Something I don't like about Germans

[Sonia59]

I also speak French & German, but not very well though (Sonia know )

Your French and German are probably as good as my Dutch, Lut!

I had French for 5 years, but unfortunately I have to say I had absolutely no talent for it

Exactly the same for me with German! And it's even worse after having spent some time in the Netherlands: when I try to remember about a few words in German, only the Dutch ones comes back

[phesina]

I think this is fabulous, all you folks who have people with different languages and cultures almost right next door. You pick up your neighbors' languages just from familiarity, and you're interested in learning about others' languages and customs.

It would be like, say I decide to go 50 miles south to Ohio to visit Phred and Mary, and they speak a whole different language and have different customs from me so we have to figure out how to communicate. (Well, I've met Phred and found that he speaks about the same as I do, but I don't know about Mary.)

Actually, I can go about 50 miles east to a whole different foreign country, and THEY don't even talk much differently from us!

[Kirsten]

Re. Germans and their bad English...

You just have to look at this, it's one of my all time faves:

German Coast Guard trainee

Kirsten