FanCityKnits 🇺🇦🧶Feb 26, 2024

And now - for something completely different.

I'm a German native speaker, but for about 25 years I read books in English, if that's the original language.

So far I've mostly stuck to "modern" books - but now I took on "Pride and Predjudice". Oh my, English has certainly changed a lot in the last 200 years. (Not that I should be surprised, reading German literature from 200 years ago is also difficult).

I've more of Austen's books, but I think I need a break.

#JaneAusten #PrideAndPredjudice

Show threadThe Stitching HermitFeb 26, 2024
@FanCityKnits likewise! 😀 I'm german, too, and I flatter myself that I am capable of speaking quite a nice English. But Jane broke my back. I adore her - but I'll do that in German 😅 (Oh, and don't even get me started on Shakespeare!)
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@bookedhooker

I tried Shakespeare once - but in an annotated version and with the German translation next to it. Much ado about nothing, because I love the movie with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson so much.

Feb 26, 2024 at 2:47pmWeb
Show threadThe Stitching HermitFeb 26, 2024
@FanCityKnits Yes, these ones work quite well! But without translation Shakespeare (I tried Romeo and Juliet - of course...) melted my synapses. 😅