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21-12-2011, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

The German/English vote - it's an urban myth? I've quoted that as being true... D'oh! You learn something new every day.

Yeah, I know I was told the same story by Yanks in the mid 80's, believed it for a good few years, was educated to the real story behind the myth in the 90's.

http://www.us-english.org/view/295

http://usa.usembassy.de/germanamericans-language.htm

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/german.asp

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Originally Posted by Vanessa

Thanks.I just didn't want to make a fuss.

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