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September 10, 2015 at 4:01 pm (This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 4:08 pm by Alex K.)
Oh, a further source of confusion: Hochdeutsch can refer to Standard German, or to geographically High German, which is what is spoken south of the machen maken isogloss I mentioned before (which runs in my backyard, almost literally).
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Best way to remember it is that Germans are very literal minded. Ground level rises in altitude the further south you get culminating in the Alps The Germans there are literally higher up than their cousins up north
September 12, 2015 at 5:10 pm (This post was last modified: September 12, 2015 at 5:13 pm by I_am_not_mafia.)
You could teach them some songs in German
Man strecht die linke Arm ein
Die linke Arm aus
Ein, Aus, Ein, Aus,
Man schwenchtes alles um
Man macht das Hokey Cokey
Und man drecht sich herum
Das ist die ganze Sache
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Knien geborgen, Arme gestrecht,
Ra ra ra
Man strecht das linke Bein ein
Das linke Bein aus
Ein, Aus, Ein, Aus,
Man schwenchtes alles um
Man macht das Hokey Cokey
Und man drecht sich herum
Das ist die ganze Sache
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Knien geborgen, Arme gestrecht,
Ra ra ra
Man strecht die ganze Self ein
Die ganze Self aus
Ein, Aus, Ein, Aus,
Man schwenchtes alles um
Man macht das Hokey Cokey
Und man drecht sich herum
Das ist die ganze Sache
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Ja, das Hokey Cokey
Knien geborgen, Arme gestrecht,
Ra ra raaaaaaa
The Germans there are literally higher up than their cousins up north 
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