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eythana

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    Comment #49041754

    I'm the author of the article. I also disagree there's "no opening" for it to become written. "literary" is indeed maybe a step further than I'm looking right now, but I'm involved…

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    Comment #48913054

    Hi, I’m the author. I’ve never met someone from the region so I haven’t been able to test this but I’d love to at some point. Thanks for sharing.

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    Comment #48913029

    I’m Eythana, the article’s author. I’ve made no claims about this group being uneducated or unable to express themselves in general. There are certain limitations in the scope of t…

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    Comment #48912906

    I’m Eythana, the author. That German loanword isn’t used at all, I could say virtually to be safe, but it’s really not used anywhere among the Amish. No one in my community ever di…

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    Comment #48912609

    I'm the author of the article :) while you're right that Libby is uniquely positioned, I see this attitude often in places like Geauga County, Ohio, for example, where I have many …

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    Comment #48912572

    Hi! I'm Eythana, the author. We do also use "English" very often to describe non-Amish people. They're used interchangeably. I wanted to include it but my editors preferred to stic…

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    Comment #48912539

    Hi, I'm Eythana, author of the article. A corpus is currently being built! Lots of Amish are actually okay with audio recordings, and there are tons of formerly Amish who contribut…