Sprechen die English?

Chewbacca

^Do permanent gaslighters look out for opportunities to offend?^

Only as frequently as the perpetually offended look out for opportunities to be outraged.

Who's outraged?

I'm a German teacher and have a collection of German language jokes which are actually funny and aren't intended as a dig at the perception that Germany wants to take over Europe.

Start with Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language", if you want to read something amusing.

faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html

Growstuff, ? That's why I love studying languages. Its like solving a puzzle. Contextual clues do help.
Hopefully Rufus, will respond and tell us what he meant! ?

...or an Englishman's view of the German language:

www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jul/02/why-we-should-learn-german-john-le-carre

Marydoll

*Growstuff*, ? That's why I love studying languages. Its like solving a puzzle. Contextual clues do help.
Hopefully Rufus, will respond and tell us what he meant! ?

Or as Le Carré quotes Charlemagne's alleged quote: “To have another language is to possess a second soul.”

I'm totally lost. rufus are you: "he", "she", or "they", or polite "you"?
Are you even English?

I shall remember that quote, Growstuff.
I once wrote a dissertation on Multiple Intelligences and decided to score myself. My predominant intelligence was unsurprisingly, verbal-linguistic. ?

I found it quite funny.

Marydoll

*Callistemon*, Es war Schicksal! or in good old Glasgowspeak, Whit's fur ye'll no go by ye! You wouldn't have met and married your husband. ^Je ne regrette rien.^

Marydoll I would have been German hausfrau, cooking German dumplings for mein man.
We were just 17, far too young.

Are you even English? Ellianne I think Rufus has been in Australia rather a long time!

Are you even English?EllianneI thinkRufushas been in Australia rather a long time!

Aha, thanks Callistemon, I'll check him/her out then on the thread about Down Under later.

And that's a whole other language, Ellianne

Rufus very amusing ?

Not always Gwyneth

I'm totally lost. rufus are you: "he", "she", or "they", or polite "you"?
Ellianne It seems as if you're looking for a mate!
I'm a 6ft.2ins sun-bronzed "He" with fair hair, still living in Australia after 50 years, non-smoker and working out every day!
How does that grab you?
OoRoo

This post is for those with a sense of humour only. A bit of light hearted silliness as several have alluded to earlier.

Oh Rufus, Rufus, wherefore art thou, Rufus?

G'Day mate, guess you're having a barbie right now and a couple of coldies while we've just had brekky and bikkies.
Streuth mate, you've got the Sheilas over here in a bit of a tizzy with your post. We're all up Billabong Creek without a clue. Are you sitting there having a laugh in your thongs (NOT budgie smugglers in case anyone gets stoked)? You'd better rattle your dags before you turn in. Enjoy your tucker! We're waiting.
Hooroo for now.

Crikey Rufus we were thinking about each other at the same time. Crossed posts!

Hopefully Rufus, will respond and tell us what he meant! ?
Marydoll Sorry, no can do!
First Law of joke-telling as espoused by that world-famous Aussie comedian Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna, Sir Les., and Sandy Stone, tells us that if you have to explain a joke you might as well give up!
And you wouldn't want me to do that, would you!?

Actually, the OP wasn't intended as a joke, more of a profound intellectual statement regarding the current political situation in Europe!

I'm very impressed by all the language skills on display here!
All you need is a few lessons in Strine and your worlds would be complete!
Good Health!
OoRoo

Sorry, mate, none of your imperial measures here. I am 1 metre 60, about 70kg, a bit of Welsh and French thrown in. I thought I was dark haired, but all these lockdowns and closed hairdressers are telling me otherwise. I enjoy my daily exercise too and am pretty partial to a bottle of Bordeaux, but could be persuaded to try your chardy and sauvignon blanc.
Catch up soon when I can get a Quantas flight over! Might be a long while.

And thanks for the thread!

Ok, Ellianne, point taken. People who don’t share your sense of humour are not welcome. People who find your sense of humour unpleasant are bad people and should leave the thread. And people whose views you disagree with more generally should leave GN. Got it.

Now look what you have done, Rufus ?
Well, at least you got a reaction
Marydoll Mein Gotte! Was habe ich jetzt getan?
(How am I going, teacher?)
The "reaction" must have been well muffled, or maybe the misandrists are now using silencers, which wouldn't be fair!
OoRoo

This is bonkers!

Where did I say people are bad, not welcome, should leave the thread or should leave GN? There is nothing of the sort. Talk about misquoting words!

geekesse

Ok, Ellianne, point taken. People who don’t share your sense of humour are not welcome. People who find your sense of humour unpleasant are bad people and should leave the thread. And people whose views you disagree with more generally should leave GN. Got it.

Nowhere has Ellianne said any of that geekesse

However, your post does say a lot about you.

Oh dear Rufus, why must everything be seen as a criticism of you. ? Obviously the wink was a clue, well perhaps not!
Your OP managed to generate a discussion, (was that not your intention?) albeit some people got het up about it.
That was all.

Brilliant thanks ?