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rimturse ([personal profile] rimturse) wrote2010-03-31 11:55 am

The Greek and the Dane speaking in German.

Note 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.

[identity profile] frigg.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
*lol*
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.

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Obscure knowledge...why does that not surprise me about C?

[identity profile] frigg.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
*rofl*
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.

[identity profile] frigg.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not ignoring you. My yahoo is tilting. :(

Re: PS.

[identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanted to message you, but I was chatting with Nuria. By time she went offline, you had disappeared. :(