Kurz! i will _o_lls eba macha Daſz oim 's Herz im Leib mu'ſz lacha; I will au de Tuifel ſchmiera, Daſz er Niem_â_ ka_n_ verführa, Hack' ihm boyde Hörner _o_, Daſz er nimma ſtecha ka-. In short, I will make all so even that the heart in one's body must laugh; I will also trick [den] the devil that he none can lead astray-- chop for him both his horns off that he cannot thrust again. PG. 'dass' for _als_ (with the sense of _as_), and 'dass wan' G. _als wenn_ (South German of Breisgau _as wenn_) for _as if_, seems peculiar. The German adverbial particles admit of a wide range of meaning, and in Low Austrian certain inversions occur, as _aussa_ (aus-her) for G. _heraus_; _aussi_ (aus-hin), also in old Bavarian, for G. _hinaus_, which would allow PG. 'dass' to be referred to _als dasz_ or da(r)als.[41] But independently of this surmise, the cutting down of the pronouns _des_ (G. das) and _es_ to _'s_ and _als_ to _ass_, makes it as easy to accept _dass_ for _als_, as 'd of English 'I'd rather,' for _had_ instead of _would_. Farther, as _da_ has _als_ for one of its meanings, this _dass_ may be _da_ with the adverbial suffix _-s_.[42] "des land is aw frei for mich so goot das for dich."--_Rauch_, p. 32. ... des land is aa frei f'r mich soo guut dass f'r dich. _This_ (not _the_) _country is_ (auch) _also free for me as well_ AS _for thee._ "net wennicher dos sivva hunnert for dich un mich"....--_Rauch_, 1869. ... net wennichǝr dass siwǝ hunǝrt f'r dich un mich. _Not less_ THAN _seven hundred for thee and me._ "Er will hawa dos ich bei eam aw roof in Filldelfy, un dut _=dos wanns=_ tsu meiner advantage wær wann ich kumm."--_Rauch_, Aug. 16, '69. 'ær will hawǝ dass ich bei iim aa˛ruuf in Fildelfi, un duut dass wann s tsu meinǝr 'atfæntitsch' wær wann ich kumm. _He will have that I_ (bei) _at-the-house-of him_ [G. _anrufen_, perverted to an English idiom] _call-on in Phildelphi_ [the common pronunciation] _and_ (_he_) _does_ AS IF _it_ (were) _would be to my 'advantage' if I come._[43] "Selly froke hut mich awer sheer gorly schwitza macha, un ich hob g'feeld yusht grawd _=das wann=_ ich mich full heaser hulder tæ g'suffa het un g'mixd mit tansy, katzakraut un bebbermint."--_Rauch_, Aug. 9, 1869. Selli frook hǝt mich schĭr gaarli schwitsǝ machǝ, und ich hab kfiilt juscht graad dass wann ich mich fǝl heesǝr huldǝr tee ksǝffǝ het un 'gmikst' mit 'tænsi' [_s_ not as _z_] katsǝkraut un 'bebbǝrmint.' [Dieselbe Frage] _That question however almost_ [G. gar] _quite made me sweat, and I felt just exactly_ AS IF _I had_ (G. gesoffen) _drunk myself full of hot_ (G. Holder) _elder tea, and 'mixed' with 'tansy' catnip and 'peppermint'._