The Awful German Language
Mark Twain

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An 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of English has with learning German as a second language.

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Maria M.пікірімен бөлісті9 жыл бұрын

Посмеялась от души. Тешу себя надеждой, что раз уж великий Марк Твен пыхтел и чертыхался над немецким языком, то и мне можно!

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Valentine Lпікірімен бөлісті2 жыл бұрын

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Даниил В.пікірімен бөлісті7 жыл бұрын

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Дәйексөздер70

Удалённый аккаунтдәйексөз келтірді10 жыл бұрын

In the hospital yesterday, a word of thirteen syllables was successfully removed from a patient

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Екатерина Мартыновадәйексөз келтірді9 жыл бұрын

I heard lately of a worn and sorely tried American student who used to fly to a certain German word for relief when he could bear up under his aggravations no longer -- the only word whose sound was sweet and precious to his ear and healing to his lacerated spirit. This was the word DAMIT. It was only the SOUND that helped him, not the meaning; [3] and so, at last, when he learned that the emphasis was not on the first syllable, his only stay and support was gone, and he faded away and died.

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Nika Kovachдәйексөз келтірді10 жыл бұрын

Just the same with ZUG. Strictly speaking, ZUG means Pull, Tug, Draught, Procession, March, Progress, Flight, Direction, Expedition, Train, Caravan, Passage, Stroke, Touch, Line, Flourish, Trait of Character, Feature, Lineament, Chess-move, Organ-stop, Team, Whiff, Bias, Drawer, Propensity, Inhalation, Disposition: but that thing which it does NOT mean – when all its legitimate pennants have been hung on, has not been discovered yet.

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