Split personality

   This is very random, but I recently came across the longest word in German - 
Vierwaldstätterseedampfschiffsgesellschaftskapitänsmützensternlein!!!!
And it's a real word - something about a captain!!! 

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TheSeaFalcon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 04 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 345	Post Options Post Reply Quote TheSeaFalcon Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Split personality Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 5:03pm
	This is very random, but I recently came across the longest word in German - Vierwaldstätterseedampfschiffsgesellschaftskapitänsmützensternlein!!!! And it's a real word - something about a captain!!!
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sjm. Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 05 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Post Options Post Reply Quote sjm. Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 4:06pm
	[QUOTE=Spot192]i thought for a while what "federfreund" could mean, and when i realised what you meant i had to laugh a lot! i didn´t meant it in a bad way! but you translated penfriend word to word. actually it´s called Brieffreund. Ah, I knew I would be way off in some of the translation... I have a phrase book and dictionary but not all the words required are there, so I had to guess...I have since found there are translation sites in the net which make "cheating" so much easier! Thank you for letting me know the correct word, it helps very much as it is the best way to learn. Best Regards
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KnightMare Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1682	Post Options Post Reply Quote KnightMare Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 2:16pm
	yeah your english is realy good. Yeah some of my friends speak german almost fluently, its realy annoying, and my sis is starting to get like this. its so annoying.

Spot192 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 28 Nov 04 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 833	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spot192 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 1:46pm
	thank you , very cute of you!

Pierre Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1532	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pierre Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 1:40pm
	Your English is just fine......

Spot192 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 28 Nov 04 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 833	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spot192 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 1:38pm
	there you can see how good my english is! i´m learning it since i was eleven.....

Pierre Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1532	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pierre Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 1:31pm
	So Spot192....are you 11 years old or have you been learning English since you were 11?

Spot192 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 28 Nov 04 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 833	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spot192 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 1:23pm
	i thought for a while what "federfreund" could mean, and when i realised what you meant i had to laugh a lot! i didn´t meant it in a bad way! but you translated penfriend word to word. actually it´s called Brieffreund. english is very helpful in e very way. i´m learning english since i´m eleven and it helped me in spanish and latin. haven´t got a very good vocab but it´s enough. i admire everyone who is able to speak german if it isn´t their motherlanguage. i´m not quite sure that i would learn many different languages, when my motherlanguage is english.

KnightMare Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1682	Post Options Post Reply Quote KnightMare Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 05 at 8:43pm
	Lol very good attitude sjm. even just a little changes some people attitudes of you and if they speak english they will be more willing to speak eng if you look like you have tried their lang first.

TheSeaFalcon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 04 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 345	Post Options Post Reply Quote TheSeaFalcon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 05 at 5:23pm
	I no....im taking french, italian and german for gcse's and it's gonna be a lot of work.... I shall have to cut down my online natter for a while!!!! Hope u enjoy Venice!!!
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