Librivox recording of the awful german language, by mark twain. Wer nie deutsch gelernt hat, macht sich keinen begriff, wie verwirrend diese sprache ist. Samuel langhorne clemens november 30, 1835 april 21, 1910, better known by his pen name mark twain, was an american author and humorist. Mark twain the awful german language shackman press. For surely it is not clearnessit necessarily cant be clearness. He is most noted for his novels, the adventures of to. Zum herunterladen einer pdfleseprobe klicken sie bitte hier. Es hat mich tief geruhrt, meine herren, hier so gastfreundlich.
Mai2005montag ein bisschen bildung macht alle welt verwandt. His delightful humor is of the kind which dissipates and destroys national prejudices. A tramp abroadappendix d wikisource, the free online library. Da auch ich deutsch lerne, kann ich seine frustration gut nachvollziehen. Meine philologischen studien haben mich davon uberzeugt, dass ein begabter mensch englisch au. Read online the awful german language and download the awful german language book full in pdf formats. The awful german language is an 1880 essay by mark twain published as appendix d in a. In it, twain explains, complains about, and shows how one might improve upon various aspects of the awful german language. Mark twain is funny, hilarious, and true as he precisely describes the confused feelings of any foreigner starting to learn german.
This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to twains travel novel, a tramp abroad. Mark twain ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. And we are surprized to know that many of the defects of that language used to be the rule in the english language, and that some of them appear to have still been noticed in print in mark twain s days. And we are surprized to know that many of the defects of that language used to be the rule in the english language, and that some of them appear to have still been noticed in print in mark twains days. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Download meine philologischen studien haben mich davon uberzeugt, dass ein begabter mensch englisch au. His truth and his honor, his love of truth, and his love of honor, overflow all boundaries.
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