Date sent: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 04:21:56 -0400 Send reply to: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Essay on Mark Twains' Problems with the German Language Originally to: "TWAIN-L(a)VM1.YORKU.CA" <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list TWAIN-L <TWAIN-L%YORKVM1.BITNET@UBVM .cc.buffalo.edu> Hi there, this is my first posting to this list. Some time ago I've read on paper a very entertaining essay, written by Mark Twain. It is about his experiences, when he was learning German. Unfortunately at that time, I did not write down the exact source of the text. Now I can't find it again. Could someone of this group help me. Where does the text stems from? Is it available somewhere on the internet? Volker Richard H. Cracroft, BYU, responds: I believe you are looking for "The Awful German Language," which is Appendix D of Twain's >A Tramp Abroad.< You might enjoy my superlative and, well, simply wonderful essay thereon, "'Exactly the German Way': Mark Twain's Comic Strategies with 'The Awful German Language,'" in Thalia, XIII:1,2 (1993). | | ~ ~ | | @ @ | | ^ | | ~ | __|________0000o_____o0000___________|__ | o o | | Volker Nuernberg | | GM - European Sales Operations | | Sales Analysis | | Frankfurt / Germany | | [log in to unmask] | | Ooooo | |__________ooooO_______( )_____________| ( ) / \ ) / \ ( / (_/ \_)