[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[David Froble]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <kfohgf$e23$1 at dont-email.me>,
> 	David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> In article <00ACEFA0.609F6A62 at sendspamhere.org>,
>>> 	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>>> In article <ao8874Fd1uoU1 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>>>> In article <00ACEF2F.64E50CF6 at sendspamhere.org>,
>>>>> 	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>>>>> In article <1Pz8et8m7O9A at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>>>>>>> In article 
>>>>>>> <3edb6d1f-62fb-4263-8005-fbde774ca26b at fn10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>>  Rich Jordan <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Our university english lit prof told the likely apocryphal tale of her
>>>>>>>> English professor telling his students that after long and careful
>>>>>>>> study, he had determined that the only word in the English language
>>>>>>>> where s followed by a vowel was pronounced as 'sh' was sumac.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One of his students asked, 'Professor, are you sure?'
>>>>>>>   This is more interesting than it may seem.  I had to check that
>>>>>>>   Merriam Webster claims sumac starts with the "sh" sound.  After
>>>>>>>   living in Iowa, Louisiana, Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, NJ,
>>>>>>>   and Maryland, I've never once heard it pronounced that way.
>>>>>> You should have lived in Pennsylvania! ;)
>>>>> I live in PA and I have lived in over a dozen differnt states and
>>>>> a bunch of counturies and I have never heard it pronounced with the
>>>>> "sh" sound either.
>>>> In heavy PA Dutch areas?
>>> Can't imagine why.  It isn't pronounced with the "sh" sound in German
>>> either.  Only difference between German and English is the pronounciation
>>> of the "a".
>>>
>>> And for those who think "He said Dutch, not German" :-) the word in 
>>> Dutch is "sumak".  Still no "sh".
>>>
>>> bill
>>>  
>>>
>> Ah, but you omitted the interesting reason why they are called 
>> "Pennsylvania Dutch".
> 
> Cause Pennsylvanians were stupid?  
> 
> bill
> 

I believe the german word for german is something like deutch.  Probably 
misspelled.  So when they were asked where they were from, they replied 
deutch, and so the Pennsylvanians called them dutch.

As for the mental capability of the average Pennsylvanian, I'm not going 
there ....

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