The saying what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, comes from Nietzsche ( I needed to google how to write his name, freaking hard to write) The original is in german, and it goes something like this: was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker. I will never forget those words. I was in a philosophy class, and a girl mentioned she had too much to learn. The teacher responded with those words. We were all like, uh, okay, we will never expect sympathy in her class, she doesn't support this :) and other saying, though I'm not sure who came up with it, but it's true. How could it not be?
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Isn't it spelled Neetshkee?
Ok, maybe not.
Philosophy class? You're a smarty pants? Now I feel a little inadequate because I'm a knucklehead. :)
No, no, no, I am a person who does not distinguish between the left side and the right side, so I'm not a smarty pants, never was ;) It was only one year, then I dropped out. But still, some stuff stayed in my head. Philosophy, psychology, and history, I have an interest in those things. Anything else that doesn't interest me, I need to go back to school.
Friedrich Nietzsche—pretty hard to write down the name, but apparently, I can pronounce it correctly, or so I've been told. Maybe they're lying. :)
I do a pretty good German accent, when speaking in English. Admittedly, it probably sounds a little like an SS interrogator, so I'm mindful of where I do it.
I reckon you'd pronounce Friedrich Nietzsche pretty well, probably it'd sound better from you than me with my Australian accent and all.
Germans have such a funny accent when they speak English ;) Maybe that's why many people here don't speak English? Because it sounds funny? ;) But I'd rather stay quiet, my English accent is definitely hilarious. I can write without any problem at all, but when it comes to speaking... uff! But after 2 beers, it's no longer a problem! :)
Yep, some accents mangle the English language but I think that's true generally with them all. There's some accents that make English sound better as well.
Two beers huh? I think there's a story waiting to emerge...
Yes, we have proof that after two beers, I can speak without people laughing in my face. ;) We had an English-speaking man in our nursing home, and I was the only one who spoke English, so he was in my care. But I always mixed English and German, so he was always smiling. (Maybe it wasn’t so bad, since I gave him something to smile about.)
One day, we had a picnic with co-workers at our nursing home. After two beers, I said, forget everything, I'm going to talk to this man and prove to you that I can speak without mixing in German. I felt like a pro. He was looking at me pretty strangely, but I don't think it was because of my speaking! 🤔
I'd like to hear your English-Gernan mash up. Lol. Seriously though, I am always amazed at how people can switch languages mid-sentence and mid-thought. Shows an agile mind.