Simpsons, German

[Dave Monroe]

My guess is, as a first language, it's difficult
enough getting down the fine points of English (what
with all the homophones, irregular verbs, what have
you), it's got to be a helluva task for non-native
speakers to pick it up.  Which is why I'm always
impressed by the way the Germans and Belgians and
Finns and Greeks and ... and ... here are not only
more articulate in English than many native speakers,
but are more familiar with English-language
lit'rachure as well.  Me, I read and, occasionally,
write English, but I definitely talk American. 
Exchange on a recent installment of A Prairie Home
Companion, a wrestling match, Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Jesse "The Body" Ventura vs. Jcques Chirac and
Dominique de Villepin ...

TR (JESSE): This is just the lowest of the low. These
French. I've had it. I just want to say that if it
weren't for us, these people would be speaking German
today.

TR (ARNOLD): You say that like it's a bad thing.

SS: Mr. Chirac?

TR (CHIRAC): I remind them of the American Revolution.
If it were not for the French, the Americans would be
speaking English today.

TR (ARNOLD): Good point.

http://www.prairiehome.org/performances/20030927/scripts/wrestling.shtml

--- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> >And well, of course... German is without any doubt
> >one of the most difficult languages. 
> 
> What makes German any more or less difficult than
> any other language?

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