Re: OT: Intergermansk - Traveller's Phrasebook

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 19:27:28 -0500, J. 'Mach' Wust <j_mach_wust@...> wrote:
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> On 6 Feb 2005, at 7.03 am, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
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> > Pascal wrote:
> >> The lazy American speech habits might even slur "tank du"
> >> into "tanku" or something =/ You never know...
> >
> > So, are all Germanophones as gratuitously rude and uncouth as you,
> > or are you unique? You're not the first I've had unpleasant
> > experiences with, I must say...
>
> I can very well understand that Thomas R. Wier is annoyed about the repeated
> gratuitous rudeness of Pascal Kramm. However, it's unfair to say that this
> is because he'd speak German. He's the only German speaker on this list who
> uses an insulting language.
>
> Additionally, posts by non native English speakers sometimes might appear to
> be insulting without intention, since politeness in English is more
> difficult to learn than in other languages because it lacks an explicit
> politeness marking, e.g. in verbal forms (as is found in many other European
> languages).
However, I've had a recent email exchange with him, which proves it's
not just language which makes him appear rude, he'd got a political
chip on his shoulder.





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