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  2. The Awful German Language - Wikipedia

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    The Awful German Language" is an 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. [1] The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of English has with learning German as a second language .

  3. Talk:The Awful German Language - Wikipedia

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    A fact from The Awful German Language appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 July 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: The text of the entry was as follows:

  4. Mother tongue mirroring - Wikipedia

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    In foreign language teaching, this basic human capacity is captured by the generative principle. In “The awful German language” Mark Twain humorously explained the difficulties of German syntax and morphology by mirroring long sentences in English. Although the main intent is satirical rather than didactic, Twain provides interesting ...

  5. Wikipedia : Department of Fun/Word Association

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    Clearly, as the game develops, one gets a pretty long list! If you're stuck for ideas, link to the last word in the list and add the first link that appears on that page as the next link. Thus "Sebastian Junger" would be followed by "The Perfect Storm", and "Latin" by "Classical language".

  6. List of Roblox games - Wikipedia

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    Ryanair Roblox is a fangame based on the Irish budget airline Ryanair developed by 11-year-old game developer Sebastian Codling. [c] Similar to real life, players have to purchase "tickets" to board the in-game flights, with "value" tickets being for free. Players can also apply for a role-played job in the game. [175]

  7. Category:Language reform - Wikipedia

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    The Awful German Language; D. Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation; F. Feminist language reform; G. Genbun itchi

  8. Awful End - Wikipedia

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    Awful End (published in the US as A House Called Awful End) a 2000 children's novel by Philip Ardagh and the first book of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, which was followed by Dreadful Acts. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award. [1] The German translation by Harry Rowohlt won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis ...

  9. Rotwelsch - Wikipedia

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    Rotwelsch has also played a great role in the development of the Yeniche language. In form and development it closely parallels the commercial speech ("shopkeeper language") of German-speaking regions. During the 19th and 20th century, Rotwelsch was the object of linguistic repression, with systematic investigation by the German police. [4]