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There is plenty of German influence in West Virginia and Ohio.
Cincinnati is full of people descended from German immigrants.
If you listen closely when someone speaks and they're from Cincinnati, you'll hear them say..."Please?". German language structure to say "bitte?" - As in "what did you say?" That's a sure fire way to know if someone comes from Cincinnati, when they say "Please?".
Here in Pennsylvania there is an extreme German influence.
My ancestry is Pennsylvania Dutch.
Pennsylvania as a whole is heavily influenced by German immigrants from the German Amish and Mennonites to the Pennsylvania Dutch.
As a result of this this you see German influence in prepared food, snacks, beer, architecture and religious practice.
An example of " Dutch speak" would be " Shall I lock the door open?
Missouri had so many German immigrants that they almost became a German speaking state at one time, though they are mostly clustered along the big rivers like the Missouri, and the Ozarks is more Scots-Irish. I am about half Brit and half German myself though I look all German. One interesting group that came to the states was called the Dunkers, which is what other folks called the denomination The Church of the Brethren, which came off the Mennonite/Amish branch. They were so called b/c "they dunked 'em three times" during a baptism. My family came into MO on the Dunker (or dunkard) wagon train 150 years ago and the MO church almost immediately started having problems because of the "taint of universalism." They generally stayed to themselves during tent revivals, which set them off from their neighbors and they stayed away from card playing and dancing and dressed plain (which they don't do anymore.)
missouri had so many german immigrants that they almost became a german speaking state at one time, though they are mostly clustered along the big rivers like the missouri, and the ozarks is more scots-irish. I am about half brit and half german myself though i look all german. One interesting group that came to the states was called the dunkers, which is what other folks called the denomination the church of the brethren, which came off the mennonite/amish branch. They were so called b/c "they dunked 'em three times" during a baptism. My family came into mo on the dunker (or dunkard) wagon train 150 years ago and the mo church almost immediately started having problems because of the "taint of universalism." they generally stayed to themselves during tent revivals, which set them off from their neighbors and they stayed away from card playing and dancing and dressed plain (which they don't do anymore.)
I can't believe no one mentioned Kaiser rolls. OK, so it's technically Austrian, but close enough, lol.
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