Archive for September, 2012
German Humor: More English for Runaways – Mehr Englisch für Fortgeschrittene Posted by Sandra Rösner on Sep 18, 2012
In one of my previous post, I have already listed some, let’s say, “Denglish” expressions. So-called English for runaways is very popular among Germans. Actually, English for runaways is very bad English because Germans play with both languages. The simply use the structure of the German language and use English words, that is, they, for…
German music: Max Herre feat. Philipp Poisel – Wolke 7 (Cloud 9) Posted by Sandra Rösner on Sep 17, 2012
On the weekend, I accidentally tuned in to one of those casting shows and while they introduced one of the emerging artists – by the way, a very talented young guy – an awesome song was played in the background. Immediately, I booted up my computer to google the lines I memorized in order to…
German poetry (Friedrich Schiller): Die Bürgschaft – The Hostage Posted by Sandra Rösner on Sep 10, 2012
Here is another German poem: “Die Bürgschaft” (The Hostage) by Friedrich Schiller. This time I added German subtitles to the video, so that you can read along while listening to it. Die Bürgschaft / The Hostage 1. Zu Dionys, dem Tyrannen, schlich Damon, den Dolch im Gewande: Ihn schlugen die Häscher in…