Ever use Rosetta Stone?

[BIGNASTY]

When the day comes that I can be away from the poking and gouging of the hospital, Penny & her Parents want us to go to Germany so they can see it and I can go back to the Motherland :-laf

I had German family on my Fathers side, on my Grandmothers side of the family you spoke German or you went hungry so I can speak some German but was wondering if anyone had use Rosetta Stone? Any good come out of its use or is it just a sales pitch like most other things.


BIG

 

[jgillott]

The wife used it a while back. It was OK but nothing that different than any other language program. I believe that she is using something called "Duo Lingo" now, but I'm not positive.

 

[The patriot]

I know it's not really learning, but there's a few good free Translation apps for smart phones out there.

 

[mwilson]

Das is gut, nicht var?

 

[BIGNASTY]

Das is gut, nicht var?

Dank Mike gerade auf der Suche nach etwas Hilfe

Not sure about some of the spelling, I cant spell For XXXX in English either

 

[mwilson]

Not fair!!! YOU just spent a month hanging around the Amish and probably brushed up on the deutsche speak. Mine was in High School a very long time ago.

But I do think that you might have missed the lesson regarding "Hang on when on zee roof!".......

 

[mwilson]

No, I got it all wrong...it would be.....

"English, hang on when on zee roof!"

 

[mwilson]

By the way, it is nice to be able to give you some crap now that you are feeling better. You had me worried for a bit.....

 

[GHarman]

Herr Bruder BIG,
Voss ist los? Der Hund ist los! :-laf
Seien Sie vorsichtig, oder Sie werden wie eine fett, faul Waschbären freuen ! (WHOOPS)
Gute Besserung
Herr Bruder Greg

 

[BIGNASTY]

I cheated Mike, I went to a site for German to English translation

I learned what I know just by hanging around German speaking part of family, Grandpas side wouldn't allow anyone to speak German when they became US Citizens but on my Grandmothers side, the Spoolers, they were still very very German. My Dad used to go to their house and without them knowing he would look at the back side of pictures on the wall and in closets, my Mother asked, Gerald what are you doing? My Dad said that he was looking for Adolf's picture he knew that they had one hid someplace. :-laf

I just would like to brush up on the language, it makes any person respond better when they know that you've at least tried to learn something of their culture when you go there. Penny took French in school and is pretty fluent, she did most of the talking in Paris when we went (they are a bunch of snobs ) but outside Paris its a really nice place with fun people.

I do feel better, of course Percocet is responsible for most of the GOOD FEELING. been doing some PT and IT HURTS.

Danke, BIG

 

[RustyJC]

My wife Sandy's family is German on her mother's side. The Germans came to Texas and settled in the Hill Country during the 1850s. When I was growing up, a lot of the German communities such as Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, Boerne, Comfort, Welfare, Sisterdale, etc. still spoke German on the streets and in the stores. Sandy's mother grew up in Boerne about 30 miles NW of San Antonio and spoke only German in the home until she started elementary school where she was taught English and forbidden to speak German (they had never heard of bilingual education in those days, I guess.) She said that when she was a child, she only heard 2 languages on the streets of Boerne - German and Spanish. When she died, she could only remember a few words of German.

It's sad that a lot of German language newspapers have shut down and that most of the Lutheran churches no longer conduct services in German. We hear very little German spoken in these Hill Country communities when we go there these days - the German community has just about been assimilated with the "English".

Rusty

 

[mwilson]

There is a dual language culture that is alive and well in Northern Maine. French and English are mixed together depending on which word in either language suits the occasion the best. We call it "Talking upside down"......our receptionist switches between French and English at will, if I get her wound up tight she will revert to straight French long enough to swear at me. i can now swear in fairly respectable French.....

Many of the Northern Mainers are made to speak French in the home. Then learn English in school. It keeps the language alive and well. It is a different French than Quebec uses, when we grab one of our French speaking personnel for interpreter duty when we have a customer from Quebec they have a hard time communicating. Quebec French is a purer form of the language. Northern Maine (Acadian) French contains a lot more slang.

Ozy said that the same situation exists within the Swiss and German languages.

 

[GHarman]

I cheated, too, Brother BIG!:-laf
I can barely speak English
Brother Greg

 

[BIGNASTY]

Penny's family are Native American Blackfoot, When our children were born Penny spoke to them in Blackfoot & English. I felt left out at times and asked her if she would teach me Blackfoot? there are times that I still get things wrong (they forgive me) but I can hold my own. When they wanted to say something that I didn't need to know for what ever reason they had another form or ? of their language, until recently I was left in the dark when they spoke it. Its not all that much different than the Blackfoot I understand, they called it the " Pig Latin" of Blackfoot. Of course when we went to the South Pacific there are a lot of Thai & Vietnamese speaking people there and in Australia so they were left out

When we went to France we went across the border into Spain, Penny said OH you can speak that Gail!! ya somewhat some of the words are the same but not all.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I cheated, too, Brother BIG!:-laf
I can barely speak English
Brother Greg

I'm in that same boat Greg. I cant read or write in any of the other languages that I butcher including English. My Mothers side of the family are Scottish and Cherokee Indian and as my Mother use to call people from NC Hillbilly.

 

[fest3er]

I'm in that same boat Greg. I cant read or write in any of the other languages that I butcher including English. My Mothers side of the family are Scottish and Cherokee Indian and as my Mother use to call people from NC Hillbilly.

But no hilljacks? Good. Good.

 

[Shadrach]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR0lWICH3rY

 

[Shadrach]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlATOHGj9EY

 

[BIGNASTY]

Shad :-laf HA HA HA HA HA

Two things come to mind with your posts

1 Is that the German language sounds like their always mad and have a bad chest cold, Around the Spooler family table my Father would always hold up his napkin when Great Grandpa Spooler started to say something and say " IN COMING!!!" :-laf

2 One time when I was dropping fuel at a gas station, a Mexican gal and her boyfriend or husband were arguing. I picked up that the argument was because her Butt was so large and she was wearing one of those stretchy, skin tight, tee-shirt type dresses that barely covered the cheeks of it. She asked my opinion if I liked her XXX ? I didn't understand her when she tried to speak English, she asked me if I like her jello xxx? I excused myself for not understanding, she again said do you like my jello xxx? she got really mad and said you no like jello? Well ya I guess, what!! you no like jello lopez? OH YOU MEAN Jlo LOPEZ!! sorry lady but your xxx is twice the size of hers :-laf Man!! did she get PO,ed :-laf


Thanks for the laughs Shad :-laf:-laf

BIG

 

[GHarman]

Brother BIG!
Them "broad across the beam" Ladies are measured in "Axe Handles":-laf!

Brother GregH