Texas German dying out is largely due to the stigma after both world wars ended. Before the wars, it was the second most spoken language in the US. Nowadays the second most spoken language is Spanish.
The older generation definitely still feels that way. I found out through ancestry that we have a lot of German ancestors and I told my dad and he said he already knew that and shrugged it off. My dad told me growing up that we were 100% Scottish. He also hates Germany and anything German.
Wo ich was jungen in 1960s to mid 1970s der stadt Fredericksburg was still speaking mostly German. The street signs said "strasse". It slowly changed over to Englischen and now German in Fredericksburg is tourist kitsch. I still go to Fredericksburg because it's a nice fun town and the best place to get hearty German food.
Texas German mixed with English, Spanish and Czech and I've learned and forgotten all of them. German folk music and Mexican folk music are strikingly similar and whenever you hear one or the other - it's a party 🥳
@@NelsonClick to me the South, including Texas, just feels English. And the Great Lakes just feels German. When I talk to Midwesterners I am just reminded of Germans I know, and when I talk to Southerners I think of upper class English colonials in NZ and Australia. Except much more extreme with the poshness and propriety. And the South actually feels really elitist to me, although they contest that kind of accusation as a massive insult. I ended up just saying 'that's elitist' when they talk about 'poor people food' or 'i am very nice to uneducated people in menial jobs'.
Look at Feli From Germany, she found some interviews of elder women from Fredericksburg, Texas. There was Quite a bit of material there. She pointed out some interesting Americanish affects in pronunciation but she seems to understand it perfectly also.
A reversal is Gert WWII vet speaking English. He was captured near the end of the war and was sent to America to work on the rocket program with Von Braun. He learned all his English while working and living in Huntsville, Alabama. The You Tube interview is in Germany but in English. He opens his mouth and a thick southern accent comes out.
I'm from Pennsylvania and have heard lots of Pennsylvania German. I don't understand maybe 5 words of German. What came through loud and clear in this video was the Texas accent 😂
There are other German speakers in Texas. My relatives who spoke German were from the Schulenburg-La Grange-Weimar area. Schulenburg is at the intersection of Interstate 10 and US Hwy 77, that is east of Interstate 35. Fredericksburg is west of I 35.
I'm only aware of German speaking people in central Minnesota. They settled in the St. Cloud, MN area in the 1850's (?). It's called "Stearns County Deutsch." I still know of a few people who still speak it fluently but they are getting very old now.
Pennsylvania Dutch, or Amish Sherborn, does sound quite a bit different. You could probably understand that, too, but it definitely sounds more like German spoken with a thick American accent, plus a lot of American Or English syntax
All my life living in Texas never met anyone from Germany 🇩🇪 there’s first time for everything from watching videos about Germany what i can see in common is the farming landscape Texas is rich with farming land!
There were German settlers all over the American south. Minden LA was settled by Germans. There were also a lot of Germans in Meridian MS. Those are two I know of personally. Just like a lot of south Louisiana speaks Cajun French. Not as much as before. That is sad.
@@TheGermanAmbassador meine Grosseltern haben Portugiesische gelernt weil die wollte das Fersehen verstehen. Das war Ende des 1980s. Meine Mutter hat Portugiesisch im Schule gelernt. Kannst du so verstehen, wie Deutschland eine sehr riesiege Einfluss in Südbrasilien hat. Wenn du eine Person kennenlernen willst, die diese Dialiekt spricht, habe ich meine ganze Familie hier und die sind sehr freundlich.... Ich habe leider nicht Detusch zu Hause seit Kind gelernt, weil mein Vater "ist kein Deutsch". Er kommt von der Grenze zwischen Uruguay und Brasilien. So war er gegen Deutsche Sprache zu Hause.
Video ist heute zwar ein Jahr alt aber dennoch sehr interessant. Ich Abonniere dich jetzt in der Hoffnung noch mehr interessante Sachen zu hören und zu sehen.
Texas German dying out is largely due to the stigma after both world wars ended. Before the wars, it was the second most spoken language in the US. Nowadays the second most spoken language is Spanish.
That’s just porous borders and bad immigration policies.
3rd most is probably French now
No shit, the video mentioned that.
@@hyperlagacy436 idk, might also be Italian or mandarin
The older generation definitely still feels that way. I found out through ancestry that we have a lot of German ancestors and I told my dad and he said he already knew that and shrugged it off. My dad told me growing up that we were 100% Scottish. He also hates Germany and anything German.
"Howdy, digga"
- Texas German Youth's
Howdy!
Wo ich was jungen in 1960s to mid 1970s der stadt Fredericksburg was still speaking mostly German. The street signs said "strasse". It slowly changed over to Englischen and now German in Fredericksburg is tourist kitsch. I still go to Fredericksburg because it's a nice fun town and the best place to get hearty German food.
Texas German mixed with English, Spanish and Czech and I've learned and forgotten all of them. German folk music and Mexican folk music are strikingly similar and whenever you hear one or the other - it's a party 🥳
und Bier ?!?!?
Mexican folk music has many of it's roots in German folk music brought over by German immigrants. Something very few people are aware of.@@NelsonClick
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to me the South, including Texas, just feels English. And the Great Lakes just feels German.
When I talk to Midwesterners I am just reminded of Germans I know,
and when I talk to Southerners I think of upper class English colonials in NZ and Australia. Except much more extreme with the poshness and propriety.
And the South actually feels really elitist to me, although they contest that kind of accusation as a massive insult. I ended up just saying 'that's elitist' when they talk about 'poor people food' or 'i am very nice to uneducated people in menial jobs'.
I find those pockets of German heritage sprinkled across the US and America absolutely amazing.
There are also dialects of German in South America and other portions of North America outside of the USA.
I consider German American culture to be like mainstream rural American culture. The people are very direct.
The South is very different of course.
That's most of the US
Look at Feli From Germany, she found some interviews of elder women from Fredericksburg, Texas. There was Quite a bit of material there. She pointed out some interesting Americanish affects in pronunciation but she seems to understand it perfectly also.
Tejano music is a descendant of German Polka music.
A reversal is Gert WWII vet speaking English. He was captured near the end of the war and was sent to America to work on the rocket program with Von Braun. He learned all his English while working and living in Huntsville, Alabama. The You Tube interview is in Germany but in English. He opens his mouth and a thick southern accent comes out.
I'm from Pennsylvania and have heard lots of Pennsylvania German. I don't understand maybe 5 words of German. What came through loud and clear in this video was the Texas accent 😂
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You’re referring to Pennsylvania Dutch, or standard German spoken by descendants of German immigrants living in Pennsylvania?
I live in San Antonio and I'm from New Braunfels, so I know some Tex Mex Spanish and Texas Hill Country Deutsch.
You’re trinlingual?
Nahh my worst nightmare mid-west germam
There are other German speakers in Texas. My relatives who spoke German were from the Schulenburg-La Grange-Weimar area. Schulenburg is at the intersection of Interstate 10 and US Hwy 77, that is east of Interstate 35. Fredericksburg is west of I 35.
I'm only aware of German speaking people in central Minnesota. They settled in the St. Cloud, MN area in the 1850's (?). It's called "Stearns County Deutsch." I still know of a few people who still speak it fluently but they are getting very old now.
Pennsylvania Dutch, or Amish Sherborn, does sound quite a bit different. You could probably understand that, too, but it definitely sounds more like German spoken with a thick American accent, plus a lot of American Or English syntax
a normal german? you mean ein Schwab? ein Hunsrucker? ein Bavariusch? ein Frankfurter? Hamburger? Berliner? Prussian?
Australian, north american, british english are all very different. So thats how it may have sounded like to different german speakers
You might want to check the small farming communities in west Texas. Lamesa, Texas has good population of German farmers.
I'm British and can speak German. Sounded like straightforward normal German spoken by Sheldon's Dad.
I understand this German.
All my life living in Texas never met anyone from Germany 🇩🇪 there’s first time for everything from watching videos about Germany what i can see in common is the farming landscape Texas is rich with farming land!
They aren't from Germany they're from the US. They just speak German due to their German heritage
@@brit4294 German Heritage I still haven’t meet anyone that speaks German around here!
ein passendes Wort in Texas German ist STINKE KATZE für STINKTIER ( SKUNK) was auch passt
There were German settlers all over the American south. Minden LA was settled by Germans. There were also a lot of Germans in Meridian MS. Those are two I know of personally. Just like a lot of south Louisiana speaks Cajun French. Not as much as before. That is sad.
The South feels English to me. It actually feels elitist but they hate that
Germantown , Chicago, on Lincoln ave will be another interesting dialect center...
they sound like german, but without a european accent lol
mid west german is already here
In the US it seems, everyone has at least some German blood, or some Irish blood. I have both.
Das ist genau so auch hier in Südbrasilien
Wie nennt man den Dialekt da?
@@TheGermanAmbassador Riograndenser Hunsrücksch. Auch Pommeranisch wird gesprochen.
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riograndenser_Hunsr%C3%BCckisch
@@paulocrotalico cool, ich schau mal ob ich mwhr dazu finde, danke!
@@TheGermanAmbassador meine Grosseltern haben Portugiesische gelernt weil die wollte das Fersehen verstehen. Das war Ende des 1980s. Meine Mutter hat Portugiesisch im Schule gelernt. Kannst du so verstehen, wie Deutschland eine sehr riesiege Einfluss in Südbrasilien hat. Wenn du eine Person kennenlernen willst, die diese Dialiekt spricht, habe ich meine ganze Familie hier und die sind sehr freundlich.... Ich habe leider nicht Detusch zu Hause seit Kind gelernt, weil mein Vater "ist kein Deutsch". Er kommt von der Grenze zwischen Uruguay und Brasilien. So war er gegen Deutsche Sprache zu Hause.
Video ist heute zwar ein Jahr alt aber dennoch sehr interessant. Ich Abonniere dich jetzt in der Hoffnung noch mehr interessante Sachen zu hören und zu sehen.
c'est de l'Allemand avec l'accent américain.
German Pewdiepie?
suggestion for reaction video: What's The Dumbest Thing an American Has Ever Said To You?
Lol
your reaction was typical german = nonexistent.
Machen Amerika groß wieder! 😂
that's stupid. why. !!!!!
Whats stupid? That German immigrants spoke German and their families kept speaking it and it morphed over time?