Originally Posted by gnoahhh
In our neck of the woods- Herndon/Dornsife/Dalmatia- the older generations were truly bilingual. Pennsylvania Dutch was heard as much as English. In fact my grandparents spoke more "Dutch" than they did English, especially between themselves. (Don'tcha know?)

The summer of '71, I was a laborer for Dean Carl of Carl's Masonry out of Herndon. They'd drive up to South Williamsport every day. We were putting up a three story apartment building. The older guys usually spoke Dutch to each other because it was more natural than English. Hard work and fun times. The one day, Dean hollered over to his cousin, Donny: "Hey, Donny. I chust saved yer life!" "How's that, Dean?" "I chust killed a [bleep]-eatin' fly!"

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