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#15108 01/10/01 05:13 AM
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Daß weiß ich schon, eigentlich.


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'Das weiß ich eigentlich schon' bzw. 'Eigentlich weiß ich das schon' ....
Aber DAS hätte man eigentlich wissen müssen ;-)


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'Das weiß ich eigentlich schon' bzw. 'Eigentlich weiß ich das schon' ....
Aber DAS hätte man eigentlich wissen müssen ;-)


Por favor. Si no prefiere hablar en Ingles, es possible hablar en Espanol, porque no ententendio nada Aleman! (no hablo Espanol hace muchos anos, lo siento Juan Maria por Espanol muy malo)!


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Der Max hat's angestiftet (Max abetted me).

A friend of mine was recently in the States and while speaking to a friend in German, someone interrupted and told them it was rude to speak foreign languages in company (butting in on conversations, it seems is widely accepted)
... funny though, I always thought that's is how you learn and I must say, there are alot of very rude people here in Europe, all speaking multiple languages, willy-nilly!
So Juan Maria can/should pull out the Spanish at will :-)




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Occam is another spelling of Ockham. It's where William Occam, first wielder of the razor, came from.

And of course William was the barber who shaved everyone in the village who didn't shave themself.


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And of course William was the barber who shaved everyone in the village who didn't shave themself

So...Nicholas is really Emanuela, then? Boy--talk about guys and dolls!


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We're all great users of Ockham's/Occam's razor - we're forever splitting hairs with it!



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Der Max hat's angestiftet (Max abetted me).

A friend of mine was recently in the States and while speaking to a friend in German, someone interrupted and told them it was rude to speak foreign languages in company (butting in on conversations, it seems is widely accepted)


My little foray into German was inspired by another thread about overused words, such as "actually", "like", and, in German, "oder", "natürlich" and "grundsätzlich".
I just thought I would have a little fun and throw another overused English construction into the mix, while testing the waters to see if "eigentlich" is as abused as "actually." As for the execrable quality of my German, at least it's no worse than the quality of my English! The use of the present tense was deliberate. I hear "I know that already, actually" quite often, at least as often as "I knew that already" - bad English transformed into very bad German.

As to your friend being told that it was rude to use another language in the presence of those who don't speak it, I grew up being taught that also. However, I don't always agree. I think that, for example, if one had something important to say, and clarity of communication was necessary, then why not use one's mother tongue. I guess the suspicion is that if someone starts talking in a "foreign" tongue, that person must be saying something rude!


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(butting in on conversations, it seems is widely accepted) as our young warrior lamented-


I am reminded of the line--"Please stop talking while I am trying to interupt!"


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Max demurs: Daß weiß ich schon, eigentlich.

Natürlich, but...


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