[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] GERMANS FROM RUSSIAN POLAND ACCENTS

[Ort Kolewe]

As long as they did not praise the Kaiser or the Prussian sense of order or ate too much sauerkraut and wurst the Germans blended in ...but you had a lot of Italians who didn't drink beer so it was hard to fit in. 

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On Sep 10, 2013, at 10:08 AM, MIKE MCHENRY <maurmike1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> I would like thank everyone for the enlightening discussion. My grandparents
> were Germans from Russian Poland (1901-2). They lived for quite some time in
> Hoboken, NJ. Hoboken is one square mile in area. Prior to WWI it had an
> estimated 24000 ethnic Germans. I often wonder based on list comments how
> they might be accepted. Thanks again!
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> Can anyone tell me if the accents of German people from Russian Poland were
> very different from Germans of Germany? I recognize that German accents vary
> across Germany. I guess what I'm asking is it instantly recognizable that
> the person is from Russian Poland
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