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Speaking bright
We all know Germans can speak german but not many of you didn't know that Germans are speaking dialects.Dialects that are hard to understand,even to the locals.The most difficult they said is the dialect where I am in right now the Bavarian.Although Schwabian and Saxon are also considered as problem ...
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Welcome back!
Starting this blog back in January was a bit scary,because of language barriers,although I've studied the german language for almost a year, I am still a bit way off of knowing & speaking the perfect german.I could make worst mistakes you know , which is why I would like to ...
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Blaming speculators
“What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much.”
-Paul A. Samuelson
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Migrating German Words
With the words like shopping,couch,gourmet,spaghetti and many others,you can tell right away that these words have migrated into the German language. But,did you know that there are lot of German words migrated into other languages?
Here's few of the examples of "Ausgewanderte Wörter" or "Emigrated German words" in other languages.
Kindergarten -- ...
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New day,new beginning
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
- Maria Robinson
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Fashion Week Berlin
Starting today until 1st of February the focal point of the fashion world will be here in Germany as the Fashion Week Berlin takes place. The Fashion Week featuring Autumn/Winter 2009 collections of well known brands and top designers such as Boss,Eastpak,Michalsky,Joop,Kilian Kerner and a lot more.
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Flying Skoda Octavia
A 23- year-old man crashed his car into a church roof last monday evening in a town near Chemnitz. The Police were still trying to figure out how the driver managed to crash his Skoda Octavia into a church roof seven meters off the ground.
Police surmise that the driver's speed ...
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Germans goes Vegetarian?
For a nation that loves its bratwurst and schnitzel, the message is not a welcome one. Germans have been urged to rethink their meat-eating habits if they want to help the planet.Germany's federal environment agency has issued a strong advisory for people to return to prewar norms of eating meat ...
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Winter Black Berries
“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Word of the day: Schokoladenseite
Meaning ‘attractive side’ literally ‘chocolate side’
With the exception of Heidi Klum and a few others, most people are more photogenic from one side or the other. In German, that's their "chocolate side" ("Schokoladenseite"). Before you get ready to bite into one of Heidi's many chocolate sides, keep in mind it's ...
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Scrapping Bonus for Car Owners
A new measure to pay owners of old cars €2,500 to junk their wrecks and buy something new has proven popular in Germany. In fact the idea is so popular that money for the program may be running short -- even before the measure has passed.
It's almost a sport in ...
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Nationality Law
On January 1, 2000 a new nationality law came into force in Germany. This law will help foreigners living in Germany to become German citizens. According to the new law, "At the heart of the reform is the supplementing of the traditional principle of descent (jus sanguinis) by the acquisition ...
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Pretty in White
“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.” - Anton Chekhov
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Steinheim’s Christmas Market
Here's what Steinheim Palace looks like during daytime:)
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Houses & Trees
"Always look at what you have left.Never look at what you have lost."- Robert H. Schuller
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Shaky hands
“We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.” - Dale Carnegie
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Christmas Tree
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other” - Burton Hills
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Loaded
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” - Jamie Paolinetti
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Leaveless Tree
"Life without love is like a tree without blossom and fruit."- Khalil Gibran
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MayPole
“Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.” - Kamran Hamid
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