I have just found the best book in the whole world. It is a German grammar book from 1913.

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I have just found the best book in the whole world. It is a German grammar book from 1913. Stick with me... A THREAD

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1. There is also a great short story by Mark Twain

about the German language.

[Pharlo]

2. "The Awful German Language"

From "Innocents Abroad"

[Glorfindel]

4. "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning"

Here:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mrs._McWilliams_and_the_Lightning

[kairos12]

3. Whenever I see Chump's face I am reminded of my favorite German word

Backpheifengesicht.

"a face that deserves to be slapped"

Ich habe diese worte viel gesprochen.

[TuxedoKat]

5. German vs Other Languages

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6. Thank you, that brought a big smile to my face

[dalton99a]

7. +1

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8. Rueful laughter!1

[wnylib]

9. My great grandparents on both sides

of my mother's family were German immigrants to America in 1890 and1888. One set came for a better life. The other set were political refugees (long story).

I took two years of German in high school and concluded that they left to escape the language.