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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A good ol' chap called Goethe #28381 05/04/2001 1:14 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin 'Wer keine fremde Sprache spricht, kennt seine Muttersprache nicht.' J.W.v.Goethe Roughly translated: 'He who speaks no foreign language, does not know his mother tongue' Do you think he wrote that intended for those who wish to study their own language in depth without studying others, or did he mean it in more general sense? Chris Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A good ol' chap called Goethe belligerentyouth 05/04/2001 1:14 PM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe tsuwm 05/04/2001 1:39 PM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe Faldage 05/07/2001 11:12 AM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe Bobyoungbalt 05/07/2001 8:08 PM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe belligerentyouth 05/09/2001 7:54 AM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe wwh 05/04/2001 1:42 PM Re: A more general statement Faldage 05/04/2001 1:50 PM An even more general statement musick 05/05/2001 7:24 PM Re: An even more general statement Capital Kiwi 05/05/2001 7:27 PM Re: An even more general statement Jackie 05/06/2001 1:05 AM Re: An even more general statement Capital Kiwi 05/06/2001 8:30 AM Re: An even more general statement Jackie 05/06/2001 11:44 AM General Pantaloon, SM musick 05/06/2001 3:04 PM Re: General Pantaloon, SM Jackie 05/06/2001 4:31 PM Re: General Probation, Missouri Breaks tsuwm 05/07/2001 2:38 AM Re: General Probation, Missouri Breaks belligerentyouth 05/07/2001 6:45 AM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe rodward 05/04/2001 1:57 PM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe Capital Kiwi 05/04/2001 8:20 PM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe Max Quordlepleen 05/04/2001 8:49 PM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe rodward 05/08/2001 9:37 AM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe Jackie 05/05/2001 12:47 PM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe Rouspeteur 05/05/2001 4:34 PM Euro-pants-off AnnaStrophic 05/06/2001 12:43 PM Re: Euro-pants-off Max Quordlepleen 05/06/2001 9:03 PM Re: Euro-pants-off AnnaStrophic 05/06/2001 10:42 PM Re: Euro-pants-off Max Quordlepleen 05/06/2001 11:04 PM Re: Euro-pants-off Capital Kiwi 05/07/2001 8:42 AM Re: A good ol' chap called Goethe AnnaStrophic 05/05/2001 11:23 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,361 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,195 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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