I'm glad to hear you say that; you do just have to memorise it all. As a bit of a fastidious person, I especially like the "umlaut" and the way it modifies sound. Some English people just cannot get this, even when it's read aloud to them. It could be that they just cannot physically say it (and we poke fun at foreigners pronunciation!)
I also like the special double "S" symbol you use (don't know what it's called) in words like "spass" and "flussig" (by the way, in your region, do you pronounce the "g" at the end of flussig as a "ch", as in "ich"?)
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