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I believe its the one when you have a girlfriend who speaks little or no English .*****
This is so true. The bad thing about being in the military in Germany is that you don't have to speak German to get along.
I took a class in German in Hanau, at the University of Maryland extension. German professor. The first day of class he called the roll, then announced that, that would be the last time he said a word of English for the entire course. He kept his word.
I was amazed at how effective that was. I was hearing "alle Zusammen" in my sleep.
But reading the written word of different languages clearly shows how much 'borrowing' or 'quoting' as the Frogman would say, has gone on throughout the centuries.
Cheers
This is so true. The bad thing about being in the military in Germany is that you don't have to speak German to get along.
I took a class in German in Hanau, at the University of Maryland extension. German professor. The first day of class he called the roll, then announced that, that would be the last time he said a word of English for the entire course. He kept his word.
I was amazed at how effective that was. I was hearing "alle Zusammen" in my sleep.
But reading the written word of different languages clearly shows how much 'borrowing' or 'quoting' as the Frogman would say, has gone on throughout the centuries.
Cheers