Puhoi Egerländer Dialect
Putting dialect on headstones...
Puhoi descendants! Why not put "Gäits nea in Gottes Nåmma" on your parent's headstone?
This is a conventional way of transcribing "Go in the name of the Lord" or "Go in God's name."
If the diacritics (the little circles above the letter "a") cause any problems, you could also use the following:
"Gejts nea in Gottes Nomma"
This is a great way to give a special character to our cemetery.
Acknowledgements
Daniel Nuetzel
Hoyt-Reichmann Scholar of German-American Studies
Director, Max Kade Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 2009
Associate Professor of German, IU School of Liberal Arts,Cavanaugh Hall, Indianapolis
The Puhoi 150th Anniversary challenge...
To remember the simple Bohemian dialect greetings and to use them with your family.