<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ich würde sogar sagen:<div><br></div><div><div id="gt-res-wrap" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); border-right-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); border-bottom-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); border-left-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1; "><span id="result_box" class="long_text" style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; min-height: 93px; display: block; "><span title="Well, let's see the active posters on this list:" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Nun, lasst uns die aktive Poster auf dieser Liste finden Sie unter: <br></span><span title="* Kai: speaks German as his native language" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Kai: spricht Deutsch wie seine Muttersprache <br></span><span title="* Gert: speaks German fluently, be it with a rather peculiar accent" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Gert: spricht fließend Deutsch, sei es mit einer ziemlich eigenartigen Akzent <br></span><span title="* Martin: same as Gert">* Martin: wie Gert <br></span><span title="* Michael: same as Gert and Martin" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Michael: wie Gert und Martin <br></span><span title="* Jay: lives in a German-speaking country, and wherever he lives he'll have a rather peculiar accent anyway" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Jay: lebt in einem deutschsprachigen Land, und wo er lebt, er wird eine eigentümliche Akzent sowieso <br></span><span title="* Marc: is moving to Berlin, and will no doubt be reading Goethe before you can say 'boo'" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Marc: nach Berlin fahren und werden ohne Zweifel zu lesen Goethe, bevor Sie "boo" sagen kann, <br></span><span title="* Me: speaks German quite well, regardless of what my teachers thought" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Me: spricht sehr gut Deutsch, und zwar unabhängig von dem, was meine Lehrer gedacht <br></span><span title="* Tony: is of German ancestry, and visits the country fairly often">* Tony: ist deutscher Abstammung und besucht das Land ziemlich oft <br></span><span title="* Andy: is of Armenian ancestry, which is practically Germany - well, Europe anyway">* Andy: ist der armenische Abstammung, die praktisch ist Deutschland - nun, Europa sowieso <br></span><span title="* Mikael: Swedish is basically a funny version of German">* Mikael: Schwedisch ist im Grunde eine lustige Version der deutschen <br></span><span title="* You: Dutch is basically a funny version of German">* Sie: Niederländisch ist im Grunde eine lustige Version der deutschen <br></span><span title="* Tom: he speaks a funny version of Dutch, which in itself is a funny version of German">* Tom: Er spricht eine lustige Version von niederländischen, was an sich ist eine lustige Version der deutschen <br></span><span title="* Kim: Finnish is basically...">* Kim: Finnisch ist im Grunde ... </span><span title="actually, forget about Kim for a second">tatsächlich, über Kim vergessen für eine zweite <br></span><span title="* Denis: he's Swiss (right?), and most people in Switzerland speak German, after a fashion at least" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">* Denis: er ist Schweizer (richtig?), Und die meisten Menschen in der Schweiz sprechen deutsch, nach einer Mode mindestens <br></span><span title="* Romain: doesn't he live rather close to the German border?">* Romain: nicht er leben und nicht an der deutschen Grenze in der Nähe? <br></span><span title="* Cyrille: I wouldn't call him an 'active poster'">* Cyrille: Ich würde nicht nennen ihn eine "aktive Poster" <br><br></span><span title="So there's a rather strong argument to change the lingua franca of this list to German.">Also gibt es ein ziemlich starkes Argument für die lingua franca dieser Liste auf Deutsch ändern. <br><br></span><span title="Now, there ARE a few difficult cases, like James, Ron, Bill, Mohsen, and of course the lot from the British isles: Jonny, Paul, Dave, Dong, Tony (the other one), Andrew, Chris, and Declan." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Nun, es gibt ein paar schwierige Fälle, wie James, Ron, Bill, Mohsen, und natürlich der viel von den britischen Inseln: Jonny, Paul, Dave, Dong, Tony (der andere), Andrew, Chris und Declan. </span><span title="But since they're a minority, it would be no more than reasonable that they would start using German, too." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Aber da sie eine Minderheit sind, wäre es nicht mehr als vernünftig, dass sie anfangen würde mit deutschen, auch. <br><br></span><span title="Right?">Right? </span><span title=":)">:) <br></span></span></div></div><div id="gt-res-tools" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; margin-top: -7px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; height: 26px; "><div id="gt-src-tools-l" style="float: left; "></div><div id="gt-res-tools-r" style="float: right; "></div></div></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kai</div><div>(feeling subversive by not helping google by "suggesting a better translation"...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 02.10.2011, at 01:14, Peter Korsten wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Well, let's see the active posters on this list:<br>* Kai: speaks German as his native language<br>* Gert: speaks German fluently, be it with a rather peculiar accent<br>* Martin: same as Gert<br>* Michael: same as Gert and Martin<br>* Jay: lives in a German-speaking country, and wherever he lives he'll have a rather peculiar accent anyway<br>* Marc: is moving to Berlin, and will no doubt be reading Goethe before you can say 'boo'<br>* Me: speaks German quite well, regardless of what my teachers thought<br>* Tony: is of German ancestry, and visits the country fairly often<br>* Andy: is of Armenian ancestry, which is practically Germany - well, Europe anyway<br>* Mikael: Swedish is basically a funny version of German<br>* You: Dutch is basically a funny version of German<br>* Tom: he speaks a funny version of Dutch, which in itself is a funny version of German<br>* Kim: Finnish is basically... actually, forget about Kim for a second<br>* Denis: he's Swiss (right?), and most people in Switzerland speak German, after a fashion at least<br>* Romain: doesn't he live rather close to the German border?<br>* Cyrille: I wouldn't call him an 'active poster'<br><br>So there's a rather strong argument to change the lingua franca of this list to German.<br><br>Now, there ARE a few difficult cases, like James, Ron, Bill, Mohsen, and of course the lot from the British isles: Jonny, Paul, Dave, Dong, Tony (the other one), Andrew, Chris, and Declan. But since they're a minority, it would be no more than reasonable that they would start using German, too.<br><br>Right? :)<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>