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Die englischer garten dis morgen

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    #11
    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Only -5 and no snow where I am. But skiing in the Black Forest tomorrow.

    Dieser isn't good German - you should use heute. Literally "today morning". Der Englische Garten heute morgen

    The awful German language.
    Or 'Der Englische Garten an diesem Morgen'?

    Capital 'M' too, remember!

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      #12
      Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
      Only -5 and no snow where I am. But skiing in the Black Forest tomorrow.

      Dieser isn't good German - you should use heute. Literally "today morning". Der Englische Garten heute morgen

      The awful German language.
      Nah, that's the Bobs you're thinking of.

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        #13
        Originally posted by stek View Post
        Or 'Der Englische Garten an diesem Morgen'?

        Capital 'M' too, remember!
        Yeah - Der Englische Garten an diesem Morgen. As I said - awful language.
        Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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          #14
          Another pic

          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #15
            Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
            Yeah - Der Englische Garten an diesem Morgen. As I said - awful language.

            Awful language nothing, some wains back home cannot even speak english dat well/good.
            "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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              #16
              English is considerably easier to pick up reasonable fluency than German is. One of the factors is that if you mispronounce an English word to an English person, there's a fair chance they'll understand what they mean. But get your ie/ei the wrong way round, or bungle your umlauts, and they'll look at you blankly. When I said I was having a ski holiday at Davos (standard English pronunciation) they had no idea where I was going - until I say dah-v[oh]s, with the emphasis on the second syllable. Personally I think they do it to annoy.
              Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                #17
                Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                English is considerably easier to pick up reasonable fluency than German is. One of the factors is that if you mispronounce an English word to an English person, there's a fair chance they'll understand what they mean. But get your ie/ei the wrong way round, or bungle your umlauts, and they'll look at you blankly. When I said I was having a ski holiday at Davos (standard English pronunciation) they had no idea where I was going - until I say dah-v[oh]s, with the emphasis on the second syllable. Personally I think they do it to annoy.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                  English is considerably easier to pick up reasonable fluency than German is. One of the factors is that if you mispronounce an English word to an English person, there's a fair chance they'll understand what they mean. But get your ie/ei the wrong way round, or bungle your umlauts, and they'll look at you blankly. When I said I was having a ski holiday at Davos (standard English pronunciation) they had no idea where I was going - until I say dah-v[oh]s, with the emphasis on the second syllable. Personally I think they do it to annoy.
                  The french are the same.
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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