SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Realizing that my wife is right. I can't speak Thai.
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Mai pben rai.
manta22
Banned
Doesn't look like a recipe to me.
My translator in China couldnt converse with the local people. One night a guy turned up in my local bar in Germany (Lower Saxony) he was from Bavaria and no one in the whole bar understood one word he said.
One guy in my bootcamp company was from "a back holler" in deep Appalachia and his speech was literally unintelligible. He was 18 years old, had been married to his 1st cousin three years, had three kids already, and hadn't seen a day of school since the wedding. How he got into the Navy is beyond me.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
At one stage I had a staff member from Al Salvador whose English was very fractured so I signed him up for an English as a second language program every Tuesday on pay.
Two weeks later he showed up at work and when I asked why he was not at school he replied that the teacher was Asian and spoke worse English than he did.
I checked it out - he was right.
Two weeks later he showed up at work and when I asked why he was not at school he replied that the teacher was Asian and spoke worse English than he did.
I checked it out - he was right.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I'm understood in Bangkok and nowhere else. I guess they are used to tourist's trying to speak Thai.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
When I was young, my Great Aunt Hanke used to baby-sit me and she used to teach me German (what I thought, at least) and I became fairly good with it.
Years later, I took a German class in High School, figuring I could breeze through it for some easy credits.
Oh boy, was I ever wrong - when I spoke, the teacher detected what is called a "Low German" accent along with my syntax errors and thought I was messing with her, so she kicked me out of the class.
Turns out, I had learned Prussian from my Great Aunt (who had moved to the states in the early 40's to avoid the situation), which was worthless when trying to speak "Schüle Deutsch"...
Snautzer01
Honourably banned
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- Mar 26, 2007
Should have made a written apology in Kurrentschriften or sutterling. That would have been fun.When I was young, my Great Aunt Hanke used to baby-sit me and she used to teach me German (what I thought, at least) and I became fairly good with it.
Years later, I took a German class in High School, figuring I could breeze through it for some easy credits.
Oh boy, was I ever wrong - when I spoke, the teacher detected what is called a "Low German" accent along with my syntax errors and thought I was messing with her, so she kicked me out of the class.
Turns out, I had learned Prussian from my Great Aunt (who had moved to the states in the early 40's to avoid the situation), which was worthless when trying to speak "Schüle Deutsch"...
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
My dad was the unofficial company translator during WWII because of his fluency in Yiddish. He said it was close to Low German.
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
This is true.
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
My high school German teacher made me learn that! I actually made some money translating old letters and photo captions for people.
One guy wrote his memoirs in it, but changed to a more modern script when he described his life after moving to the States.
Snautzer01
Honourably banned
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- Mar 26, 2007
I might ask you for some help on old photos
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
$$$ure.I might ask you for some help on old photos
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
Handwriting is always a challenge. Always have to keep in mind the writer might be writing dialect, and may be a poor speller.
Snautzer01
Honourably banned
- 43,386
- Mar 26, 2007
I know. My handwriting although it should be modern european looks like hieroglific sutterling with spelling mistakes. But i can read it if i have a good day.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
Is the prussian still spoken somewhere or is in use only by the older people?When I was young, my Great Aunt Hanke used to baby-sit me and she used to teach me German (what I thought, at least) and I became fairly good with it.
Years later, I took a German class in High School, figuring I could breeze through it for some easy credits.
Oh boy, was I ever wrong - when I spoke, the teacher detected what is called a "Low German" accent along with my syntax errors and thought I was messing with her, so she kicked me out of the class.
Turns out, I had learned Prussian from my Great Aunt (who had moved to the states in the early 40's to avoid the situation), which was worthless when trying to speak "Schüle Deutsch"...
