"Sacha" wrote in message
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Does anyone here speak good German? If so, would you be willing to
translate
a couple of short emails back and forth between us and Pillnitz gardens?
If
so, please email me at
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)
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I have many contacts in Germany and all [under 80s] have always been
more than willing to use English. When I've visited, I'm reminded that they
didn't invite me to listen to my "Ruddy German"!! They want to hear
my English.
Try asking them to use English~ you might be surprised.
OT~~ The Scandinavians generally speak very good English. Better than
many English youths. Their films are never dubbed~~ only subtitled, so they
hear English from the nursery.
The French won't/don't understand either my French or English
unless they are bound to do so. [I use their ATC with difficulty]. I note
this week that French is reported to be such an imprecise language that the
most recent 'Harry Potter' book is 150 pages longer than the English
version!!
Best Wishes Brian.