On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Carlos Murillo wrote:
> >Where else do they speak Dutch besides some rural parts of Pennsylvania
> >where they generally shun technology? :)
>
> The "Pennsylvania dutch" are actually german, for all I know.
> Seems that like a case of one person saying "deutsche" and
> another hearing "dutch". At least that's the explanation
Wow, I'm doubly ignorant. You are, of course, correct :)
> that I heard from a native. This native was born in a farm,
> then went to Drexel university, and now he's a phd and a top
> programmer of web applications for research purposes. So
> not all "Pennsylvania dutch" are technology averse. His
> dad, still a farmer, uses a Mac. So they even have taste
> in technology.
That would probably make a terrific story for Christine Finn. Would you
mind passing along his contact information in private e-mail?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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