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[Opinions] :-D

by Chrisell

11/20/2004, 5:29 PM

I have German-speaking heritage too (the breakdown of actual countries is pretty complicated so I'll skip that!) but apart from a small branch of the family in Holland all of the (known) family members are in England, Scotland or Australia.

:-)

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- Angela (guest) +3

11/20/2004, 5:43 PM

Yeah, I can speak German, Latin, and English (I'm most fluent in English, however, since I live in America). :D Half of my family's from Germany, the other half is from England. :-D

- Chrisell +2

11/20/2004, 5:50 PM

Lucky you - for various reasons my grandfather never taught his kids German so I don't know more than a few words which we use as part of our "family dialect" (we also have a few Czech and Yiddish words!). All of my northern European heritage comes from my grandfather - the other 3/4 of my heritage is English and Scottish with a bit of Welsh, Irish and French as well.

So anyway, I speak English and some Italian (I did Italian at university).

- Angela (guest) +1

11/20/2004, 6:07 PM

Most ecellent. lol Hey, I know a bit of Russian, too! Da. It means "yes". lol I'm sure you lesser mortals had no idea. :starts her 'I'm better than you and I know it' sort of walk: :trips: lol!

- hennig

11/20/2004, 8:27 PM

That's awesome there are so many germans here. I'm half german, speak it fluently, and lived in Munich two years ago :)

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