so, what is an amischwab anyway???

so i suppose most of you don't even know what an amischwab is, so i thought it would be good to explain. if you do a google search, there are actually people named Ami Schwab. but i am not one of them. amischwab is a compound noun in german, basically, a made up word. is consists of two parts: "ami" and "schwab."

ami: ami is a german slang word for american. sometimes, the term "amiland" is even used in slang for the united states.

schwab: schwab is someone from the region "Schwaben" or "Schwabia" as we say in english. the schwabs speak a dialect that is not well-liked throughout germany, but it happens to be the dialect i speak and the region from where my family came from originally. this area is in southwest germany, around stuttgart and to the south of there.

hence, amischwab--an schwabian american. this is who i am.