Sauk County Ostfälisch [Male speaker interviewed by Jürgen Eichhoff, June 1968, Westfield Twp., Sauk Co.] 1:09 | Yes, you see, my father and mother always taught me High German. Low German I learned from the neighbors. There were two kinds of Low German here, there were Hannoveraner [Ostfälisch speakers] and the other group, from North Freedom, those were the Pomeranians. And of course, I learned from them both, I can speak High German, Low German [Ostfälisch], and Pommersch. There's no difference, I can speak Pommersch and also Low German. I remember, when the first cars came around here, there were two old boys sitting in church, they were Pomeranians, and the old Pomeranians, they said, "Those old cars, they're pitiful things." They said, "One should just shoot the whole lot of them with revolvers." I'll never forget that, "Shoot the whole lot of them with revolvers." |