Thursday, January 18, 2007

The Awful German Language

I was swimming the big wide sea called the internet when I chanced upon Mark Twain's article here. I know there's only one person who reads this blog who studied German and would truly empathize with Mark Twain's frustrations with the language. Still, I think it's funny enough for everyone to enjoy it. Click here to read it if you have time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Guten Morgen. Indeed, one must start from the wrong end, mix up the order of the sentence, figure out whether the rain is male, female or neuter ...arrgghhhhh. Engrissssh anyday man.

wildgoose said...

deevee8 - I totally agree. My friend asks me now and then whether I'm learning German again, so she has someone to practise with. *shake head vigorously*
Never realized there's 6 uses for "sie" though. :P