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From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 3 Oct 2007 16:19 S Viemeister wrote: > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: > >> >> >> "Plenty" of citizens in almost ANY European country speak some English >> - But it's strange how easily they forget it, when accosted by >> arrogant Ameircan tourists who address them in English without even >> bothering to learn the basic pleasantries in the "official" language >> of the country! > > > But we don't know whether they actually said 'good morning' or 'guten > morgen'. True, but having read their posts for some time, now, I think it's safe to assume no word of a "foreign" language would ever sully their lips!
From: d4g4h4 on 3 Oct 2007 16:24 Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:15:01 +0100, "tim....." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: [] > >My friend used to say Gruss Gott to everyone, despite the > >fact that he knew it was wrong in most parts of the country. > > > >He claimed that it emphasised the fact that he was a foreigner. > > "Mars Bars!" is totally unambiguous. "Where can we get a slice of pizza?" is another. :) -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"
From: d4g4h4 on 3 Oct 2007 16:25 Andy Pandy <spam8times(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote: > "Cathy L" <lederer123(a)optonline.net> wrote in message > news:5ul7g3dsv30v6sprmo4jrivcketgb3unr9(a)4ax.com... > > >Jens corrected your spelling so that when you next mention any of > these places > > >you will be able to spell them correctly. > > > > > >By the way how was your meeting with your long lost relatives? > > > > Bill wasn't very correct with not adding the umlauts and all. I do > > think everyone got the drift of where we went though. Obviously it > was > > just an attempt to make fun of him. I don't think there is a lot of > > difference between Cologne and K�ln, do you? > > Like the difference between Germany and Deutschland. > > You obviously should have titled your post "Trip to Deutschland". With a stop at Sevilla. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 3 Oct 2007 16:33 a.spencer3 wrote: > "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message > news:tpm6g3htc78no34rg4ltdu58ce7mp5kbec(a)4ax.com... > >>On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:05:13 -0400, S Viemeister <sheila(a)see.sig> wrote: >> >> >>>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>"Plenty" of citizens in almost ANY European country speak some > > English - > >>>>But it's strange how easily they forget it, when accosted by arrogant >>>>Ameircan tourists who address them in English without even bothering to >>>>learn the basic pleasantries in the "official" language of the country! >>> >>>But we don't know whether they actually said 'good morning' or 'guten >>>morgen'. >> >>or guten abend in the morning. >>-- > > > Or the USian trying hard - but in Holland as once heard! LOL! When I was in college, I once went on a school-sponsored tour of Mexico. One of the chaperons got through the whole trip with two words of "Spanish" (Gratzee-ay SEEN-yer). We traveled by auto, she was always getting lost and stopping at service stations to ask directions (fortunately one of her passengers was majoring in Spanish). The most infuriating thing about the woman, however, was that, after throughly losing her way, ignoring any directions she received, and turning a deaf ear to her carload of passengers attempting to set her straight, she'd turn a couple of corners and - voila - there we were at our intended destination! (She must have possessed some sort of clairvoyance, because she NEVER followed written or verbal directions.)
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 3 Oct 2007 16:37
Cathy L wrote: > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:04:55 +0200, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > >>Jens corrected your spelling so that when you next mention any of these places >>you will be able to spell them correctly. >> >>By the way how was your meeting with your long lost relatives? > > > Bill wasn't very correct with not adding the umlauts and all. I do > think everyone got the drift of where we went though. Obviously it was > just an attempt to make fun of him. I don't think there is a lot of > difference between Cologne and K�ln, do you? Not if you discount both spelling and pronunciation! (Granted, it's the same city - but how would you know, since apparently you didn't stop long enough there - or anywhere else - to actually SEE it?) |