Don't even need that...

I used to live there, and speak German all the time.

Trouble is, I did it with an English accent for the first 6 months - and every conversation, no matter how hard i tried, after uttering two sentences in what what perfectly good grammatical German, they would ALWAYS reply in English.

Now, not being someone who takes defeat easily, I would persevere in German, and they, of equal character trait, would carry on in English.

So, almost daily, I would be in the absurd position of speaking German to the German, and they English to the Englaender.

Posted By: Yellalee on September 26th 2007 at 15:45:10

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I'm glad we're going a bit of ze German, as I'm going to be needing it from tomorrow (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 14:56:05
- Eiern Sie Brustwarzen (n/m) (General Chat) - BoundsGreen, Sep 26, 15:41:15
  - Egg nipples? But why? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 26, 15:42:35
    - Würden im erbärmlichen Herrn Sie ein Mädchen mit Torpedosbrustwarzen bevorzugen? (n/m) (General Chat) - BoundsGreen, Sep 26, 15:44:13
      - Gerne. Hast du eine für mich? Oder soll ich mich irgendwo anders bewerben? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 26, 15:46:32
        
        Ich bin mir bewusst einer Telefonnummer, die liefert (n/m) (General Chat) - BoundsGreen, Sep 26, 15:48:39
        
        Danke. Ich muß erstens zum Arzt. (Die alten Probleme, weißt du...) (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 26, 15:54:06
        
        Tragen Sie einen Hut und Sie werden sein fein (n/m) (General Chat) - BoundsGreen, Sep 26, 15:55:47
        
        Das haben sie das lezte Mal gesagt. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 26, 16:04:03
- Sprechen sie Englisch? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Sep 26, 15:39:53
  - Don't even need that... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Sep 26, 15:45:10
- Don't forget the umlauts. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 26, 15:34:31
  - They've given us a one-off bonus to try to keep us here. 500 fucking euros each. Before (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 15:56:34
    - Nicht so schlimm... (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 26, 16:04:37

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