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The German Language
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RE: The German Language
(January 17, 2016 at 1:31 pm)Alex K Wrote: I didn't know that! Nicht is still pronounced "nit" in my palatinate home dialect.

I don't doubt that. But that's dialect. Where I live, it's pronounced "net" when you don't try to keep up appearances. But "nit" was, at some very long time, the official version. At least in the South.

On another thought, proverbs arer basically the same in English as well as in German. Every German proverb has it's equivalent in the english language and vice versa.
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The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 16, 2016 at 6:47 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 16, 2016 at 6:50 pm
RE: The German Language - by Longhorn - January 16, 2016 at 6:51 pm
RE: The German Language - by MTL - January 17, 2016 at 12:59 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 16, 2016 at 6:55 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 16, 2016 at 7:03 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 16, 2016 at 7:10 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 16, 2016 at 9:21 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 5:27 am
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 16, 2016 at 7:13 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 16, 2016 at 7:19 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 16, 2016 at 7:21 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 16, 2016 at 7:25 pm
RE: The German Language - by I_am_not_mafia - January 18, 2016 at 12:29 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 16, 2016 at 7:29 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 16, 2016 at 7:35 pm
RE: The German Language - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 16, 2016 at 7:36 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 16, 2016 at 9:44 pm
RE: The German Language - by Minimalist - January 16, 2016 at 9:27 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 16, 2016 at 9:48 pm
RE: The German Language - by Regina - January 16, 2016 at 9:41 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 16, 2016 at 10:10 pm
RE: The German Language - by Minimalist - January 16, 2016 at 9:57 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 16, 2016 at 10:15 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 17, 2016 at 1:36 am
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 17, 2016 at 9:24 am
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 9:34 am
RE: The German Language - by Lemonvariable72 - January 17, 2016 at 2:19 am
RE: The German Language - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 17, 2016 at 5:42 am
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 17, 2016 at 6:57 am
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 17, 2016 at 6:50 am
RE: The German Language - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 17, 2016 at 6:56 am
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 7:22 am
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 17, 2016 at 10:07 am
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 10:35 am
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 17, 2016 at 4:33 pm
RE: The German Language - by Regina - January 17, 2016 at 4:23 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 17, 2016 at 6:21 pm
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RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 17, 2016 at 7:34 pm
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RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 17, 2016 at 9:20 pm
RE: The German Language - by Regina - January 17, 2016 at 10:32 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 18, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: The German Language - by I_am_not_mafia - January 18, 2016 at 12:34 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 18, 2016 at 3:02 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 17, 2016 at 8:42 am
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 8:43 am
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 1:15 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 17, 2016 at 1:31 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 1:49 pm
RE: The German Language - by Red_Wind - January 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 2:04 pm
RE: The German Language - by Jenny A - January 17, 2016 at 3:11 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 3:16 pm
RE: The German Language - by Jenny A - January 17, 2016 at 4:23 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 17, 2016 at 5:31 pm
RE: The German Language - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 17, 2016 at 3:24 pm
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 17, 2016 at 4:23 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 4:29 pm
RE: The German Language - by Redbeard The Pink - January 17, 2016 at 5:03 pm
RE: The German Language - by Regina - January 17, 2016 at 5:13 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 17, 2016 at 5:42 pm
RE: The German Language - by Rhondazvous - January 17, 2016 at 7:11 pm
RE: The German Language - by Redbeard The Pink - January 17, 2016 at 5:46 pm
RE: The German Language - by Dystopia - January 17, 2016 at 8:56 pm
RE: The German Language - by Marsellus Wallace - January 17, 2016 at 9:36 pm
RE: The German Language - by abaris - January 18, 2016 at 11:35 am
RE: The German Language - by Alex K - January 18, 2016 at 1:12 pm

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