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Pangaea_Ron
Apr 09, 2015Explorer
John & Angela
I thought that I had a basic understanding of German from my junior high and high school German. schoolbook learning. But when we visited my wife's relatives in Southern Germany, (Weil der Stadt) the Schwabish was another animal. I could understand "high" German on television. but on the street I was confused, and at the mid-summer community gathering, even the schnapps and beer could not compensate for my failures, but I now have many new and very helpful German friends.
I thought that I had a basic understanding of German from my junior high and high school German. schoolbook learning. But when we visited my wife's relatives in Southern Germany, (Weil der Stadt) the Schwabish was another animal. I could understand "high" German on television. but on the street I was confused, and at the mid-summer community gathering, even the schnapps and beer could not compensate for my failures, but I now have many new and very helpful German friends.
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