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What Germans do you people know? I have only crossed one who couldn't speak English and this was in a small town called Oranienburg.
I've been to that village too, lol.
They speak english very well but I was expecting better English, but the mentality in Spain is that everybody speaks English better than we do, so I always expect perfection. I found more English speakers in Munich than in Berlin.
They speak english very well but I was expecting better English, but the mentality in Spain is that everybody speaks English better than we do, so I always expect perfection. I found more English speakers in Munich than in Berlin.
Many Germans prefer speaking English to Australians/British/Americans etc, even if they the latter are fluent in German.
Same in France. I speak perfect French (master's degrees in French lit), but English is the international language and so many French people want to practice it once they discover you're a native English-speaker. Germans are probably worse; although few Americans are learning German these days and so few of us speak German, you will be asked to speak English even if your German is letter-perfect. Someone told me this is because young Germans really love the English language -- and it's compulsory in German schools.
What Germans do you people know? I have only crossed one who couldn't speak English and this was in a small town called Oranienburg.
All Germans I've met speak English better than half the people I went to school with. I'm not even joking, in fact I can't seem to go a day without hearing someone speak in double negatives, made up merged words and nonexistent grammar. A lot of them have a heavy accent, but that doesn't change their overall excellent skill and education with the language. They learn it formally from a young age and live in Germany, and therefor don't have the time to bastardize it in to the familiar crap English you hear from a lot of native speakers. That's really the only difference.
But hold it.
Its our language, we are born and bred into this language so we can use it whichever way we like. They have to speak like that or it is disrespectful, it isn't their language to mess up.
Same in France. I speak perfect French (master's degrees in French lit), but English is the international language and so many French people want to practice it once they discover you're a native English-speaker. Germans are probably worse; although few Americans are learning German these days and so few of us speak German, you will be asked to speak English even if your German is letter-perfect. Someone told me this is because young Germans really love the English language -- and it's compulsory in German schools.
Well I found that they did not want to speak English at all. They were quite poor at it aswell, but nowhere near Spain. They are hideous!!!
I assume their English was still a lot better than your French/Spanish?
Rhetorical question.
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you too? I remember it was a tour for tourist from Berlin, it was a cold day although it was June and the atmosphere was creepy.
