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Dec 19th, 2007, 03:33 PM
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Most interesting.
Y'know, I'm not even a native German speaker. But I became sufficiently acculturated during my time in Germany that
a. Profanity in German actually *feels* emotionally loaded to me, instead of seeming merely an academic equivalent of *real* profanity, which must be in English
and
b. Calling a young (say...20-something) woman "Frau" So-and-so would just feel really wierd to me.
Of course it doesn't help, I suppose, that I'm on the front edge of geezerhood, and likely to be old-fashioned in so many annoying ways.
[Sigh] Life is change. Life is change.
Y'know, I'm not even a native German speaker. But I became sufficiently acculturated during my time in Germany that
a. Profanity in German actually *feels* emotionally loaded to me, instead of seeming merely an academic equivalent of *real* profanity, which must be in English
and
b. Calling a young (say...20-something) woman "Frau" So-and-so would just feel really wierd to me.
Of course it doesn't help, I suppose, that I'm on the front edge of geezerhood, and likely to be old-fashioned in so many annoying ways.
[Sigh] Life is change. Life is change.
Dec 19th, 2007, 04:00 PM
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>Calling a young (say...20-something) woman "Frau" So-and-so would just feel really wierd to me.
Well, don't try calling her "Fräulein", her answer will make you feel a lot weirder.
Well, don't try calling her "Fräulein", her answer will make you feel a lot weirder.
