Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
No wonder they changed that old Guttenberg print. The "I" and the "J" both looked like a "J"!
Yep! And the "s" looks like a "f", and some more special effects. But this will only trainee your eyes - discover the little differences!!!
Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
We were taught in school that German lost by only one vote. Ben Franklin the kite flyer was supposed to be the major proponent for it.
Benjamin Franklin? Wasn't he one of the presidents of the United States somewhere in the 19th century?
Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
I believe the Quaker's or Pennsylvania Dutch still say thee, thy and thou.
...and you would view slightly alienated to that man...
Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
If I heard somebody go "Atschöö!" I'd say gesundheit!
That's the main reaction of all German non-Frankfurters too. But the most people in our surrounding (Taunus, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Hanau) have learned to understand us...
I would go one step forward and declare "Frankfurterisch" as the new high German speech because it's more international...
[This message has been edited by Sheriff (edited 06-05-2005).]
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