| Hm, while I agree that a thick German accent when speaking English can be somehow funny, I always find it weird how it's often used for comic relief. I've heard much funnier accents than that. But maybe my "German pride" stops me from finding it too hilarious xD ============= talking about things german... here's a "german" software crash lol |
Rocket_DiveOct 7, 2009 4:49 PM
| C, endgültige antwort. |
| I'm sorry, you do not win but props for your great German :D |
| was it the wrong answer? (do they say that when they answer a question?) |
| Yeah. Question was what Hbf stands for, the answer is b "Hauptbahnhof" (central station). The other three answers are pretty stupid and all the lights were still on, so I guess it was one of the first questions :D Yeah, sometimes they do. Usually they just say the letter and maybe some jibjab to explain it. If they had to think for some time and couldn't really decide first, they usually say something like ".... endgültige Antwort." :D I'm surprised though... where did you find that translation o.O (I'm surprised because "endgültige" has the right ending and many online translators I know feck that stuff up o.O) |
| was it b that was highlighted? it was my amazing german. |
| no, it was c. clearly they wanted the candidate out of there as soon as possible. (since it was yellow they "logged in" the wrong answer for him. prolly to save him some time. how nice.) oh, good to know. so I'll only talk german with you now :P |
| and i'll talk Deutlish, or Englisch. |
| How about some Denglisch? Talking Englisch would be too easy for you. |
| ja, that sounds wunderful. |
| And it should be easier for you, because as we know "Life is too short to learn German". Mark Twain knows. |
| i got out all my german language learning stuff after taking apart my old desk. perhaps i ought to become fluent tomorrow. |
| Well, Mark Twain said something like.... he believs that a gifted person can learn to understand English (no spelling or pronounciation though, I believe) in what.... some dozen hours (which tells me I'm not gifted, dammit). German takes about 30 years. And because of that German should a) be completely re-written or b) declared a dead language. Go mr. almighty, save my language! |
Rocket_Dive said: *our languageGo mr. almighty, save my language! Did Mark Twain really say that? So, not even the two of us have mastered German yet... |
| whats the topic? the language german? o,o |
Akitashi said: whats the topic? the language german? o,o NO ! Swa-hee-leh ^=^ |
 .[We Are The Ocean]. - "Nothing Good Has Happened Yet" |
Saviuz said: Rocket_Dive said: *our languageGo mr. almighty, save my language! Did Mark Twain really say that? So, not even the two of us have mastered German yet... He actually wrote it, I believe XD Yeah... sad lol But really, when you think about it.... learning (proper, mostly grammatically correct and understandable XD) German must be a b****, especially if English is your first and maybe only language. I'm not saying I think English is easy and one can somewhat learn it in mere hours (like Twain o_O) but just the basic English grammar is much simpler than basic German grammar imo. I love German though... it mustn't die XD Akitashi said: whats the topic? the language german? o,o You can talk about anything here, really. ^^ und hallo XD |
| lol xD' |
Rocket_Dive said: You can talk about anything here, really. ^^ und hallo XD  discuss... |
| Omg ... no comment ... |
| omg, this is so f'n cool!! http://www.break.com/index/hilarious-answering-machine-message.html |
| And if you know German and English, it puts you at 30 years and a few dozen hours old at least. |
| So you are a bit younger than you let on, eh? But yeah, Saviuz and I have been found out. We're 35 really. |
| Why did you tell on me >_< What about Japanese/Chinese/Arabic then? 50/60/70 years? |
Saviuz said: Why did you tell on me >_< What about Japanese/Chinese/Arabic then? 50/60/70 years? If you know all three you're probably already dead. x_x |
| In general I'd say if you can speak three languages fluently you are a) dead or b) a genius - or I guess maybe you're a dead genius. I know enough people who get confused by one. |
| True that. But I actually know some people who can speak three languages due to their parents being Romanian or even Chinese etc. They are born in Germany, but learned their parents' native language as well. Now they only had to master English in school (which only took a few hours according to Mark Twain) :P |
| lol yeah of course I know people like that as well but I wouldn't say they're really fluent in 3 languages when I hear them talk in polish, chinese or whatever like this to their parents: "blahblahblah Schwimmbad dududu umziehen blahblahblah aber dann nanana" XD or listen to some of their English :D But yeah, it is good if your parents are fluent in another language and teach it to you from an early age on. Speaking one language fluently and two well is better than just knowing one. ... And of course the language of the country you live/grew up in should always be the one you know best, imo. I'll never forgive my parents for not raising me speaking German and French D': |
| No matter how many languages people know, I think accents are always the best part of speaking different languages. |
| That depends on the accent :D |
| like the German accent. :-) |
| Yes, German accent is the best accent, really. |
| olmec speaks german? |
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| He knows the important bits I believe :P |
Rocket_Dive said: He knows the important bits I believe :P |
| Had I known what the "important bits" of the English language were... Oh, the time I wasted in English class, learning (or trying to learn) unimportant stuff like the structure of conditional sentences and ... other stuff I don't even remember. Curse you!! |
| Had this song stuck in my head all week, good stuff : I think Paul's hair competes with Donald Trump for worst due in history. |
| lol seems The Beatles are everywhere. I was humming all day yesterday. I wonder why.... lol And yes the hair was scary.... but then again, I guess that's what people will say about our generation in 40 years XD |
| hmm some how Byakuran sounds like Belphegor from Khr here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWAPE-qvJnI&feature=related |
Welcome to my happy world now get your shit and leave |
| bump? |
| hmmmmmmmmm.... Now i understand ......... xD |
Gabriel  |
| Understand what? |
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