I'm always really pleased if they think I'm Dutch or Letzerburgisch.

Swiss or Austrians sometimes think I'm German, and as a result are normally rude or unhelpful until they know I'm English, then they're so surprised that I can speak their language they totally change.

Posted By: APB on July 7th 2010 at 23:13:22

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Germany missed M?ller (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:02:07
- I've been meaning to ask you... (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 7, 22:10:26
  - it's to do with printing (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:13:02
    - Ah. Thanks, to you bofe. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 7, 22:16:06
  - An Umlaut can be represented by an e after the letter (a,o or u) (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:12:46
    - So both are acceptable? (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 7, 22:14:55
      - L?ew is wrong, yes (and ss can be used for ? by the way) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:21:41
        
        Let's not get started on the Rechtschreibreform (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:24:11
        
        Does that mean 'the correct way to write'? (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 7, 22:26:23
        
        Spelling reform. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:36:03
        
        When did you learn German, APB? (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:45:03
        
        University of Birmingham 1989. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:49:02
        
        so you have a funny accent when speaking German then? (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:51:46
        
        I used to do good Bayrisch. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:56:48
        
        I can't do proper Berlinisch (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 23:03:39
        
        Bissel is south German all over. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 23:07:49
        
        Oh, you should definitely go back for at least a weekend! (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 23:20:20
        
        God, it has been well restored (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 23:25:34
        
        bi?le!!!! (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jul 7, 23:16:54
        
        Old school Schw?bisch spelling. Gell? (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 23:27:00
        
        bestimmt. (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jul 7, 23:37:51
        
        I got mistaken for a Schwab once when speaking to a German back in England (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jul 7, 23:01:22
        
        Schwab! (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 23:17:40
        
        loved it. Used to work with some right yokels (in a nice way...) at Bosch (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jul 7, 23:20:45
        
        Munich on a match day. So much denim. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 23:32:37
        
        Haha (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 23:05:02
        
        I'm always really pleased if they think I'm Dutch or Letzerburgisch. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 23:13:22
        
        It's like Inglorious Basterds! (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 7, 23:07:55
        
        Gruss Gott (Other Football) - no one, Jul 7, 22:53:37
        
        daenker shuern (Other Football) - no one, Jul 7, 22:49:01
        
        Interestingly, Danish went through something similar in the 50s (I think) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:41:08
        
        Russian also went through a similar revision (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 22:45:22
        
        Irregularities (for me) are what gives a language its soul. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:50:42
        
        Absolutely (n/m) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:57:49
        
        Didn't know that (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:49:47
        
        It's been revised here and there as well. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:37:03
        
        More or less (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 22:35:44
        
        Well, I never! (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 7, 22:50:19
        
        Genau. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:44:41
      - Yeah, L?ew is wrong. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:21:13
        
        what about Schweinsteiger? (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 7, 22:24:55
        
        You can't get much more Bavarian. (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:28:34
        
        damn I forgot that bit (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 7, 22:31:51
- Was their goal not from a corner? God, have I lost the plot?.. (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jul 7, 22:05:14
  - Yes. What was I thinking? (Other Football) - APB, Jul 7, 22:08:56

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