our language from Lucca Ginsburg on 2003-12-28 (The Czernowitz-L Archive)

From: Lucca Ginsburg <lucca99_at_netvision.net.il>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:53:52 +0200
To: czernowitz czernowitz <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Reply-To: lucca99_at_netvision.net.il

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To my friends from Czernowitz who still speak "Czernowitzer
Deutsch"...
Did you ever notice that our German is like no other German in
the world? It's got a special flavor, special intonations, and no matter how one
tries to disguise it...this will never work!.
I myself worked in a German office here for 8 years, and this
greatly improved on my strange German syntax and pronounciation.. Yet, my boss
said once to me: "Your German..is 95%"
-"And what about the remaining 5%?"
This is...pure Czernowitzerisch!"

My husband and I talked German to our children. They got it
right, they sounded as if they would have been born in the
Bucovina.
At the beginning of his studies in Germany, my son complained
bitterly:
-It's NOT mach zu die Tuer!" It should be "mach die Tuer
zu!"
What in heaven's name did you think you are teaching
me?

After 8 years of study in Germany, I still enjoy catching a
bit of Czernowitz in his speech!
All the best,
Lucca

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Received on 2003-12-29 08:00:49