Foreign Language
I stumbled upon a quote the other day that I thought was very interesting:
“Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
via Jacob Huber
November 28th, 2006 in
Language
I stumbled upon a quote the other day that I thought was very interesting:
“Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
via Jacob Huber
Allow me to contrast the elegance of Goethe with something I once heard from a drunk, British tourist:
“Dya foookin’ speak English mate?! AINGLISH?!”
Wow, that Brit’s IQ must be sky-high — did you ask him if he was a few bubbles short on his Guinness?