Reply to: A compliment that made my day

[SueEllen]

So I am clearly awesome.

Don't wake up....

[SueEllen]

I'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

Learning a language as an adult means you can't lose some of the accent of your mother tongue when you speak it.

[suityou01]

So I am clearly awesome.

[stek]

I'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!)

Having said that; about my Russian I was told by my mrs that I sound like a Georgian (i.e. in Russian terms a bit thick) like Stalin, who was Georgian. But generally a bit thick, and I've studied Russian since the early 80's kind of hoped I'd have done better than basically a Russian version of a Gyppo....

[darmstadt]

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.

I'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

[eek]

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.

Suity probably doesn't realize Germans can be as sarcastic as your typical brit

[stek]

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.

[darmstadt]

Saw a bloke in Köln wearing one of these:

[Bacchus]

Another confirmation tonight.

The barman overheard me speaking English. Then he started speaking English to me afterwards.

"All this time I thought you were German, because you are fat and eat so much sausage"

FTFY

[suityou01]

Good luck with that....

MI6 spy Gareth Williams, whose body was found stuffed in bag, 'was poisoned' | Mail Online

Everyone knows bags are penetrable when wet

[greenlake]

MI6 here I come

Good luck with that....

MI6 spy Gareth Williams, whose body was found stuffed in bag, 'was poisoned' | Mail Online

[suityou01]

Another confirmation tonight.

The barman overheard me speaking English. Then he started speaking English to me afterwards.

"All this time I thought you were German, but I couldn't place your accent".

MI6 here I come

[eek]

Just stop with the self congratulation. It's grim.

Nope its just pathetic as is....

I'm still waiting to see how Suity snatches defeat from the jaws of victory this time around..

[Dactylion]

Just STFU you tart.

FTFY

[MaryPoppins]

I must apologise for banging on about Germany yet again. The real troopers are my family for putting up with me "practising" on them, and enduring German telly.

I do go on sometimes, like a kid in a sweet shop. And when I later realise I do go

I'm a bit of a tw@ really.

Just stop with the self congratulation. It's grim.