为什么门诺会教徒说“Once”：这是德语语法，而非神学

Mennonites say “once” because of German grammar, not theology. It is a dialect feature, it is several centuries old, and it has nothing to do with religion. What is actually going on The construction is familiar to anyone who has spent time in Pennsylvania Dutch country: Come here once. Hand me that once. Try it once. It comes from German, where mal — a shortened einmal, meaning once — is used constantly as a softener. Komm mal her. The word…