Am 17.07.2013 um 06:24 schrieb Doug:
Doggpne! Just when I begin to think my German is not bad, something
like
this comes along! (It's not the first time. Quite some years ago I
was
sent to Germany on business, to Stuttgart.
Schwäbisch, Suabian
Listening to the people in
that area speak among themselves, I could hardly understand a word!
But
when they spoke to me, ein Fremder, they spoke good German.)
Interesting
country!
Most people in German speaking countries grew up with two languages:
the local dialect and standard German.
On my first visit to London I also id not understand 90% of the
people, because they spoke their local dialect, but I was educated
standard "Oxford" English in school.
Helmut Wollmersdorfer
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