They Call Non-Amish Folk ”The English”

One of the most peculiar things about the Amish is that they view non-Amish folk as outsiders and refer to them as “the English.” They refer to other people this way because the Amish are mainly from Dutch and German-speaking countries. Therefore, they view everyone else as English.

Their primary language is German, and they rarely speak English. This language is actually a second language to them. This is why they have called outsiders for centuries, and the name just stuck.