Foreign languages...

[Eddies Amigos]

Zitat von Tony_Iommi

We're are a bunch of German douchebags and fags

Dude
That doesn't include me

Edit: I should at least something concerning the original topic

Well, i tried French at school for about half year. After that time I could only say: French sucks big time, I gotta get rid of it. However, I still got Latin I had to keep it until 10th grade, then I chose to keep up it for another year. Since I had no more use for it, I dropped it while being in the 11th grade, which gave me pretty much free time.
After all, the only language I can get along with is Englisch, cuz it's rather simple.

[Tony_Iommi]

Zitat von Eddies Amigos

That doesn't include me

Of course not!

[Eddies Amigos]

Zitat von Tony_Iommi

Of course not!

sarcasm is a bad habit

[Against All Odds]

Zitat von Eddies Amigos

That doesn't include me

You aren't German?

[Eddies Amigos]

Zitat von Against All Odds

You aren't German?

I am German, but I ain't a douchebag

[Tony_Iommi]

Zitat von Eddies Amigos

I am German, but I ain't a douchebag

...nor a fag, right?

[Tony_Iommi]

My posting from 4/13/08 was extremely obnoxious, intentionally. For some reason, at least here in the States, people just better respond to rather provoking statements and "inappropriate" language (which I do use quite a bit, in general). So I had hopes that a couple of folks would at least get their attention drawn to the thread and the International Forum, subsequently.
Didn't work out well, apparently - and, as much as I was back then, I am ready to take the blame and the beating.

[Florian L.]

Well, the International part of this forum is rather boring and lame. Obviously most people don't like communicating in a foreign language.

Portraying English as an easy language is such a superficial statement. Of course the grammatical and lexicological aspects seem, at first sight, simply structured. BUT: Further facets of the language, especially the pragmatical level (i.e. language in use) is much mire developed than in our loud and violent language.

Admittedly there are accents and dialects which sound really disturbing but really bad ones I didn't experience yet.

Did someone already heard the Cockney-accent? That is really freaky speech.

[Nullinger]

Zitat von Eddies Amigos

I am German, but I ain't a douchebag

I know what a fag is, but what is a douchebag?

I think this forum is mainly used by the German speaking community.
If there are pretty much only Germans here, why should we talk English then? That's probably the reason for most people not to participate here.

Personally, I used the English speaking thread with Adham Sharara, where it was necessary to speak English as Adham doesn't understand German.

Maybe people like Tony_Iommi should spread the word of TT-News in the U.S. and get more native speakers (better: non-German speakers) into this forum.

[Eddies Amigos]

Zitat von Tony_Iommi

...nor a fag, right?

correct