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From: <>
Subject: Re: High and Low Dutch
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:23:22 EDT

In a message dated 98-08-13 16:12:18 EDT, writes:

> I hate to "worry" this subject one more time, but I had the understanding
> High Dutch
> roughly referred to the people in the higher elevation areas, i.e. Germans,
> and Low
> Dutch referred to the people in the lowlands, i.e. the Dutch.
>
> The American Heritage Dictionary tells me the Low Countries are "A region
of
> northwest Europe comprising Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg."
>
> For example, in Adams County, just outside Gettysburg, there is a Low Dutch
> Road
> where my ancestors lived. They are all Dutch.

Don, that is basically correct--I think what you wrote above agrees, rather
than disagrees, with I quoted from Shirley Riemer's book. It does (or did
originally) have to do with the elavation of the land--and you are right that
they were ALL Dutch! There was not the distinction that there is today of
meaning someone from Holland.

Joan

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