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Old 08-17-09, 05:18 PM   #6
Dan D
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I very much enjoyed the "Letter from the German Military Archives of 2/3/2009" (Exhibit number 249) to the Commission of Inquiry where a Dr. Menzel, Director of the Archives, gives his "assessment of a [certain] allegedly official document by the German Navy" cited in the book "The lost souls and ghosts of HMAS Sydney II 1941, dated 21 November 1941.
http://www.defence.gov.au/sydneyii/E...005.0347_E.pdf

Quote: "In average every second word of the thirteen lines of text -on top of everything written with a type writer font not used at that time- is misspelled. In part, English words are used. Clerks and official writers no matter of whichever administration [and] in whatever country, however, normally are proficient in the official language. There can be not mention of a command of the German language here though. The grammar is downright ludicrous!"

"--an absolutely amateurish and altogether very clumsy forgery!--"

LOL!
To have command of the German language and grammar can be useful at times, at least, if you want to fake offical Navy documents.
Go back to school!
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