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rimturseNote to self:
Do not use double digit German numbers when speaking to a Greek whose German is worse than yours. Much time will be saved if you just say two-one instead of twenty-one.*
*Not to mention how I managed to confuse the poor guy.
Do not use double digit German numbers when speaking to a Greek whose German is worse than yours. Much time will be saved if you just say two-one instead of twenty-one.*
*Not to mention how I managed to confuse the poor guy.
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Date: 2010-03-31 10:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-31 11:31 am (UTC)Well, this guy was a business aquaintance.
C's grandma is the only person in the immediate Greek family who doesn't speak English, but Greek is her 3rd language, so I'd probably be better of learning French, which is her 2nd language. :)
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Date: 2010-03-31 11:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-31 12:03 pm (UTC)C knows his numbers, even in English. :p
His English knowledge is so fragmented, though. For example, he knows how to pronouce lesser used words that I get wrong, but he mixes up skirt and shirt. Or he uses inappropriate instead of impractical, but then knows obscure grammar rules that I've never even heard about.
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Date: 2010-03-31 12:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-31 12:54 pm (UTC)I'll tell him you said that.
I'm guessing he had a really knowledgable English teacher, but because she made him sit with his back to the class (she didn't like him apparently), he only picked up random bits of information here and there.
PS.
Date: 2010-03-31 12:56 pm (UTC)Re: PS.
Date: 2010-03-31 02:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-31 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-31 06:33 pm (UTC)We're the next "Julekalender"