English Translation
I don’t believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can’t learn in Berlin except the German language.
no use of “pas” here, interesting
English Translation
I don’t believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can’t learn in Berlin except the German language.
Sounds like it should be a famous quote. Anyone know the source?
Well, it appears to be a quote from the most famous detractor of the German language in history …
Mark Twain
“I don’t believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can’t learn in Berlin except the German language.”
The German Wikiquote page Mark Twain – Wikiquote has a link to the quote in a copy of Mark Twain’s Notebook held on archive.org.
Never wanting to miss an opportunity to criticise the German language, immediately after this quote he continues his attack with -
"It is a desperate language. They think it is the language of concentration. They hitch a cattle train of words together … " etc., etc.
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