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Old Fri Jun 15, 2012, 07:26pm
Steve M Steve M is offline
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Originally Posted by Dutch Alex View Post
Well will that be necessary? All youth in the Netherlands starts now days at 10yr with the Queens-English at school. How different can that be from "Alabamaese"?

But when he's going to Germany, he must study German! I think a view weeks with the Amish will be good for this education...
"Aber mit mir kann er auch Deutsch reden, und vielleicht etwas von mir lernen auf Deutsch..."
Alex,
His words will probably not be that much different than you've heard other Americans use. It's just the way he'll say them - the accent - that will take some getting used to.
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