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Why were german immigrants referred to as the pennsylvania dutch?

a.the german immigrants had the same religion as the dutch settlers.
b.germans and dutch are of the same ethnic, language, and political group.
c.the word in their own language for german was deutsch, and it was misunderstood by english speakers.
d.the german immigrants originally had settled in the dutch colony of new amsterdam.

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The answer is C, because the English speakers misunderstood what was meant by "deutsch" 
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