Date:  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 18:18:45 -0500
From:  Dan Goodman <dsgood[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VISI.COM>
Subject: Hudson Valley

I've run into a couple of problems in looking up the development of my
native dialect (Hudson Valley). This is, of course, something which
would never happen to a professional linguist. :)

1. The original dialect study seems to have been conducted on the
assumption that "urban doesn't count". This is for a region which
contains two of the three oldest cities in New York State. And which
has had economic ties with New York City -- and, to a lesser extent,
Philadelphia.

2. The variety of Dutch most spoken in the Hudson Valley probably had
some differences from standard Dutch. Are there any written sources?
The nearest I've found is a study of "Jersey Dutch" -- not the same
area, and centuries later.

Dan Goodman
dsgood[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]visi.com
http://www.visi.com/~dsgood/index.html
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