Be a mensch for once in your life

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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You’re welcome. :+1:

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I hope my pronunciation attempt of Afrikaans was intelligible, understandable.

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@Masme - Just for you Marc! :wink:

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@Torsten Just for you Torsten! :wink:

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That is so nice. Thank you very much, Andrea. :heart:

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You’re welcome, Marc! :wink:

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Thank you Andrea. :heart:

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Learning new words and languages is like ‘pastime passing excellent, if it be husbanded with modesty’ as William Shakespeare would have said. Again, thank you. I’ve been thinking of you and I consider you as a lovely friend. Keep up the good work as we all do. :heart: I keep listening to your recorded message and it is absolutely fabulous.

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@Masme Thank you! Appreciate your messages! Youre so kind! It’s great learning new things :wink: :hugs:

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@Torsten Ek is baie jammer! I’m very sorry!!! :thinking:

I have taken note…I must speak slower! :hugs:

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No, no, your message in Afrikaans was perfectly clear to me. Please, do me a favour and don’t underestimate yourself. :slightly_smiling_face: The reason I keep listening to your recorded message is because I like it a lot. :+1:

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This looks so funny because we use the word ‘Jammer’ too but in a slightly different context. For example, there is the term ‘Katzenjammer’ :joy:

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Hi Torsten,

Here your hangover has arrived, but I won’t be as mean as to give you excruciating headaches. :+1:

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@Torsten Is katzenjammer about cats?

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Now, I have no idea why we are talking about hangovers. :thinking:

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@Masme Thanks, Marc!

English is my 1st language
Afrikaans is my 2nd language
Xhosa is my 3rd language

:wink: :+1:

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Because as Marc has pointed out, Katzenjammer usually describes a certain type of hangover, many Germans regularly endure with the sufferer’s groans of discomfort being likened to a wailing cat. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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@Torsten Thank you for explaining it to me! Now I know :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Ich bin ein Berliner is a speech by United States President John F. Kennedy given on June 26, 1963, in West Berlin. But besides the historical coinsedences of that era, JFK, generally, was a good storyteller!!

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