.ǝn biiwli sei˛--sell iss d'r To be a boy--that is worth wært-- while-- dii keschtǝ 'rooschtǝ' uf d'r to 'roast' the chestnuts on the hært-- hearth-- was hǝt des als gekracht! what crackling that produced! Sell iss forbei. Ich fiil 's im t'is gone--I feel that in my gmiid,[67] soul es schpiilt 'n rechtǝs heemwee it plays a real home-sick liid, tune-- d'r reeghǝ uf 'm dach! the rain upon the roof! ¶ 7. 7. Dort schteet dii 'seem' alt walnus There stands the 'same' old kischt, walnut chest ich wunnǝr 'nau' was dart drin I wonder 'now' what may be isch? in 't, 's muss eppǝs 'bartich sei˛. it must be something (abartig) rare. Kallénǝr, tseitung, bichǝr--hoo! Calendars--newspapers--books --oh dii alti sachǝ hen sii doo the olden objects have we here all sunnǝrscht-sewǝrscht[68] all upside down within. nei˛. ¶ 8. 8. 'Nau' bin ich aawǝr recht ǝn buu, But 'now' I truly am a boy weil ich do widdǝr seenǝ duu because I now again behold des alt bekanntǝ sach. this old familiar thing. Harrich! hæærscht d'r reeghǝ! 'Jes Hark! Hearst the rain! 'Yes, indiid'-- yes indeed,' er schpiilt ǝn rechtǝs heemwee liid it plays a proper home-sick dart oowǝ uf 'm dach! air up there upon the roof! ¶ 13. 13. Sii henkǝ net am balkǝ mee They hang not on the cross-beams more dii bindlǝ fun dem kreitǝr tee, the bundles of botanic tea, un allǝrlee gewærts; and every kind of root; 'nau' will ich widdǝr biiwli sei˛-- 'now' I will be a boy again ich hool sii f'r dii mammi rei˛-- and for my mother bring them in-- sell 'pliist' mei, biiwli hærts.[69] that 'pleased' my boyish heart. --HARBAUGH. § 4. _Anglicised German._ The following factitious example, full of English words and idioms, is from a New York German newspaper, and purports to be written by a German resident in America. The spelling recalls the name HEYFLEYER over a stall in the stables of the King of Wurtemberg. The writer of the letter spells his name in three ways, instead of 'Schweineberger,' as given in the tale.