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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6707 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 17 of 68 23 May 2011 at 1:29am | IP Logged | ||
Actually the Zitronen-blühn-thing has also got a musical representation in the form of one of the most melodious walzes by Johann Strauß II. There are several versions on Youtube, but I have chosen to link to this one because of its its unusually informative uploader comment. Edited by Iversen on 23 May 2011 at 1:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5013 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 18 of 68 23 May 2011 at 11:29am | IP Logged | ||
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Actually I got criticized a lot for NOT learning German and choosing French instead. The situation in Europe is much different from the one in USA.
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6443 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 19 of 68 23 May 2011 at 11:35am | IP Logged | ||
'The situation' is not uniform across Europe. I get criticized for learning German rather than French. One cannot always please everyone. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5348 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 20 of 68 24 May 2011 at 5:36pm | IP Logged | ||
You could always learn both ;P 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5013 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 21 of 68 24 May 2011 at 7:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sure I could, German is on my hit list. But I need to pass my school exams first, which might take me whole summer.
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| Denever Newbie United States Joined 4934 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 22 of 68 27 May 2011 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you for posting this. I agree that reciting poetry is a great way to ... well, if not convince people, at least deflect the expressions of distaste that I get now and then. The worst have been "But German is so ugly!" (as if this were an obvious truth instead of a matter of taste) and "Why on earth would you learn German?" I recite Rilke's "Eingang" and then ask if they really think that sounded unpleasant. That sort of puts them on the spot, and so far no one has been willing to say yes. (If they did, I would assume that my accent, not the language or the poem, was at fault.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Matheus Senior Member Brazil Joined 5085 days ago 208 posts - 312 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: English, French | Message 23 of 68 31 May 2011 at 5:31am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not learning German, but I have a friend who is learning it. He told me that when someone asks him this question, he says "I like German girls". This is not his true reason, but it seems to work.
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| Guests Guest Group Joined 7380 days ago 0 - 22 votes Logged on | Message 24 of 68 31 May 2011 at 5:47am | IP Logged | ||
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i think if u really like a thing ,u shoud not care about others opinions .if u believe thhat can help u ,then u can persist it.on the other hand ,i think learning language is a happy thing ,it can help our career and it also can help us make more friends from different countries,we will feel happy through the learning process.i think this is the most important.
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