Pella Dutch is a dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Pella, Iowa. It is derived from South Guelderish, a dialect spoken in the Netherlands.
Famous quotes containing the words dutch and/or dialect:
“‘Tis probable Religion after this
Came next in order; which they could not miss.
How could the Dutch but be converted, when
The Apostles were so many fishermen?
Besides the waters of themselves did rise,
And, as their land, so them did re-baptize.”
—Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
“The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)