Herr Merkel to address UK Parliament.
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No no no no no. You must at the end of the sentence the main verb putten! And dont forget inversion! 'Uber kanst ve' After a preposition the verb and pronoun reverse order. Oh, and that's 'kannen ve' Ve is a plural, so its kannen, Kanst wold go with ich, du, etc tut tut, your Germish needs a bit of work. :)
Actually I am fluent in German, having lived there for several years. It was a satirical side swipe at the English impression of what Germans are like. Several years ago I was in a pub talking to a couple of Germans. The subject got round to The War. One of the Germans asked why we English always bring up the war, and, to a man the five or six other Englishmen at the bar, in unison, said "Because We Won!". Even the Germans laughed at this.
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No no no no no. You must at the end of the sentence the main verb putten! And dont forget inversion! 'Uber kanst ve' After a preposition the verb and pronoun reverse order. Oh, and that's 'kannen ve' Ve is a plural, so its kannen, Kanst wold go with ich, du, etc tut tut, your Germish needs a bit of work. :)
Erudite_Eric wrote:
And dont forget inversion!
I thnk you meant: "And don't forget invasion."
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Erudite_Eric wrote:
And dont forget inversion!
I thnk you meant: "And don't forget invasion."
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Don't mention the war. DD did once, but I think he got away with it...:~
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Will she be shown the portrait of Mr Churchill? From her speech..."Achtung Englandisch. Ve mussen nicht gefighten mit you, Ve lossen alles time. Uber ve canst kontrol ze vorld mit den Neu Deutschmark, oder calt Ze Euro, und canst ze economisch und capitalisch domination auf alles. Alles mussen gefallen under ze Jackboot auf dem neu republish of ze Reich. Ein Volk! Ein Reich! Ein Fuhrer! un Arbeit Macht Frei!"
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Don't mention the war. Edit: I think OG did once but I think he got away with it.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Septimus Hedgehog wrote:
all of this could have been mine
Britain, North Germany, Holland and Flanders should have merged into a single state centuries ago. We have a common language, common religion, common culture and would have been a dominant global force and avoided two world wars. Shame.
So you mean German language, German Religion and German culture?
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Septimus Hedgehog wrote:
all of this could have been mine
Britain, North Germany, Holland and Flanders should have merged into a single state centuries ago. We have a common language, common religion, common culture and would have been a dominant global force and avoided two world wars. Shame.
That's what Hitler would have said. Therefore I lose. :confused:
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
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So you mean German language, German Religion and German culture?
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Not German. Celtic ;)
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Not German. Celtic ;)
Back to the roots eh? :doh:
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Septimus Hedgehog wrote:
all of this could have been mine
Britain, North Germany, Holland and Flanders should have merged into a single state centuries ago. We have a common language, common religion, common culture and would have been a dominant global force and avoided two world wars. Shame.
"We" in the Netherlands don't even have a common religion or culture, and this place is tiny. There's The West (includes the middle), which is generally civilized. The East, which is mostly empty except for some pseudo-Germans. The South which is somehow Catholic unlike the rest of the country - they refuse to pronounce their G's correctly, and they vote for Wilders. The North, divided between separatists (with their own language and culture, stuck a century in the past) and communists (but most of them are students).
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Actually I am fluent in German, having lived there for several years. It was a satirical side swipe at the English impression of what Germans are like. Several years ago I was in a pub talking to a couple of Germans. The subject got round to The War. One of the Germans asked why we English always bring up the war, and, to a man the five or six other Englishmen at the bar, in unison, said "Because We Won!". Even the Germans laughed at this.
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Herr Angela Merkel is on a one-day visit to the UK where she/he will address both Houses. As she/he walks in to do her speech will she/he think to her/himself as Chancellor "and all of this could have been mine"?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Das is nicht gut! [no, I can't speak German either]
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Don't mention the war. DD did once, but I think he got away with it...:~
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
German tourist witnesses a road accident. He runs into a shop. Here is the conversation: German: A man has been knocked down by a car. What number do I dial to get an ambulance? Shopkeeper: No, no, no. German: What do you mean, nein, nein, nein?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
having lived there for several years.
Wo hast Du gelebt ? Hamburg ? Dort gearbeitet ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Spoken like a true Alsatian! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Actually I am fluent in German, having lived there for several years. It was a satirical side swipe at the English impression of what Germans are like. Several years ago I was in a pub talking to a couple of Germans. The subject got round to The War. One of the Germans asked why we English always bring up the war, and, to a man the five or six other Englishmen at the bar, in unison, said "Because We Won!". Even the Germans laughed at this.
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Dalek Dave wrote:
Actually I am fluent in German
Oh really? Several years is enough is it? Anyway, your Germish sucks. :) (And oddly it is always Germans who bring up Hitler)
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Spoken like a true Alsatian! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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So you mean German language, German Religion and German culture?
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Platte Deutsch though. :)
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Not German. Celtic ;)
We would only have taken wales and Scotland with us into the Greater Union of Germanic Peoples is to have someone to make jokes about....
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"We" in the Netherlands don't even have a common religion or culture, and this place is tiny. There's The West (includes the middle), which is generally civilized. The East, which is mostly empty except for some pseudo-Germans. The South which is somehow Catholic unlike the rest of the country - they refuse to pronounce their G's correctly, and they vote for Wilders. The North, divided between separatists (with their own language and culture, stuck a century in the past) and communists (but most of them are students).
harold aptroot wrote:
and they vote for Wilders
I thought the whole place did, but I can believe the Catholics are more right wing.
harold aptroot wrote:
The North, divided between separatists
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: No way! Separatists ? What is there to separate! They will end up with a tiny bit of land that is 90% below sea level! That's nuts. They might speak Fries, but that's no reason.
