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RE: Madmoiselle, you no longer exist - 2/25/2012 12:16:39 AM

Edwynn

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It's Fräulein, not Fraulein. Very distinct difference in pronunciation, assuming Fraulein were to even exist.

'Frau' translates to, variously, 'woman' or 'lady,' (as an example: "Frau GreedyTop"="Lady GreedyTop) in either event not intended as in any derogative sense I or my Nürnberg geboren German teacher are aware of. In any case, Frau would most definitely not translate to 'old woman.'

The whole purpose of learning another language is to understand that word for word translation cannot convey the essence of one language vs. the other.

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RE: Madmoiselle, you no longer exist - 2/25/2012 5:06:04 AM

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PS

That last statement is not entirely correct. One learns another language for a variety of reasons. Reading good books and talking to others in that language are actually the largest reasons for learning it. I wish that just listening to the music would do the trick, 'cause I got Anton Webern down pat. Too bad that doesn't tell me which adjective ending to use.

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Who says Baltic beaches ain't hot?

http://en.affenknecht.com/rammstein-videos/mein-land/

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RE: Madmoiselle, you no longer exist - 2/25/2012 6:22:26 AM

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