Yaknow, speaking of which the good thing about this site is that we get to socialize with so many people from so many other countries and also learn some of their ways.
@Hinoron my english isn't that good... So i'm always afraid with german nazi lol.. Only here i can learn english with fun and no one know me in real life ...
@Zuperkrunch
(Hinoron shrugs and puts on his Teacher's hat.)
"My english isn't that good, so I'm always afraid of Grammar Nazis! lol! Only here can I learn English for fun, and no one will know me from real life! "
@Zuperkrunch Another trick question : if I can read this, does that mean I'm fluent in english ? Or can you still read a word fine even if you have problems understanding the whole phrase ?
@Isdaril whatever.. Are u new? Hmm.. Still had made 9 comments.. If u're that weird "karlmarx" guy again... Just want u to know that from now on i will ignoring u.. :P
@Zuperkrunch Just discovered this amazing webcomic not long ago... Not so sure I know what you mean by "weird Karl Marx guy", but I guess I'm not him. Did I answer to one of your posts ? I'm not sure how I'm supposed to find those back...
@Sarsey as I understand it, the phrase came from the Austro-Hungarian empire, as slavic languages are so different from German that it was a way of saying it was some incomprehensible language. Basically like saying "It's like being in a town that speaks Czech, not German, so I don't understand a word." Of course, it works the other way round, as the Slavic word for German ("Niemcy") meant "nonsense talkers".
I actually appreciate how "I only understand 'train station'" changes the focus: instead of saying "they are speaking nonsense" it says "I do not understand, my vocabulary is nigh nonexistent in that language."
@Fnordius Just a small correction, the slavic words for germans don't mean "nonsense talkers", they mean "mute people". Also, Slavic isn't a language, it's a language group, you example is from Polish.
Sister Sweden is accustomed to shy admirers, and less shy admirers... but that's a story that changes the age rating of this comic strip. ;)
(Although letting him think she can't see him is kind of funny in itself).
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