• Tabitha: Dream Raider

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:31 pm**

Only thing German is really good for is swearing. I had an uncle that would curse a blue streak in German - you'd swear it was a demon speaking.

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:33 pm**

No kidding. I'm reminded of a story Natasha tells when she was in Berlin in the subway.

Although I have heard a few German birds in my time there that made me reconsider the language.

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:35 pm**

My uncle learned German being stationed in West Germny for about 6 years . . . brought back one of those birds with him.

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:39 pm**

Bert_the_Turtle wrote:Not big at all. I think maybe I'll have to refinish my basement

Bert, do you mean to say that your bunker has a basement?

Droopy

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:04 am**

I have a home that isn't a bunker. Its where I had the week long summer party.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:23 am**

Gods, I haven't spoken German much in...a number of years. I wonder if I'm still as proficient as I think I am... I know I can certainly understand more than I can speak at this point in time; I *hope* I could still survive if you dumped me into the streets of Berlin.

I know I could still survive if you dumped me off in Mexico (or Spain, or most of South America), or in the Ginza of Tokyo, but...my German hasn't been exercised near as much as my Japanese or Spanish...

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:04 am**

English is fairly common in Europe. Although I had a really hard time finding them myself, my friend insisted they were everywhere.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:24 am**

When I went overseas with the Navy, I was surprised to find that most of the stores we visited had an English speaking employee, and they knew the conversion rate between our currency and their own, off the top of their heads.

Droopy

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:32 pm**

I speak english, redneck and fully automatic.