Thursday, June 26, 2008

German, to boot!

I have also started a German class, in addition to the Greek and Latin, so hopefully my brain will not explode or melt a la Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I do know one thing: bye-bye free time!

6 comments:

Mahan Family said...

Discuss: does JFK's statement to a German crowd, "Ich bin ein Berliner", really mean "I am a jelly doughnut" as some have claimed?

Ioannes_Ahenobarbus said...

All I know is that he has the worst pronunciation I have ever heard. And of German, too.

Mahan Family said...
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Mahan Family said...

Except for the current pres, who tends to mis-"pronunciate" things as well, particularly when talking "nucular", "strategery", etc. Hee hee!

Ioannes_Ahenobarbus said...

A W joke? Please, that is sooo 2000.

Mahan Family said...

You're the one that's sooo 2000.

There are a bunch of new W greeting cards, the ones that have sound...hilarious...we got one for Dad for his birthday.