"despite taking two years of German at the University of Tennessee and actually
getting credit for all six quarters. "
So you bunked off the Math(s) class then? :-)
br
jez
----- Original Message -----
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] OT English snobs
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:23:50 +0000
>
> Let me say here and now that I have immense admiration for anyone who
> can speak or write in more than one language. If English ain't your
> first language, and if you can say or write anything I can understand
> in it, you're my hero and I won't criticize you even a smidgen.
> English is all I know, despite taking two years of German at the
> University of Tennessee and actually getting credit for all six
> quarters. I spent too much time learning girls and baseball, I
> guess. Today, I can remember most of the German cuss words, but not
> much else.
>
> Is it "Ein Bier, bitte" or "Eine Bier, bitte"?
>
> Walt, eine (or ein) dummkopf.
>
> --
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