^ not too many scandinavians, but there is a strong finnish community in ne ohio. there is a finn heritage museum too.
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Originally Posted by McBane
Agree with others about the Amish. It's a unique culture and Germanic but it's distinct from German. It's not like the Amish are hosting Oktoberfest festivals, fly German flags, or brew their own beer. They're very religious people.
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i had a german nanny gf in columbus and her dad came over to the states to visit. he rented a car and made a beeline to amish country. he said its pretty famous in germany. when he got back he said it was fun and interesting, but the german was so strange. it was like ye olde german that no one speaks anymore he said.
for trivia the amish majority holmes county is the only county in ohio where the majority esl/lep services in schools aren’t in spanish, but are in german.