Archive for August 2026
The Pennsylvania Dutch Dialects Project by Rose Fisher
Our next video from the Plain Roots conference is by Rose Fisher presenting on her Pennsylvania Dutch Dialects Project. In addition, this video also has another presentation on Teaching People to Write Pennsylvania Dutch by Rose Fisher and Eythana Miller. With a Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics and Language Science from Penn State University, Rose joined…
Read MoreHeritage in Translation by Eythana Miller
Today we bring you the second recorded session from the Plain Roots Conference held in Middlebury, Indiana on June 26 and 27. This one features Eythana Miller, who presented on her project Heritage in Translation. Eythana is the Program Manager and Secretary of ADSF. She grew up in Libby, Montana, in an unconventional Amish community…
Read MoreOpening Talk at the Plain Roots Conference
Today we begin bringing you videos from the Plain Roots conference held on June 26 and 27, starting with the opening talk that I gave. Each segment of the conference will have a biography of the speaker or speakers. Here is mine: Saloma grew up Amish in Ohio. She left her community twice — first…
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