teach German to his kids. I can only speculate that anti-German sentiment had something to do with this.
Yeah, same with Russian that is still spoken in some small towns and villages of Alaska it sounds like XIX-th century Russian language.
That's so cool. The same happens here in Brazil: ua-cam.com/video/dqTRSxA1I68/v-deo.html
Wow. Interesting
Dominik what German city smells the best - Colonge
Cologne* but good one :p
What is the shortest city in Germany? DüsselDWARF(dorf)
Mannheim
;-)
It’s a shame that the language is dying out. I grew up and live in south central Texas in a county with a big German population and the old people in my family spoke it as a first language. My boss and his wife as well spoke German till they started school but none of the old folks ever taught the younger generations. There are also Czech, Polish, and Alsatian communities around the San Antonio area that have there own unique dialects as well.
I lived near New Braunfels and went to the Oktoberfest fest in Fredericksburg. If you do ever plan to come, let me know! I can show you around. 😊 (Hope that doesn't come across as creepy lol)
I visited both towns in the early 2000s and loved them both! I am one fierce Germanophile.♡
My Opa was born in Fredericksburg and spoke German at home and learned English in school. Some of my great aunt's and uncle's still live in Fredericksburg but their German isn't great anymore because they haven't used it daily in decades. Also Texas German is mostly spoken by older people because they didn't teach their children. Like my opa was fluent and German was his 1st language but never taught my mother. I learned in school and on UA-cam.
My family were some of the Fredericksburg settlers in the 1840s. The language died off long ago for us.
Come to Texas, brother! We have everything here and you won’t be disappointed when you come along. Best BBQ in the damn world along with southern hospitality. Let me know if you stop by, I would love to share the best places to eat, stay, and have fun. If you need anything else just ask too!
Cheers,
Esteban Gonzalez
Southern hospitality nice one.
@@meatballman4329 Yeah, Texas has very quickly jumped to be one of the worst states to visit or live in. We still have some pockets of good, though. They're just a little...lot... harder to find right now.
So much of our bbq was developed by Germans based on the Smokehouse Tradition too.
They still preach in German in the amish churches in Lancaster Pennsylvania.
Cool
You going to Texas and making videos on Texas Germans would be awesome to see man, God willing this pandemic ends soon 👍
Tbh, The only feasible solution i can see and think of if we wanna preserve the German community in Texas...is that we need both the Texas and German Government to somehow encourage actual Germans from Germany today to Migrate and live in Texas not only to preserve the culture but also contribute to the scientific and economic progress in the region.
But that would be hard, Germans in Germany today and Texans had different ideals probably.
Out of all the germans I know nobody wants to move to the US lol
@@vash47 I mean yeah, that's exactly why i said Texas-Germans probably going to be extinct soon unless they were supplanted by the "OG" German so the culture could stay alive since more people speaking the language.
It's becoming kinda like Italian-Americans, More Italians were accustomed and acculturated that many of their descendants rarely coulds speak Italians in fluent manner let alone ordering pasta in naples with their Language, the reason were fewer Italians moving to US and there's no need to speak Italian in US since English is the de-facto Formal language.
But atleast there were some German-Texans who can speak the Language albeit very mixed but overall the identity were starting to become extinct unless they somehow brought actual Germans from Germany again.
There are hundreds of towns across the US like this--with European languages "frozen in time" and outdated. My grandmother came from a part of Missouri where some people speak a 300-year-old French dialect. My dad's family is from a town in Iowa where people speak a 200-year-old Dutch dialect. Up the road is a town founded by Germans where they speak a 200-year-old German dialect. Go to Minnesota or the Dakota's and you will hear outdated forms of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech...
Man, your English is Impeccable. You can't even really hear an accent when you speak English. The difference is amazing when you listen to someone like Flula Borg speak English, you can really hear that stereotypical German accent. I wonder if the difference has to do with where you are from geographically in Germany?
Thank you so much! I think the difference is that Flula is a character and that he exaggerates the voice for him on purpose 😁
@@GetGermanized you know, him exaggerating the accent has crossed my mind a few times as well! Maybe it helps get him roles here in the States? Thanks for pointing that out. I enjoy your vids. Keep up the good work. 😁
English as spoken in the Appalachian mountains did the same thing as Texas German: it retained some very old features which folks from elsewhere were surprised to find, later.
A friend of mine was a native spanish speaker from Mexico. He was driving through the American southwest (we were stationed there in the Army). He stopped at some little town for gas and everyone there still spoke 500yr old spanish that was taught to their ancestors by the conquistadors. The way he described it to me was “Imagine you stop for gas and everybody around is speaking to you like a Shakespeare play.” “Seven and forty dollars are what I am owed by thee for thine purchase.”
Cool video, about Texas German, its funny to hear texas german. Maybe you can make also a video about Herman Lehmann. Herman Lehmann (June 5, 1859 - February 2, 1932) was captured as a child by Native Americans. He lived first among the Apache and then the Comanche but eventually returned to his family later in life. The phenomenon of a white child raised by Indians made him a notable figure in the United States. He published his autobiography, Nine Years Among the Indians, in 1927. His Wild West Shows was legendery.
I've been watching this channel since 2016 and I've always loved the language. Starting this August I will begin my first German class at my university and start pursuing a degree in foriegn language. Thanks for being the best teacher ever keep up the amazing channel
Awww, thank you so much Ashton! This made my day 😊 Best of luck with your studies my friend!
@@GetGermanized holy shit you just made MY day. I'll do my best and turn to your channel when I'm struggling. Thank you so much
Have you looked into ‚Pennsylvania Dutch‘?
A visit to Texas would make a wirklich kuhl travel video. And bring Dave with you- he likes cats :-)
If you want to experience Texas German in the New Braunfels area in person, and have a visit to the US in your future, let me know! I can set you up.
It wouldn't surprise me that the "stinking cat" expression comes from 19th century Germany. In Quebec French, we say "bête puante", literally meaning "stinking animal". This apparently comes from the older French language from Europe, before the more formal "moufette" came into French from the Italian "mofette". So variations of "stinking cat" in different languages might have been common once in Europe.
I had a small petty argument with someone over the legitimacy of the word and he yielded, saying yes. He found it in an old dictionary
I've read that German musicians in the 19th century had an influence that spread to Mexico having a big impact on Mexican music.
My grandparents first language was TX German. Unfortunately, they didn’t teach their children because of the World Wars. I understand some TX German. My cousins own famous German-style BBQ restaurants in Lockhart.
One of my best friends grew up in Fredericksburg. Her first language was TX German.
When I was a kid, I remember seeing a restaurant called Das BBQ Haus in or near Brenham TX.
Originaly from MIlwaukee, I have traced my Mother's father side from Hausen, Forchheim, Baveria to 1700.Many families emmigrated fron that area to Northern Illinois and the Germantown area of Washington County northweat of Milwaukee. My Grandparents spoke German only when they didn't want us kids to understand their conversation. My DNA ancestry results were 73% German. Germanfest in Milwaukee which is celebrated in July is huge as are the various Octoberfests in Wisconsin
01:31 I’m pretty sure he said “kein Wasser”
I came across that video a couple of years ago. Still fascinated by it. I also heard when looking into it further that they call “ein Flugzeug”, “ein Luftschiff”. I found that funny xD
Wow. Interesting
I've heard of aircraft in English being called airships, so probably regional?
Many states in the U.S. have German hamlets that have wonderful festivals:
Kutztown Pa. folk fest
Cincinnati Christmas market
Jasper Indiana strassen fest and Wisconsin is full of them kinda like Anna fest
I've seen this before..about Texan German.. So unusual but very interesting! I really enjoyed this video! ☺
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Would really be interesting to see you visit and record some interviews/discussions with them! Also see if they retained any old food recipes (either still made today in Germany or perhaps old ones rarely cooked)
The city of Fredericksburg has an old German cook book that has old family recipes. My great aunt's have gotten me several editions.
There are dishes derived from German dishes. Chicken fried steak. It is very popular in Texas. It is very clearly descended from some form of schnitzel. Beef schnitzel. You take a large piece of beef, pound it thin put it in batter, add salt and pepper and fry it in oil. Served with mashed potatoes and other vegetables and, you have a very popular meal here in Texas. People here very often make German style potato salad. Lots of people in central Texas know how to make homemade sauerkraut.
Is that Deadpool in the back corner on the bookshelf?
Indeed 😁
Tolles Video
Gruss vom San Antonio, Texas. If you travel here, I would love to take you to Von Ormy, New Braunfels, Comfort, New Berlin, Fredericksburg, or any of the settlements
I'm about the end of the line for Texas German in the SE Central Texas area where I grew up. I can understand it fine but only speak the occasional words. I'm in my fifties and none of my friends could even understand it beyond a smattering of words. My parents switched and mixed Texas German and English in their everyday conversation.
"Oh no...no no no no no" The universal response to Skunks. Ich liebe es 🤣
I once went to Oktoberfest in Helen, Georgia. Mostly old people, some in German outfit, no one was speaking German though.
That's...kinda sad not gonna lie.
Love hearing your German accent, brings back memories.
Speaking German was severely suppressed during WW1, newspapers, schools and German clubs were urged to change to English. WW2 was the final chapter of widespread German culture. Several communities still exist today, like Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio or the Pacific Northwest. The US government had “their reasons” to fear Germans during the previous 2 world wars, with 43% of Americans having German heritage. The pockets of people living throughout the US still speaking German speak alt Deutsch dialects. Many families forbid their children from using the language at all, people didn’t want their children being harassed or having their loyalties questioned. The German Bund was very active in the US during the 1930’s, creating much anxiety about Nazi influence. Ironically, post WW2 millions of German speakers immigrated to the United States creating a bit of a rub with local communities, many of whom lost sons or fathers during WW2. Another bit of that irony, was that most Americans killed during the war were killed in the Pacific battles.
It’s true that prison camps held many Japanese civilians from the west coast & Pacific islands during the war, to prevent spying or sabotage, this also happened to some Germans in the Atlantic coast region. Many families “anglicized” their first & last names, allowing them to better “fit in”
If you haven't already done one, why not a video on Namibia German? No doubt there are people down there that speak the language still and their descendants. It would be interesting to see how it developed down there. Dutch spoken in South Africa morphed into what is now Afrikaans and apparently it is mutually intelligible with the parent language.
I hope you get a chance someday, to visit Texas and experience the people from that area between San Antonio and Austin; the older people there tend to be very friendly and very charming, indeed. I have only been in the area once before and stopped only to eat at a restaurant while on my way further north, where I heard the language spoken there for the first time. The language is German with a Texas "twang" to it. Recently, I ordered a floral arrangement for a friend of mine, who just got a new job in the area. When I spoke to the florist, who is an older lady, she spoke with that accent and I found it delightful.
Please react to Brazilian German (ua-cam.com/video/dqTRSxA1I68/v-deo.html)
I am from Brazil and my grandparents such as many Brazilians from the south speak a unique dialect of German learned from their parents who came escaping the war. As such they also have many culture traces from Germany. Since I can't understand German (my mother stopped the tradition of teaching her children) it would be like if someone could point out the differences between Brazilian German and Germany German =)
Thank you for the cool suggestion! I'll definitely give that a watch and might even make a video :)
In PA Dutch, it's die Bisskatz...pisscat. As noted in other comments, when people migrate to other parts of the world, their language is often preserved as more akin to the original dialect. For example, Icelandic is more akin to Old Norse than modern Norwegian. The English spoken in Appalachia preserved a lot of the characteristics of British English as it was spoken in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pennsylvania Dutch is close to the dialect once spoken in the Palatinate region of modern Germany. Then there's Texas German, from the mid-1800s. I realize I'm oversimplifying.
I’ve lived in Texas for 40 years & I don’t remember learning anything about this in school. Ok, it was a long time ago & I don’t live in any of
those places but still. My best friend back then took German in high school even though Spanish is more predominate here. I think her family had German roots.
Now that I’m older, I appreciate the nuances of these mixed cultures & languages better.
I wanna go there!
These are probably my favorite videos from you. Those in which you react/translate various dialects of German that are still be spoken in pocket of the U.S.A. (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, etc)
"Oh no, oh nonoonono" that killed me 🤣🤣🤣
In Wahlburg gibt es ein tolles Restaurant und einen Biergarten. Ich habe 12 Jahre in Texas gelebt, bin aber glücklich zurück in Bayern.
Ich wohne in Walburg! Hallo Nachbar!
I experienced a similar phenomenon in Minnesota. My university lies in a region heavily populated with descendants of Bavarian Catholic immigrants. In fact, the monastery which runs the school was founded and funded by King Ludwig in order to minister to the immigrants' spiritual needs.
I had classmates who grew up speaking exclusively German until they reached school age. Many still have tradition German first names - Hans, Klaus, Dora, Ursula, usw.
Historical side note: a visit to the local cemetery provides interesting historical insight. The headstones prior to April, 1917, are exclusively in German. After that date, they are all in English. It was at that point the US declared war on Germany. Prior to 1917, the locals considered themselves Germans who lived in America. After 1917, they became Americans of German heritage.
You should check out Hutterite German!
It's incredible these language pockets have survived so long aside english. SO interesting. I'm not going to lie. I missed the batshit crazy auto generated subtitles in this Texas german video :D
Because it's a dialect from older German mixed with English, I seem to understand it better than German from Germany as I speak Dutch (Nederlands). Pennsylvania Dutch, or Amish German, is even a little older and developed differently again than Texas German.
It's all so fascinating.
Dutch (Nederlands) has it's own along changes as well into Afrikaans.
Randomly got your video recommended to me, but I think it’s funny as my extended family actually lives in Fredericksburg Texas, and I’ve been going there every year since I was born. The amount of German influence that still exists there is absolutely amazing, and it’s a BEAUTIFUL town
As an Arizonan the thing I know New Braunfels for is the Schlitterbahn Water Park, which is great 👍
Guten Tag, meine Familie war eine der Gruppen, die durch Indianola kamen und ihr Leben in der Gegend von Fredericksburg aufgebaut haben. Meine Großeltern haben im Haus oft Deutsch gesprochen. Unsere Familie lässt sich bis 1798 aus dem Raum Hannover zurückverfolgen. Ich bin eine neunte Generation deutscher Amerikaner. Ich habe im College Deutsch studiert und auch einen Sommer in Lüneburg verbracht, um Deutsch zu lernen. Mir wurde Hochdeutsch beigebracht und ein Barkeeper in Berlin sagte mir, dass ich einen bayerischen Akzent habe, also ist meiner kein traditionelles texanisches Deutsch. Ich lebe in Austin, TX, das etwa 1,5 Autostunden von Fredericksburg und New Braunfels entfernt ist. Weil Texas so groß ist, messen wir nicht in Meilen oder Kilometern, sondern in der Zeit. Ich würde mich freuen, Sie zu bewirten, wenn Sie sich entscheiden, nach Texas zu kommen!
Ein Teil meiner Familie war Teil der Gemeinschaft in der Industry, die Friedrich Ernst gegründet hat! Die meisten anderen kamen erst 1860 an. Aber die Familie Mertz lebte schon seit langer Zeit in Zentral-Texas. Sie bauen eine Hütte, die Ima Hogg, die Frau des Gouverneurs, gekauft und restauriert hat. In Round Top gibt es ein hübsches kleines Gebiet mit deutschem Kulturerbe, das Sie ihrer Meinung nach irgendwann mal besuchen sollten. Das Haus meiner Familie ist niedergebrannt, aber es gibt noch andere wie dieses, glaube ich.
This is so interesting people are talking about this! I'm from Austin TX and I'm a fourth generation "Texas German" :) unfortunately I wasn't taught German growing up, but I'm learning now.
When I worked in a hospital in St Louis I met a number of Amish folks who had brought their kids in for treatment. Their dialect of German is also very different - you should do a video of that if you haven't already.
Hey Dominik, what's your favorite city in Germany, and in America?
North Dakota has a lot of German speakers, also.
It’s important to know that German language was banned in America, even German culture was; before then, almost all German immigrants spoke their mother tongue, wrote newspapers in German and celebrated their culture etc but they became targets from other Americans and the government during the two wars and were considered enemy aliens, not citizens (even when most of them arrived in the 1700’s) German books were even burned. They were forced to blend in, stop speaking German, change - Americanize their last names and assimilate. This makes me very sad but also happy they still tried to manage to hang on to their mother-tongue despite it being illegal. I think that’s the most awesome and beautiful part about it.
Not just German, all immigrant culture was treated that way. IMHO one of the dearest treasures of America (our vivacious and deep multicultural tradition) was lost in that time.
MOIN!! Ich komme aus Gruene, Tx. !!!!
Panzer schwein….armadillo
Schönes Video!
Es gibt vielfältige Dialekte der deutsche Sprache überall in der Welt wegen der Deutscher, die nach Ausland auswandern und der Sprache hat oft mit der lokale Sprache des Landes gemischt. Zum Beispiel etwas ähnlich ist Afrikaans, das ist noch niederländisc aber mit afrikanischen Einfluss
THX to support Ukraine!!! Greetings from Kharkiv🇺🇦! It's interesting listening like modern generation of Germany trying understand through the prism of generations the language of people who emigrated 150 years ago. Also trying understand Canadian ukrainians whose ancestors emigrated 100 years ago. Funny)))
Other groups in the US like this are the Hutterites and Mennonites in Minnesota. I've had a chance to visit and work with a Hutterite community and they all speak German and live an interesting mix of traditional and modern lifestyle, like the Amish mixed with normal farmers. It would be a good episode if you ever visit the US around one of their communities.
Keine Ahnung wieso ich hier gelandet bin. Mir wurde nur ein Video über Texas German vorgeschlagen, wollte dann mehr darüber wissen und habe auf UA-cam danach gesucht und nun bin ich hier. 😂😂
Willkommen 😁🎉
Rest assured, you will not get close enough to the stink cat to stroke it's back before it applies it's odor to you. I have been sprayed from 15 feet away.
Damn 😂
Yeah those little shits don’t hold back. And if you get sprayed you’ll smell like a skunk for a month. It’ll drive you insane. People bath in tomato sauce and all kinds of silly stuff but I think most of it just makes it a little less noticeable and by the time you’ve tried it all you get used to it but the people around you don’t.
Yeah skunks are something else.
I’m sure I’ve seen this before. Maybe you find this comment among the others…. Buuut…
We DO still have Schützenverein in Texas! And many of the old dance halls (like the Turnverein in Bellville) still have signage in German that says stuff like, “Keine Hüte, keine Sporen, und das Kauen von Tabak ist im Gebäude verboten!”
My family is from central Texas and there Maifest was (and is) a very big deal.
Texas had many German newspapers, local German radio programs, German church services, and most business was conducted in German. My great grandmother NEVER spoke English and she was something like 2nd or 3rd generation!
The difference between Texas German and other small communities that spoke this language or that in the US was that the Texas German communities were extended through entire counties. So that at late as the 1920s there were places you had trouble conducting any business in English. In central Texas WWI and W.Wilson brought that to a screeching halt.
Still some of the heritage stuff remains. There’s a huge catalog of Texas German polka. I mean… like probably much bigger than you’d think. It’s hard to find now but if you dig a little you can hear some of it.
My dad listened to “Texas Polka Time” every Saturday for most of my youth. He and my mom dated going to dances where waltzes were the main affair.
There’s more of that still hanging around than a lot of people think, but you have to know where to look.
Some of our dearest traditions and family heritage dates back to Germany. For instance, my family still had “Easter nests” which was a practice from an area near Frankfurt I don’t think is done in Germany anymore.
And Christmas had a huge showing of all kinds of German traditions. Hell, I didn’t realize “Oh Tannenbaum” had English words until I was nine or ten.
If you ever do decide to make it over here to TX I'd be more than willing to take you around. I live in Boerne where we still have our hauptstrasse. We're about 30 minutes from Fredricksburg. I spent two great years as a kid in Mönchengladbach. Plus as a now retired chef, I can certainly treat you to some amazing tastes of Texas.
Texas German, nothing like when you see home on the internet!
i was literally talking about texas german earlier today, even referenced your first video, what a weird coincidence
Oh, what the Texans (and other Midwesterners) have done to Spanish. In New Mexico Alvarado is pronounced 'Al-va-rah-doe'; in Texas they say "Al-va-ray-doe'. Texas: 'Ama-rill-o'; New Mexico: 'Ama-ree-yo'...you get it. Terms have "Angliciized' or more like "Twanglicized' Spanish place names.
I love "The Old German Bakery." One of the best chicken fried steaks I've ever had. On the other side of the signs it says Old German Bakery in German. They flip the signs around to the German side during festivals.
Supposedly there is a large migration of German speakers (from nations like Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Namibia) to Fort Myers/Cape Coral, Florida USA. I've heard that the 2 colleges and universities in that area have 1,800 German speaking (or they are descendants of German-speaking immigrants) students combined. Thanks for the enlightening video.
What do you think of Volga Germans? Is there much of their history recorded in Germany? My family is Volga German, originally from Schwartzwald area. They ended up in Canada. My grandparents and my dad spoke Low German. I took High German in high school.
If you're ever in Wichita Falls eat at Opa's Schnitzel Haus. I don't know if you will hear anyone speak German but the food is top notch! Growing up there was a local church which had German services until the mid 1990s. Oh and Muenster, TX is a nice little German heritage town with some excellent locally-produced meats, smoked and otherwise, everyone's a Dieter or a Walterscheid and restaurant menus might have English and German food names listed but few people speak German in daily life I'm sure.
Ich glaube er hat Wasser gesagt und nicht Vater
I don't expect a _video_ on it, but if you're interested, the Texas Historical Commission also has "The First Texas Germans", a brief English-language video on early German-Texan history.
We have an enclave and Indiana of Amish that speak what we call Switzer Deitch The Amish that speak Pennsylvania Deitch can’t understand them very well. I would love for somebody to see how that German works with todays German. My neighbors she speaks the Switzerland and Her hubby speaks the Pennsylvania Amish version of German dialect here in Indiana!
I highly recommend visiting Fredericksburg Texas!! Lots to do. Great people. You won’t regret it!!
My mother’s side of the family is Texas German from central Texas. My grandparents spoke German. I wish they were still alive I really miss them.
Responsible gun clubs (German-language or not) shoot first, and drink later. =)
In the South of Brazil: Blumenau, Pomerode, Brusque,etc...the elders still speak a lot of German dialects....
Lots of Germans in Brazil!
Many small towns will have a Schützen Verein or singing club . Brass bands can still be found .
5:49 lmao 💀
North Texan here, I would love to see you come over here! But I am just warning you about the heat it is no joke!
In many small Texas-German towns, they still have the Sons of Hermann Societies.
Fredericksburg's main street is labeled "Hauptstrasse".
The man Said: he had no water at home…xD its is Called „wasser“ in german
Good luck to find a good German Chocolate Cake in Nürnberg!
What are some of the older stuff that is said? Like the things considered dated in Germany?
if you come to Texas you must also visit some of are beer gardens
Wi geds? Wir haben so viel Deutsche Dialekte im Texas unn Louisiane am “Le côte Des Alemande, moin families is pälzische-Daidschsprochisch/(Pfälzisch-Deutsch) von de Eiffel Bergen region
Evelyn Weinheimer from the first video you did on Texas German, is my girlfriend's Oma. My Girlfriend and I both come from family's with German and Czech Ancestry.
That is awesome and such a coincidence! 😊
I could be wrong but shooting clubs in the US are really only something those of a certain age belong to. Many of them were started around WWI with support from the Army because they were concerned about future soldiers not being able to shoot well. So, it was very common for young boys growing up between WWI and WWII to belong to and something they carried over into their adult years.
I have some newspaper ads from the 1880s that advertise (in German) the annual Schützenfest in La Grange, Texas.
But, nah, there are like one or two Schützenverein in Texas that work in a similar way to the way they used to and many people have the original rifles their family used from over 100 years ago.
So shooting clubs, there at least, are not new and many have strong roots in German Schützenverein.
I clicked on this ad and I don’t regret
Dieser Kommentar bereich ist offizielles Deutsches Stadtsgebiet
Fredericksburg Tx has changed so much. It’s hardly German anymore! Sadly true
Sadly the people of the Generations that spoke German in Texas are all but gone. From WWII on the language was basically no longer spoken outside of these communities, parents no longer taught it to their kids, there are probably less than 1000 native speakers anymore and all of them are elderly. It is expected to be extinct within 10 years.
I'weiB nicht im Tekhas es gibt Leute sprachten Deutshen!
Love how she rolls her Rs.
It's the same with Spanish. A lot of my friends from all over don't understand that Tex-Mex is a different dialect until they hear it. I have family from Mexico that will come over and its like two different languages. We also have our own slang. But I'm so glad you did this, because again no one ever believes we have German towns. We also have Czech towns.
Please let me know if you are heading to Texas. There are a lot of German ancestry cities on the rural Outskirts of San Antonio. I even met a German Emigree at a San Antonio Weekend Fair that was selling mainland pastry treats made based on Mainland German recipes.