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Mike in Seattle

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Miss Tuppence

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Aside from always being spectacularly well turned out, Miss Tuppence seems to have a penchant for staircases.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Hehe, it does look that way doesn’t it!:eek: I don’t mean to- or do I? It may be a subconscious thingy, all stemming from childhood games!!! (btw I use to play on the stairs as a nipper!;))

Oh and ‘thank you’ all for your lovely comments about my last post…

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All original. Late 30’s/early forties.
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Miss T x
 

rue

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^ Mario it's the truth.... you always look fantastic. I don't say something every time or you'll get a big head ;)


Hehe, it does look that way doesn’t it!:eek: I don’t mean to- or do I? It may be a subconscious thingy, all stemming from childhood games!!! (btw I use to play on the stairs as a nipper!;))

Oh and ‘thank you’ all for your lovely comments about my last post…

Bad quality photo (when is it otherwise!:D)
All original. Late 30’s/early forties.
GEDC2969.JPG
Miss T x

My very favorite so far Miss T :D
 

Mario

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^ Mario it's the truth.... you always look fantastic. I don't say something every time or you'll get a big head ;)

Thank you... :eek:

It's funny, you know. In standard German there is no real equivalent for that expression- to be big-headed - but the Bavarian dialect has a nice word that says exactly the same. Sounds great, too. The word is 'großkopfert'... Ain't that interesting? :p ;) :D
 

Widebrim

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Hehe, it does look that way doesn’t it!:eek: I don’t mean to- or do I? It may be a subconscious thingy, all stemming from childhood games!!! (btw I use to play on the stairs as a nipper!;))

Oh and ‘thank you’ all for your lovely comments about my last post…

Bad quality photo (when is it otherwise!:D)
All original. Late 30’s/early forties.
GEDC2969.JPG
Miss T x

Smashing as always!
 

RichardH

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Thank you... :eek:

It's funny, you know. In standard German there is no real equivalent for that expression- to be big-headed - but the Bavarian dialect has a nice word that says exactly the same. Sounds great, too. The word is 'großkopfert'... Ain't that interesting? :p ;) :D

That´s not difficult to pronounce! ;)
 

rue

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That "B"-lookin' thing is a double-S. Frau Rue. "Gross-kop-fert". Practice until the p and f blend together like the "Pffft" when you give someone the razzberry. Beginning German looks a lot worse than it really is... it's remembering it all after years of disuse that's the killer.

Thank you DB :) Funny, I'm almost half German, but have no clue about the language [huh]
 
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Funny, I'm almost half German, but have no clue about the language [huh]

Just think, in German your name would be spelled . :D

I love the German language and alphabet -- I took it for three years in high school. Though I've always had difficulty reading fraktur print found in pre-war German books and periodicals. I found that the two key languages to learn are German and Spanish. Both are very simple and once you know them many of the other languages -- such as Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian on the Germanic side -- come very easy.
 
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Mario

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Just think, in German your name would be spelled . :D

I love the German language and alphabet -- I took it for three years in high school. Though I've always had difficulty reading fraktur print found in pre-war German books and periodicals. I found that the two key languages to learn are German and Spanish. Both are very simple and once you know them many of the other languages -- such as Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian on the Germanic side -- come very easy.

Then you seem to be one of the few non-native speakers who've found it easy to learn the German language. Most people find it so difficult because it's full of funny exceptions. Let alone the grammar. Even a lot of Germans seem to find the language increasingly difficult. We've had a spelling reform a few years ago which I hate. I don't use it. Instead of giving the kids a better education they simply went and made a mess of the spelling rules. They basically admitted (albeit backhandedly) that more and more students are simply - and sadly - unable and/or unwilling to thoroughly learn even the basic rules.

Reading fraktur type is simply a matter of practice. Every now and then I happen to read an old book that's been printed using fraktur and the procedure is alway the same: I read three pages to get the hang of it and then start all over again... ;)

Ok. Rant over...
 
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