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In the Thread: I wish I could speak German!

Post Subject: Learning GermanPosted by rowuk on: 7/12/2012

Romy,
I can only agree with your desire. I wish that I had started learning Russian for the same reasons you mention for German.

I am an American that has been living in Germany since 1975. It took a couple of years to be able to understand the deeper meaning of things - when I could spend time. Real time performances or lectures still require me to prepare.

The danger for you is the insistance of technical law and order in the German way of thinking. Many things are not as "free" as Mann, Kafka, Eichendorff would have preferred. Considering your love of Bruckner, maybe the Austrian dialect would be better. Vienna, Salzburg and Graz as well as Bruckners own Linz are wonderful places for inspiration.

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