german is such a logical and systematic language.
my wife speaks a lot of Polish to our daughter (being Polish!) and i've classroom-learnt a fair bit. the thing i love in polish is that they have 32 letters, and they always make the same sounds unlike english where we basically make it up to suit ourselves.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:02, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

And French skips letters for no reason...
Took me ages to get my head around why they elide things! I preferred German from a pronunciation point of view.
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:06, Reply)

those pesky french!
i learnt as a kid, playing with other kids. the grammar was a bit of a shock when i started to learn at school but from years of kiddy talk i had no problem passing with high grades.
*smugs*
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:12, Reply)

Gah, I wish mine had been as good from a young age.
Took me 15 years and living in Switzerland to get it anywhere near fluent...
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:13, Reply)

where in switz? i know bern, valorbe, geneva, lausanne, montreux...
that's it.
oh non, i know basle/basel too...fantastic museum full of Tingueley's (sp?)stuff...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:18, Reply)

Lausanne :) right opposite the hospital!
Absolutely loved the place and would go back - and am going back, soon - if I could.
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:20, Reply)

I've always found Switzerland
A bit...well, clinical, I suppose. And sterile.

It's like civilisation but as a cover version by the Lighthouse Family.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:29, Reply)

I liked my view and I liked it that everything worked.
The Swiss are seriously anal, though...
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:32, Reply)

*cough*

(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:58, Reply)

*blush*
What are you inferring, good sir?
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 23:08, Reply)

having visited many times...
i've always found there's a lot more to switz than civilisation. yeah, the folk can be odd for sure. very reserved. but there's a very strong sub-culture there too. awfully easy to score weed.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:35, Reply)

Tell me about it; my insane Bavarian neighbour was always on the weed.
We also had random cultists come knocking on girls' doors in our halls...
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:38, Reply)