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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I don't know why that is ... I've always thought people speaking English with an accent sounded ... I don't know ... smart/sexy/interesting ... pick your own word. You get the idea. Yet, I always thought I would sound positively idiotic trying to speak Spanish/French/German ... so I stopped trying. Now, I can still read in them (albeit with some difficulty as I get older and have less opportunity), but I've really lost the ability to think on my feet and speak in anything other than English.
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I know what you mean. A french speaking german with a french accent? Thats sexy.
Me speaking french? Thats ... no, not sexy. Not in the least
And I can read English very well, I can understand it when spoken, I can even write in English sometimes
- but you really dont want to listen to my attempts at English...
Oh and btw: Korinthenkacker - there are some other nice german words like that. e.g. I-Tüpfele-Scheißer (I-Point-Pooper). Yeah, we got a lot of them over here, so we got a lot of words for them. One in every local idiom
And "vergnazt" is still in use - at least in some parts Southern Germany. Sometimes used in the original meaning, sometimes meaning "busted up" - like crying out "Vergnatzt!" after really busting something (normally another person kindly reminding you
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