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The Awful German Language

by Mark Twain

"The Awful German Language" is an 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of English has with learning German as a second language.

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English

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English

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1880

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Mark Twain

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