Re^5: PBP in German out of print

The joke will even get better after Brexit, since the UK was the only member which claimed English as official language.

à la prochaine! :)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}

PS: for completeness there are indeed some transformation rules for English <-> German, (consonant shifts) but applies only for at most 30% of vocabulary.

like th <-> d and so on

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Re^6: PBP in German out of print - solutions? by perldigious (Priest) on Sep 14, 2017 at 19:18 UTC
The US Foreign Service Institute doesn't rank German as particularly hard to learn for native English speakers, but I did note that it gets a whole category all to itself. Just another Perl hooker - My clients appreciate that I keep my code clean but my comments dirty.	[reply]
Re^7: PBP in German out of print - solutions? by LanX (Saint) on Sep 14, 2017 at 19:37 UTC
German preserves a lot of old grammar like 4 cases (think Latin) that English lost after the Norman conquest. (Try to read the beowulf saga to see what I mean) But it's more consistent with less exceptions than English and has simpler tenses. I heard linguists saying that learning perfect German is easier than perfect English. Unfortunately it's also mostly taught like Latin in school with endless grammar lessons. I spend much time learning Russian grammar and can sympathize how painful this can be. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply]