Amish Education and Schooling

Tijuana-bound no more?

Byerik

The Amish often seek medical treatment across the border. Cost is the main reason why.  Lacking health insurance as the Amish do, treatment in the US can be expensive. A new law requiring passports, complete with identifying photos, could stop trips to Canada and Mexico. The photo part is the problem.  Most Amish avoid posing for photos. The group has usually been able to negotiate…

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Debunking some Speech Myths

Byerik
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The Amish don’t use ‘thee’, ‘thine’, or ‘thou’, as you might think after watching Weird Al’s video. Neither do they speak like Alexander Godunov or Jan Rubes did in Witness. Check that, at least one Amishman today does–but he was born in Germany and converted to the faith in his 20’s. They mostly speak English like any rural Americans would.  Though you could say there…