> 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. > > Could someone of this group help me. Where does the text stems from? Is > it available somewhere on the internet? I have the text of "A Tramp Abroad" at my Mark Twain web-site at: http://cadsweb.colorado.edu/twain/tramp.html or just the appendix entitled "The Awful German Language" is at: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~churchh/awfgrmlg.html Anyone is of course welcome to visit the Twain archives at http://cadsweb.colorado.edu/twain Alan -- Alan Eliasen [log in to unmask] http://cadsweb.colorado.edu/alan.html (Work) (303)-492-4038 (Home) (303)-499-7380 (FAX) (303)-492-1347