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Post by amipal on Jan 9, 2022 15:53:14 GMT
tenthenemyWhen I went to Austria with my parents for Christmas around 20 years ago, I was amazed how my brain switched on to the language being spoken around me. I’d studied German at GCSE, thought I was quite good… and then gave up after a year of A-level study. But so much of it came back to me. I’d have these conversations with shop keepers, bar staff, and hotel workers where we’d have these half-German-half-English chats. My parents didn’t have a clue what was happening!
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Post by Tuffers on Jan 9, 2022 15:54:09 GMT
OY MANUEL, WHERE HERE ENGLISH PUB GOOD?
*DOES EXAGGERATED DRINKING A PINT MOTION*
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jan 9, 2022 16:10:52 GMT
I went to France a few weeks ago. 5 years of French at school, several months of duolingo and podcasts to brush up before I went, still had absolutely no chance with the 200mph parisian lingo. I was a broken man by the end of day 2.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jan 9, 2022 16:15:20 GMT
Is it really that difficult to find a 20 pack of Kronenbourg in Carrefour these days?
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Post by gongfarmer on Jan 9, 2022 16:29:47 GMT
I am drinking a nice single malt and watching The Sting.
Released Christmas Day 1973. Never had it down as an Xmas movie though.
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Post by Chumbles on Jan 9, 2022 16:59:02 GMT
I went to France a few weeks ago. 5 years of French at school, several months of duolingo and podcasts to brush up before I went, still had absolutely no chance with the 200mph parisian lingo. I was a broken man by the end of day 2. Parisians are as accommodating as Londoners; i.e. not. After spending 2-3 weeks in France for two out of three years' vacances en France for 30 years, outside of Paris, or some of the strange Catalan/Basque towns in the shadows of the Pyrenees, I've always found that I got along really well with ordinary folk in cafés and bars provided that I made the attempt to speak their language. If you remember that a lot of the two languages have words with common roots you can normally hazard a guess as to their meaning. And a liberal use of facial expressions, shrugs and gestures helps, although you run the risk of looking like a Pierrot... |
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Post by crankcaller on Jan 9, 2022 17:10:13 GMT
The couple of times I've been to Germany and spoken "German" they've responded in perfect English.
Better than my own, and for the best.
The daughter of a friend of my mum's lives in Hamburg. Her mother in law says she speaks better/nicer German than her lazy son. So swings and das Karussell I suppose.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jan 9, 2022 17:26:59 GMT
Germany is great for the non-German speaking.
If they would switch to driving on the left it would be even more helpful.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jan 9, 2022 18:10:39 GMT
Swiss German is where it is at.
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Post by crankcaller on Jan 9, 2022 18:21:25 GMT
ßabyfarkmcgeezak
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Post by Tuffers on Jan 9, 2022 19:59:31 GMT
Swiss Tony is where it is at.
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Post by Tuffers on Jan 9, 2022 20:00:11 GMT
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Post by Felice Landry on Jan 9, 2022 20:00:49 GMT
Swiss Roll is where it is at.
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Post by Chumbles on Jan 9, 2022 20:20:51 GMT
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Post by tenthenemy on Jan 9, 2022 21:11:53 GMT
Swiss German is where it is at. At sounding ridiculously cute, but mainly ridiculous? You are right. |
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Post by lazybones on Jan 9, 2022 22:19:10 GMT
Have you heard?
Uri Geller has discovered the location of the Ark of the Covenant.
I hope there’s a camera crew on hand for when he takes off the lid.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jan 9, 2022 22:22:00 GMT
Have you heard? Uri Geller had discovered the location of the Ark of the Covenant. I hope there’s a camera crew on hand for when he takes off the lid. I lost interest in the spoon-bending twat after he used the power of his mind to make Gary McAllister miss that penalty in 1996. |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jan 9, 2022 22:35:11 GMT
Wordle 204 4/6
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
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⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That was a fun one. I think I wrote the only three other words with that combination of 2nd/3rd/5th letter.
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Post by MrTiddles on Jan 9, 2022 23:06:01 GMT
OTTDM: I've loaned my old car to a museum. Hot Wheels, indeed.
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Post by Felice Landry on Jan 10, 2022 1:13:16 GMT
Good night.
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