Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1910 — German Dialect in Wisconsin. [ARTICLE]

German Dialect in Wisconsin.

It Is two German women who are speaking in the presence of an Irish woman. “Th’ tap o’ th’ mornin’ t’ ye, Mis’ Brdttschnelder. ’Tis glad I am t’ see th’ likes av ye. Isa yer daughther Gretchen goln’t’ the Hill th’ morrow?” “Faith an’ she Is. Ven me by Heinrich can get th’ bay haarse a way N from th’ plowin’ iN’lnk I'll go mesilf, bedad.” Thla is not travesty. It is a report of German dialect. The manner of speech came about naturally enough. When the Germans arrived here In full force the country was already settled, largely by Yankees and Irish, and the German had to buy his farm here or there. Thus a number of them found themselves located in the town of Erin, where, of courser they learned the language of the country. And I leave It to my fellow citizens ip Wisconsin whether a German cannot speak as broad and rich a brogue as any son of Erin.—Charles D. Stewart In Atlantic.