German Language is cool :)
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Some of the 10 seem rather redundant as their English equivalents have been doing the rounds for quite long enough not to have to dress them up as u-words; ear worm particularly! I'm quite happy to stick at the one German word in my vocabulary which captures everything you need to know about life, the universe and everything; schadenfreude.
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Taulie wrote:
but, at the end it doesn't matter wich language we speak.
Agreed. But debating the subject is harmless, and lots of fun. :)
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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i've never seen this article :) for sure, for an english speaking it's very difficult. it's like if you compare german with chinese and i am sure Mark Twain never seen such a language, because he was never in china or japan. you got me? :-D i am sure Albert Einstein or Werner Braun has another opinion about this. And all the stolen scientists, after the second world war, too. I want to say Mark Twain can write good stories and thats it. i read some too, he was a very good writer. but, at the end it doesn't matter wich language we speak. Important is that we can talk with hands ands feets :laugh:
Taulie wrote:
for sure, for an english speaking it's very difficult.
Another paradox since English is a Germanic language first and foremost. There is of course the story of the simultaneous translator (into English) at an EU conference with the long-winded German speaker at the podium. The English listeners were a little surprised to find that at one point the voice in their ears simply stopped and there ensued a silence which was stretching into minutes before an exasperated cry of 'The verb, man, what's the **** verb?'
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Some of the 10 seem rather redundant as their English equivalents have been doing the rounds for quite long enough not to have to dress them up as u-words; ear worm particularly! I'm quite happy to stick at the one German word in my vocabulary which captures everything you need to know about life, the universe and everything; schadenfreude.
that's a very good word everything indeed :)
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Ten years ago I was sent to Germany on short notice to help out at a trade show. I was amazed at how much of my German vocabulary came back. Of course, my accent was atrocious... :sigh:
Software Zen:
delete this;Not long back from a week in Berlin and was also amazed at how much and how quickly my German came back. Apparently my accent wasn't so bad ;P Most bizarre moment - managing to communicate with one chap in a mixture of Italian, French and German - he had very little German and even less English; I speak English, can just get by in German, have a little French, even less Italian. Most embarrassing moment - staring blankly at someone totally unable to understand a word they were saying ... then realising they were speaking English (quite well too) ... erm ... my native language :-O
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Yes, but each of those German words is 37 syllables long! :-D (a very, very long time ago I had three years of German language classes in high school)
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I think I posted a link to this before, but Leslie is my home-boy so let 'er rip! http://www.ahajokes.com/eng011.html[^]
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Obligatory: German Scrabble[^]
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The American author Mark Twain had a slightly different perspective on the language... Mark Twain: The Awful German Language[^]
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
