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big_D
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Getting used to it, although in German there is no difference between saying woman and wife - well, technically there is, you can say Ehefrau, but generally everybody uses just Frau, a bit life the difference between wedded wife and just wife in English... Before she was my Lebensgefährtin or Verlobter, but that isn't so easy to say, so I often called her my Frau, just to make things easier.
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John_Vella
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Isn't so easy to say...? Half the stuff you post looks like someone spilled a can of alphabet spaghetti on the screen! I'll bet the Germans have a word for alphabet spaghetti as well, and I'll bet it's incomprehensible!* I am, of course, joking, and mean no disrespect to the German people, who are among the most polite and professional that I have worked with </Top Gear style pre-emptive apology> * I am aware that they are most probably the same, but never let the facts get in the way of a bit of harmless forum fun  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise
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brataccas
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german is one hell of an ugly language, you have all the romance languages italy france etc, and german, what went wrong?  _________________
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pcernie
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... -brook-runThe temptation to send him sprawling must have been immense...
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brataccas
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those photos are obviously faked  _________________
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pcernie
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Zippy
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If it helps, or doesn't sound like a total non-sequitur Red and I gave been married a little over a year and I am not yet used to "husband" also I still get a little thrill out of hearing him call me "wife"  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx" This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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finlay666
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I know, it was random and they we're sh*t, so seemed appropriate _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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big_D
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Buchstabenspaghetti or Buchstabennudeln. My wife says the same about English, so no problems. I hope that one day she will learn a bit of English - how will she be able to look after me, when I am senile and can only speak English? 
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brataccas
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thats cheating, you said noodles not spaghetti _________________
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AlunD
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And the difference is ?
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big_D
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The difference is, that in German spaghetti is the long straight stuff, Nudeln is a general description, like pasta or noodles in English.
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big_D
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So, having been ordered to buy a backlit Kindle, I've ordered a Kindle Voyage. Money back offer extended to 31.01.2015 for goods bought over Christmas, so nothing to lose, although at €189, it is 90€ (or 90%) more than the Paperwhite...
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pcernie
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You won't regret it, trust me. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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Pulp's Disco 2000 inspiration, Deborah Bone, dies aged 51 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30658292Especially cruel way to go considering her name  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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