tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712793603818833281.post7080026067086862248..comments2023-09-27T12:48:06.217+01:00Comments on Intercultural Musings: No Talking, Please! Germans on TwitterMargit http://www.blogger.com/profile/17830126186468062827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712793603818833281.post-37149307522164385832012-02-26T12:38:13.542+00:002012-02-26T12:38:13.542+00:00Dear Anonymous, you seem to have fallen in love wi...Dear Anonymous, you seem to have fallen in love with my post, sending in comment after comment. Sadly, you seem to be a bit of a coward, not daring to let us know who you are. I think we can guess, though. As you are obviously a trifle bored, here are 2 suggestions: A. Read my book on Coversation. You will benefit enormously! B. Get an English language primer and start learning English, as your knowledge of that language is deplorably bad. Good luck with your endeavours!Margit https://www.blogger.com/profile/17830126186468062827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712793603818833281.post-80164242540143464512012-02-25T18:01:00.889+00:002012-02-25T18:01:00.889+00:00> Even the word "Konversation" has an...> Even the word "Konversation" has an entirely negative connotation in German, meaning "talking for the sake of it, not genuine".<br /><br />That's wrong, it doesn't have that meaning at all. Even if it did, <i>Konversation</i> is a relatively uncommon, high-brow word for what one would usually call Gespräch or Unterhaltung.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712793603818833281.post-24301772828813252122012-02-22T14:51:36.016+00:002012-02-22T14:51:36.016+00:00That's actually quite close to my own experein...That's actually quite close to my own expereince when I first arrived in DE. I come from a culture where everybody talks...constantly. My first day as a trainee I asked lots of questions and tried to make a good impression, but all my efforts were met with this stony silence. Well, maybe people were just puzzled and thought why does she talk so much :> I got used to it all in the end, and now I'm probably as taciturn as the Germans. (Not true).Tessanoreply@blogger.com