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Re: OT - Programming Languages w/o English Syntax



On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 at 23:45 GMT, Viktor Rosenfeld penned:
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> Hi,
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> Monique Y. Herman wrote:
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>> Okay, okay, I can think of an irregular German bit.  As a small
>> child, I once said "Du hast mich wehgetutet."  (Instead of wehgetan.)
>> I conjugated the verb improperly, and don't think I've ever been
>> allowed to forget it, even after 20 years!
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> Du hast *mir* wehgetan.
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> Don't worry, a lot of Germans make the same mistake.
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I just knew that if I posted this, there would be something wrong with
it =)

The excuse I'm currently using for my poor grammar is that I haven't
been to Germany since I was 14.  Need to go soon, though -- I haven't
seen my grandmother since then.

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monique
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