Quizzes
Quiz Time! Is it a darp or is it not a darp?
Think you know your Russian Mennonite darps? Well, let’s see. In this quiz I’ll give you the name of a community and you have to identify whether it’s real or just something I made up. […]
language
The Daily Bonnet
Mennonite Man Translates Low German Joke for Englishers, No One Laughs
WINKLER, MB An audience of Englishers from the city was left completely baffled by the Plautdietsch jokes at a local soup and pie fundraiser this past week. Even when translated, the jokes just didn’t seem […]
Unger Conviction
Mennonite Woman Accidentally Attends English Service After Sleeping In and Missing German Service
ROSENORT, MB For the first time in her life, Mrs. Johan Klassen of Rosenort attended a “worldly church service” in the English language. After a late night of canasta with the girls, Mrs. Klassen slept […]
Unger Conviction
Grandchildren Completely Baffled by Oma’s Gesangbuch
LANDMARK, MB Oma was very excited to sing out of the old German Gesangbuch with all the grandkids at the Plett Christmas gathering this Sunday, but soon realized things weren’t going to go nearly as smoothly […]
The Daily Bonnet
Holem de gruel, Armin Wiebe’s website is entertaining yet!
Well, I was doing some research yet about the language of my people and such and I found out that the great Mennonite novelist Armin Wiebe has an excellent section of his website called “Gutenthal […]