Calico Rock Mennonite
Calico Rock Mennonite
Alright, I'm not sure if this is right for this subform, but while on twitter I found this article http://www.calicorockmennonite.org/2014 ... iveOldPost. At first I didn't notice anything weird about it, but after a couple seconds of look at it. It dawn on me that it was English but written in an incredibly weird way. I was wondering if anyone has seen this way of writing english? It's obvious this is a nonstandard dialect, but is this a case of some people trying to write in a way that mimics a certain style of speech or is it something a bit more grounded than that?
Re: Calico Rock Mennonite
...Is that Scots? 
More seriously, it almost sounds like a cross between an Amish dialect (most of whom are L1 German speakers) and certain aspects of AAVE. But then "nairy" just keeps bringing me back to Scots...
More seriously, it almost sounds like a cross between an Amish dialect (most of whom are L1 German speakers) and certain aspects of AAVE. But then "nairy" just keeps bringing me back to Scots..."But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”
