The awful German Language

Eichhörnchen · 05-13-18, 03:38 AM

Catfish enjoy this he will.... full of very funny gags it is. For instance on long words: "Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than with a shovel"

Actually this would be a useful tract to read for anyone about to embark on learning German and whose first laguage is English.

But now I think I know where this recent and annoying habit has come from of speakers beginning their English sentences with the word "so".... Germans have been doing it for centuries, beginning with the word "also" (pronounced ahl-zo). I think it somehow found its way into the 'American' language and thence to English more generally.

05-13-18, 03:38 AM	#4
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,373 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Catfish enjoy this he will.... full of very funny gags it is. For instance on long words: "Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than with a shovel" Actually this would be a useful tract to read for anyone about to embark on learning German and whose first laguage is English. But now I think I know where this recent and annoying habit has come from of speakers beginning their English sentences with the word "so".... Germans have been doing it for centuries, beginning with the word "also" (pronounced ahl-zo). I think it somehow found its way into the 'American' language and thence to English more generally. __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 05-13-18 at 03:56 AM.