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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5294 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 25 of 68 31 May 2011 at 6:10am | IP Logged | ||
You should know how to spell, especially if you are from Canada. Txt speak is really frowned on here. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Rameau Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6057 days ago 149 posts - 258 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English*, GermanC1, Danish Studies: Swedish, French, Icelandic | Message 26 of 68 31 May 2011 at 7:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Ah, I'm pretty sure our friend is not a native English speaker, current place of residence aside. Just because I'm standing in a vegetable garden at the moment doesn't mean I'm a potato, after all.
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| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5000 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 27 of 68 31 May 2011 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | ||
Maybe, then I could just say "I like German boys." haha, and it's true, I do! And Happy, I agree, it doesn't matter what others think, I was just curious about if anyone else who was learning German, or even something else, had any similar experiences? It doesn't bother me, it really doesn't, because I am learning the language for me and only me. Ach, I get so tired of having to provide a justification for what I'm curious about... Edited by LebensForm on 31 May 2011 at 10:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lauren3991 Newbie Scotland Joined 4876 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 28 of 68 31 May 2011 at 10:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wouldn't say I get criticised for it but I do get adults asking why I'm going to study German and French at uni instead of Spanish and French. Simple answer: my school never taught Spanish. Maybe if my school had taught Spanish and French, that would be my degree choice. I don't think I could love Spanish as much as I do German, though.
And yeah, I do get the "German is so HARSH" stuff. I think it's lovely. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6322 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 29 of 68 31 May 2011 at 11:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wouldn't listen to people. Most native English speakers have absolutely no valuable
opinions about anything and have formed their opinions on languages based on caricatures they have seen portrayed in their brain-dead TV shows and Hollywood movies. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5050 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 30 of 68 01 June 2011 at 2:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I've received questions about why I want to learn French instead of Spanish. I'm trying to think of a polite, but condescending way to say "why don't YOU learn Spanish."
If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears (or eyes). I honestly couldn't care less. I want to learn a language because I like it, not because "The Chinese are taking over the world," "Mexicans are taking over America," etc. Edited by Darklight1216 on 01 June 2011 at 2:50am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5000 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 31 of 68 01 June 2011 at 5:29am | IP Logged | ||
Ya, I like that too. It's very sexy language in my opinion. But "strong" as well =) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| michi Nonaglot Newbie Austria Joined 5251 days ago 33 posts - 57 votes Speaks: Dutch*, German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese Studies: Turkish, Arabic (Written), Serbo-Croatian, Indonesian, Japanese | Message 32 of 68 02 June 2011 at 11:54am | IP Logged | ||
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In the Netherlands, where I was born, there has always been a strong tradition of learning German because the similary of the languages and the closeness of Germany. Holland is probably be the country in the world where the highest percentage of people have learned it as a foreign language. And in high school it is still an obligatory subject. On the other hand is still has a bit a reputation of being a rough language and the language of the enemy during the Second World War.
However I don't think this is the case with everybody. My father has always loved the German language, even though he has been a forced labourer in Germany during the war. Personally I have always liked to learn and speak German. It was familiar to me, because went on holiday in Austria and finally I have even moved to Vienna, where I have been living for more than 20 years now. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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