Here is a book for anyone tired of speaking flat, colorless, homogenized English. Pennsylvania Dutchman Gary Gates provides a glossary, read-aloud section, songs, recipes, and more in this delightful, ‚inwaluable? introduction to Dutch-ified English. Learn the meaning of ‚rutch? and ’spritz,? what a ‚clod? and a ‚crotch? are, how to pronounce and make ‚Cussin Rache’s Snitz and Knepp,? and what has happened to food when it’s ‚all.? Spice up your vocabulary with delightful words and phrases, such as: . Grex: To complain, moan. ‚Ah, quit your grexing, you have a vonderful life.? . Face: Belief, religious conwiction. ‚Praise be! Rebecca has found her face in the Lord again!? . Gruntbecky: An expression of hard going. ‚Gruntbecky! It’s difficult to run in this hot sun.? . Nix nootz: A devilish, mischievous person. ‚Our daughter is a little nix nootz.? . Rupdawn: A massage. ‚A good rupdawn will take the ache away.? Tired of trying to conform to traditional speech patterns, Gary offers a warm and funny celebration of the unique Dutch culture in America.
ISBN: 978-1-68099-037-9
