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jayboi2005
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Jayboi
I had the same issues lol! They put the phone down on me some 11 times lol......
Anyhow, speak to Sandra Kostov..she looks after all the the treatment and pre-treatment admin
I have sent you her details...
J
I had the same issues lol! They put the phone down on me some 11 times lol......
Anyhow, speak to Sandra Kostov..she looks after all the the treatment and pre-treatment admin
I have sent you her details...
J
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Unlike English, there is no such thing as 'standard German'. The German Speaking world divides into regional accents, dialects etc.
In English there is a heavy stigma that attaches to being unable to speak something approximating to the standard form of the language. In German the opposite is true; a Bavarian (even a Bavarian professor or member of the nobility) will find status not in speaking a standardized form of German, but in speaking better the local form of the language.
Multiply this by all the different states as well as other parts of the German speaking world, and you have a rich mix of variations.
Dresden isn't really all that hard. anyone who has a good grasp of the German language as it is taught in UK schools ought to be able to cope; it's just that like the English, Germans tend to think that if you really want to talk to them you will be able to learn their language.
Deep within myself, I think that's probably right.
Anwyay it looks like Jayuk has come to the rescue!
Andrew
Unlike English, there is no such thing as 'standard German'. The German Speaking world divides into regional accents, dialects etc.
In English there is a heavy stigma that attaches to being unable to speak something approximating to the standard form of the language. In German the opposite is true; a Bavarian (even a Bavarian professor or member of the nobility) will find status not in speaking a standardized form of German, but in speaking better the local form of the language.
Multiply this by all the different states as well as other parts of the German speaking world, and you have a rich mix of variations.
Dresden isn't really all that hard. anyone who has a good grasp of the German language as it is taught in UK schools ought to be able to cope; it's just that like the English, Germans tend to think that if you really want to talk to them you will be able to learn their language.
Deep within myself, I think that's probably right.
Anwyay it looks like Jayuk has come to the rescue!
Andrew
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jayboi2005
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GarethB
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I think it goes with any language, they appreciate it if you make the effort.
One essential phrase when calling anyone in Germany is first to ask 'Spreken zie English?' Then if they do, keep it simple and use the Queens English as they would be tought in school. Annunciation is key, coming from the south I tend to drop my h's, but having spent much of my life in the north I sometimes slip into Yorkshire coloquielisms.
My wife and I worked ou at the weekend, I have sent 12 years where I originate in the sarf fo the country (9 years, then returning for 3), total of 12 years in North Yorkshire and the last 12 years in the Midlands.
Just have Scotland and Wales to go really, if I do these for 12 years each, that will about take me to retierment.
Sorry to confuse everyone about the location of Dresden, it is in Germany.
Went off the subject a wee bit, but what a pleasent ramble it was
One essential phrase when calling anyone in Germany is first to ask 'Spreken zie English?' Then if they do, keep it simple and use the Queens English as they would be tought in school. Annunciation is key, coming from the south I tend to drop my h's, but having spent much of my life in the north I sometimes slip into Yorkshire coloquielisms.
My wife and I worked ou at the weekend, I have sent 12 years where I originate in the sarf fo the country (9 years, then returning for 3), total of 12 years in North Yorkshire and the last 12 years in the Midlands.
Just have Scotland and Wales to go really, if I do these for 12 years each, that will about take me to retierment.
Sorry to confuse everyone about the location of Dresden, it is in Germany.
Went off the subject a wee bit, but what a pleasent ramble it was
Gareth
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jayboi2005
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Hope you get more luck soon!! 
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