The awful german language, by mark twain 1880 as read by luke amadeus ranieri german was my first foreign language, which i learned in high school and i. Meine philologischen studien haben mich davon uberzeugt, dass ein begabter mensch englisch au. Librivox recording of the awful german language, by mark twain. In it, twain explains, complains about, and shows how one might improve upon various aspects of the awful german language. For surely it is not clearnessit necessarily cant be clearness. Mark twain simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to twains travel novel, a tramp abroad. Yet even the german books are not entirely free from at. Yet even the german books are not entirely free from attacks. Oct 02, 2018 the awful german language, by mark twain 1880 as read by luke amadeus ranieri german was my first foreign language, which i learned in high school and i have loved it ever since.
Es hat mich tief geruhrt, meine herren, hier so gastfreundlich. A tramp abroadappendix d wikisource, the free online library. The awful german language is an 1880 essay by mark twain published as appendix d in a tramp abroad. Da auch ich deutsch lerne, kann ich seine frustration gut nachvollziehen. Samuel langhorne clemens november 30, 1835 april 21, 1910, more widely known as mark twain, was a well known american writer born in florida, missouri. 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. Read download the awful german language pdf pdf download. The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of english has with learning german as a second language.
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