ElTerprise: Haha made my day....
:)
requested: That's a nice one^^ Did you dare?
Indeed I did as the class clown!
The_Blog: HAHA would have loved to see the teachers face xD
The teacher got embarrassed, turned red, and then spluttered "That language isn't appropriate for this class." I protested my innocence and said "But it is German, right Sir, and this IS a German class?" Max had told others what it meant and everyone burst out laughing :)
skeletonbow: I learned a bit of German informally when I worked at Red Hat so I could chat with colleagues in the German office. Ok, it was more like goof off with my broken Yoda-German dialect so to speak. Ah, the good ole days. Sadly, I never learned to speak it or listen/comprehend it well, just read and write at a basic level. Some day I would like to properly learn German though just out of personal interest. I always found the language interesting sounding and unique. :)
I love the sound of the German language; it sounds like everything being said is really important and serious, but not so much as the language I studied for 3 years - Japanese. I still prefer to watch anime with Japanese language and subtitles as I get a lot more from the emotional expression. I also like the Germanic roots of some of the English language, and love to find links between English words and other languages. English really is such a bastardised language! It must be a confusing one for those who aren't native speakers to pick up all of its nuances and mixed meanings. I regret not paying more attention to Latin in school as I thought it a dead language - how wrong I was! Maybe some day I will study Latin and Ancient Greek a bit :) Our school song was in Latin, and I can still remember that word for word, even though at the time I thought it was such a wank to sing.