Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 18:18:45 -0500

From: Dan Goodman dsgood[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VISI.COM

Subject: Hudson Valley



I've run into a couple of problems in looking up the development of my

native dialect (Hudson Valley). This is, of course, something which

would never happen to a professional linguist. :)



1. The original dialect study seems to have been conducted on the

assumption that "urban doesn't count". This is for a region which

contains two of the three oldest cities in New York State. And which

has had economic ties with New York City -- and, to a lesser extent,

Philadelphia.



2. The variety of Dutch most spoken in the Hudson Valley probably had

some differences from standard Dutch. Are there any written sources?

The nearest I've found is a study of "Jersey Dutch" -- not the same

area, and centuries later.



Dan Goodman

dsgood[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]visi.com

http://www.visi.com/~dsgood/index.html

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