http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_re_us/amish_in_brooklyn I thought this was a fascinating NYC vignette, the mental picture (for me) is heavy woolen garments. And granted, the writer is oversimplifying the various sects of the Amish religion, but the idea to me is quite interesting. And I love the "they live a simple life of horses and buggies, but they all have cell phones".
Is this an April Fool's gag? If true, how would the two groups have even gotten together? Other than the curls how could they tell each other apart?
The story is a couple of days old OH, so it's not a April Fool's gag. Eh, no doubt advertisements or people who know people let be known if a Amish family was looking for a small day trip that the Lubavitch in NYC are hosting inexpensive tours of...
Wow! I would have paid to listen in on that. I wonder how close the Amish's old Platduetsch language is to Yiddish?
