tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post1054215651138290822..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: It is a language composed in bedlamBadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-2174173204519892482012-01-31T08:21:17.419-05:002012-01-31T08:21:17.419-05:00I confess to quite liking the sound of German - ea...I confess to quite liking the sound of German - each to their own is my excuse.<br /><br />Mark Twain said something to the effect that the excitement of German is waiting for the verb...<br /><br />*puts feet up with cup of hot chocolate and waits*<br /><br />wv: entuperwhite rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-50469179037327540712012-01-30T14:12:17.384-05:002012-01-30T14:12:17.384-05:00DankeDankeesbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-39673893178540118302012-01-30T07:29:22.475-05:002012-01-30T07:29:22.475-05:00Annie: I di not think of that when I wrote it - bu...Annie: I di not think of that when I wrote it - but of course you are right. <br /><br />David: Yes he says it better than anyone else's ever has. He is to be admired as much for his mastery of German as for his writing. <br /><br />Merisi: I have having trouble seeing the tree of life through the forest of possessive pronouns.<br /><br />esb: I am certainly not discouraged. I was hoping for sooner than 15 years but you are probably right. <br /><br />Glen: You never know - one day in Germany that may be useful. <br /><br />esb: Sie sprechen sehr gut Deutsch!<br /><br />Simon: Thanks cobber<br /><br />Smedette: Well I am sure you don't need it too often in Charlotte so there is no point in having remedial lessons. <br /><br />John: Thanks Cobber I shall indeedBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-83165262265273488932012-01-30T00:53:50.915-05:002012-01-30T00:53:50.915-05:00Go Badger - approach the whole thing with your usu...Go Badger - approach the whole thing with your usual unbridled zeal.<br /><br />HorseJohn and Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083004036829633964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-458577953563228232012-01-29T18:13:07.112-05:002012-01-29T18:13:07.112-05:00My German is abysmal. I spoke it rather well as a...My German is abysmal. I spoke it rather well as a child, but it's been long forgotten. I opened up a language book not too long ago and thought, "I used to know this shit?"<br /><br />Glad to hear Cate is feeling better.Smedettehttp://smedette.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-15263461081916818402012-01-29T16:51:38.502-05:002012-01-29T16:51:38.502-05:00hahaha! nice post. ( I haveinternet here at work ...hahaha! nice post. ( I haveinternet here at work but not at home mate)simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17329985554257923069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-43874665948956021932012-01-29T09:22:43.072-05:002012-01-29T09:22:43.072-05:00Ich habe einen Hund. Wir sind beide klumpig.Ich habe einen Hund. Wir sind beide klumpig.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-41690721708120429262012-01-28T17:08:50.711-05:002012-01-28T17:08:50.711-05:00I can say hello and tell people I have a dog calle...I can say hello and tell people I have a dog called Lumpy - but after that I'm lost. And I don't even have a dogGlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562111165943505509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-19972977983169223872012-01-28T16:56:37.154-05:002012-01-28T16:56:37.154-05:00I hope you don't get too discouraged about lea...I hope you don't get too discouraged about learning German. I think if you just keep on eXploring the language and using it in a progressively higher percentage of your time communicating then it will gradually become easier and more natural. Don't focus on your mistakes. In fifteen to twenty years you should be completely fluent.<br /><br />&^)<br /><br />WordVeri: chablard - if you named your piggie Chab, this would be part of her/him.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-61160328694391693442012-01-28T07:56:47.613-05:002012-01-28T07:56:47.613-05:00"Grau, teurer Freund, ist alle Theorie und gr..."Grau, teurer Freund, ist alle Theorie und grün des Lebens goldner Baum."<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />Auf dich gemünzt:<br />Leben ist das Wahre, Sprache nur eine Zeitvergeudung. <br /><br /><br /><br />Brainy quote translation of Goethe quote: <br />"All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green."Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-87501995921384559122012-01-28T05:59:27.992-05:002012-01-28T05:59:27.992-05:00Oh, yes Badger, commiserations...do not worry, the...Oh, yes Badger, commiserations...do not worry, the natives themselves fall afoul of their own language more than often. To brighten your mind (unless you know this jewel already), a link to Mark Twain's comments on the German language. http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.htmlDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492617588843618782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-69090996234310305862012-01-27T19:19:34.361-05:002012-01-27T19:19:34.361-05:00The image of the Germans flapping their arms ties ...The image of the Germans flapping their arms ties in nicely with your "committee of loons" - they, of course, being aquatic birds.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806660109196835114noreply@blogger.com