Our Amish Language

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22 points | by NaOH 3 hours ago

1 comments

  • schoen 1 hour ago
    I asked an LLM to help me find the standard German equivalent for "hooche Leit", and it said "hohe Leute" 'high people' (here in the sense of 'fancy people'), which of course doesn't have the same connotation, but that's the etymological sense.
    • unkeen 36 minutes ago
      That would be "Höhergestellte" nowadays.