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“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.” -
Mentioned this to my Mrs who is a professional interpreter and translator in German, she's been studying German for like 18 years and has lived long term in Hamburg and Berlin and no-one has ever said to her she has a <insert German locality here> accent, it just doesn't happen in real life unless you truly do relocate and immerse and live in one area for like eons.
Not in Luton.Comment
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Originally posted by stek View PostMentioned this to my Mrs who is a professional interpreter and translator in German, she's been studying German for like 18 years and has lived long term in Hamburg and Berlin and no-one has ever said to her she has a <insert German locality here> accent, it just doesn't happen in real life unless you truly do relocate and immerse and live in one area for like eons.
Not in Luton.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by stek View PostMentioned this to my Mrs who is a professional interpreter and translator in German, she's been studying German for like 18 years and has lived long term in Hamburg and Berlin and no-one has ever said to her she has a <insert German locality here> accent, it just doesn't happen in real life unless you truly do relocate and immerse and live in one area for like eons.
Not in Luton.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI've been here 25 years now and my German is tulip, well I think so but Germans say its pretty good especially seeing as I've never learnt it however I do quite often get asked if I'm from Hamburg as apparently I sound like them (don't look like one though!)Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI've been here 25 years now and my German is tulip, well I think so but Germans say its pretty good especially seeing as I've never learnt it however I do quite often get asked if I'm from Hamburg as apparently I sound like them (don't look like one though!) Iknow people who have been here 40+ years and speak German fluently, including localised slangs and dialects, but still sound somewhat British"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostSo I am clearly awesome."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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