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Posted: 18 May 2020 at 11:44pm

1 more German Mag

2mb1 by bottleswest, on Flickr

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this bud's for you

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Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 1:00pm

Sorry for the late comment but those German language pages are interesting, if rather difficult to read. It's the Gothic script more than anything. Modern day Germans supposedly even find it difficult to read, even though it was still commonly used into the 1940s.

German was widely spoken in this country at one time and even the Declaration of Independence was printed in German at the same time it was printed and published in English. These days, it's still spoken in a few places, although it's a specific dialect of German. Use of German in this country fell off with WWI. There's still Spanish, of course. New World Spanish, they call it.

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I have a German deli 3 miles from my house, it’s been open since the 70’s- it’s still open, but the original German owner
Sold the business 2 years back...More often than not, you would see old German folks- speaking in their native tongue to the owner...Like you said- it’s going away in this country, except for the few pockets here and there.

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	1 more German Mag 2mb1 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb5 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb4 by bottleswest, on Flickr this bud's for you bud by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb6 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb7 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb8 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb9 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb10 by bottleswest, on Flickr

BlueTrain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Location: Northern Virgin Status: Offline Points: 696	Post Options Post Reply Quote BlueTrain Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 1:00pm
	Sorry for the late comment but those German language pages are interesting, if rather difficult to read. It's the Gothic script more than anything. Modern day Germans supposedly even find it difficult to read, even though it was still commonly used into the 1940s. German was widely spoken in this country at one time and even the Declaration of Independence was printed in German at the same time it was printed and published in English. These days, it's still spoken in a few places, although it's a specific dialect of German. Use of German in this country fell off with WWI. There's still Spanish, of course. New World Spanish, they call it.

Sansome Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ADMIN Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 14476	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sansome Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 1:44pm
	I have a German deli 3 miles from my house, it’s been open since the 70’s- it’s still open, but the original German owner Sold the business 2 years back...More often than not, you would see old German folks- speaking in their native tongue to the owner...Like you said- it’s going away in this country, except for the few pockets here and there.