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Andre said:Hochdeutsch? Das redet man nur in die Schweiz.
Grüß Gott
..Oder wann man Helium Eingeatmet hat.
Andre said:Hochdeutsch? Das redet man nur in die Schweiz.
Grüß Gott
Schrodinger's Dog said:Really so if I said say,whay aye lass, divn you no nothing aboot how we speak arund here like? It's like we use tha proper words withuwt the proper dialects. If tha likes to speak jordie that's greet like. Propar English not like them suthern poofs speak liyk all lad de da liyk. Real propar talk like what I speak divn tha no.
Believe me if you spoke to some people in some locations you'd need a phrase book
brewnog said:Geordie is number 3 in my top ten list of global sexy accents.
brewnog said:I was with a geordie in Cambridge a few years ago, trying to give directions to an American tourist. The geordie was genuinely trying to help, but the American thought the Brit was taking the piss. A scouser turned up after a while and joined in, that really confused the poor yank! I think another American came to her aid in the end...
Geordie is number 3 in my top ten list of global sexy accents.
Damn - I knew that - compared to English you have quite concise sentence structures, hoormarlon said:The "te" is not supposed to be there :shy:
J77 said:Damn - I knew that - compared to English you have quite concise sentence structures, hoor
As far as the Northern talk above - the other day my gf was translating a poem written in your Northern tongue - when I say translating, I had to do a bit of it - she comes from the Sarf coast
J77 said:Damn - I knew that - compared to English you have quite concise sentence structures, hoor
ekakio said:wow? anyone who comes from China? My native language is Chinese, but I am really fluent in English, Janpanese, Spanish. and I am studing the Russian for beginning at these period. and I do believe that French is waitting for me somewhere in my heart...
Good luck...
brewnog said:To speak true English English you must also know the difference between a toucan crossing, a pegasus crossing, and a puffin crossing.
It's just as well. I found it quite difficult to get them to understand their own language.mugaliens said:I attempted to learn German while overseas, but none of the Germans with whom I was friends would stand for it. They all wanted to practice their English!
Danger said:Coincidentally, I just received this as an e-mail from a friend...
...It's not quite Esperanto...