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Originally Posted by finnbow
Yep. It was funny to listen to Americans who thought they spoke passable German when I lived there. They would directly translate American idioms and wonder why Germans didn't understand them.  |
I settled for learning to say bitte und danke when I was there. 
It seemed to work.
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Last edited by merrylander; 07-12-2014 at 01:11 PM.
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