In the very German county of Berks there is an Elsass township, which indicates an Alsatian influence. As a German province of France,[55] two languages are in use, and are taught in the schools, but the French is Germanised in pronunciation, as may be verified among the Alsatian and German servants of Paris. Being akin to Swiss and Suabian, PG. has some points in common with this dialect, without being influenced by French. Alsatian differs from PG. in having _i haa_ for 'ich hab,' _tsel_ for 'sei' (G. _d_er_sel_be), _bluǝt_ for 'bluut,' _ūss_ for 'aus,' _hūs_ for 'haus,' _tsiit_ for 'tseit,' _bisch_ for 'bischt,' _biim_ for 'bei'm,' _morje_ for 'marrghǝ.' PG. and Alsatian turn some _b_-s to _w_, they have the vowels of _fall_, _what_, _up_, and have 'prowiirǝ' for _probiren_, 'ass' for _als_, 'do' for _da_, 'joo' for _ja_, 'joor' for _jahr_, 'hoor' for _haar_, 'fun' for _von_, 'isch' for _ist_, 'jets' for _jetzt_, 'uff' for _auf_, 'druff' for _dorauf_, 'uff'm' for _auf dem_, 'raus' for _daraus_, 'draan' for _daran_, 'iwwǝr' for _über_, 'dno' for _darnach_; PG. 'ǝffǝ,' Alsat. 'offǝ,' G. _ofen_; 'bal' for _bald_, 'm'r' for _wir_, 'm'r muss' for _man musz_, 'mee' for _mehr_, 'welli' for _welche_; 'was batt s' (what boots it). The following lines (Radlof, 2, 110) are extracted from a piece of Alsatian which well illustrates the concurrent use of two languages. The French should be read in the German mode. Other French words occur in Radlof's examples, such as allong _allons_, tur _tour_, schalu _jaloux_, anterpoo _entrepôt_, bangenet _baïonnette_. The original of the following is in German (gothic) and French (roman) print according to the language, here imitated by roman and italic types. The speaker is telling a friend how she was addressed by a stranger: So kummt ä Wälscher her, und macht mit Kumblemente, Und redt mich gradzu an.--Mach er kein Spargemente,[56] Hab i glich zu ihm g'sait. Losz Er, was ich 'ne bitt, Mich mine Waih fortgehn; ich kenn de Herre nit. »_Sans avoir,_ frout er mich, _l'honneur de vous connaître,_ _Vous êtes seule ici, voulez-vous me permettre_ _De vous offrir mon bras pour vous accompagner?_« _Allez_, _Mousié_, sa ich, _allez-vous promener_, Und spar Er sich die müh; Er musz sich nit trumpire, Ich bin von dene nit die mer am Arm kann führe.[57] »_Vous êtes bien cruelle, arrêtez un moment_,« Sait er, und kummt soglich mit sine Santimang.... Zu diene, hab i g'sait; losz Er mich aber gehn, Min Ehr erlaubt mir nit noch länger do zu stehn. »_Je n'insisterai pas, mais veuillez bien m'apprendre,_ _Si demain en ces lieux vous daignerez vous rendre._« Behüt mich Gott davor! i gib kein _rendez-vus_. _Adié, mousié, adié, je ne vus_ [sic] _verrai plus._