Re: American Dutch dialects

From: tgpedersen
Message: 63587
Date: 2009-03-08

> They would have studied in the capital BUT there were no real doctors
> where my family lived. You had to go to the capital by car or train.

He either had direct or indirect constact with NYC and spoke some predecessor of General American, or he did neither. You can't have it both ways.


Torsten

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