This is not just another chat room. We're here to improve our language skills, German or English, and to encourage a spirit of community. Everyone is welcome who shares those aims.

In the immortal words of our founder, odondon irl:
«ein Faden, in dem Deutschsprechende auf Englisch und Englischsprechende auf Deutsch schreiben können, um zu üben, um Korrekturen zu ergattern, um des Spaßes Willen.»

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Siehe auch: Crossover Chat 191

Snails who contributed to the last CC (in order of their appearance):
kisan, neutrino, Flo_123, hm--us, bluesky, Goldammer, candice, Wachtelkönig, Snowflake, Sarti_LU, SD3, Norbert Juffa, Lore, Amy-MiMi, hexlein, atalante, suziq, wi-chan, uke, skye, a(us), novemberEuel, Chaja, Steve53, wrdlbrmpfd

Highlights (written while listening to the Christmas Oratorio):

More suggestions concerning Wachtelkönig's nine-year-old present recipient and candice's briefcase are made

Flo_123 has a date!!

Goldammer reports on static problems in the community center after last week's tearing down of a wall...

Snowflake keeps Sarti_LU company during his night shift because she suddenly realized she had to hand in a paper the next morning and hasn't written it yet...

We learn what a Pfadschlitten is

We also learn that Californians start panicking about wintry weather conditions when it gets colder than 32°F (0°C)

We learn that Mr MiMi (but not Amy-MiMi) is a weather wimp.

atalante is writing invoices and finding that quite satisfying.

suziq and candice have holidays. Congratulations!

Other pitiable snails aren't having holidays yet.

Candice finally decided on a briefcase.

The job descriptions of German notaries are discussed.

kisan and atalante become twin sisters with about 20 years age difference.

Several snails exchange a lot of book recommendations - I won't list them!!!!!

Once again (and helpful as always): the rules for the use of simple past and present perfect are discussed at some length and with many examples, among them "writing of Christmas cards"

candice's predilection sentence has been discussed long enough to establish the word in everybody's active vocabulary.

A snowstorm is keeping Amy-MiMi from driving to Iowa.

Goldammer has got mail from the couple whose balloon competition card she had deciphered and sent back some weeks ago.

candice goes spinning (aber spinnen tut sie deswegen noch lange nicht! :-D )

Snowflake has holidays, too!!!!

Amy-MiMi feels irritated by snowmobiles passing through her garden and Wachtelkönig suggests building a trap for them in the form of a "garden pond under construction". He assures us that they couldn't get drowned, just a bit frightened...and he is on the go to a warmer realm.

(My old problem. I can't be kurz und knapp. I'll have to shorten this a bit from now on...)

Candice shares a family problem and gets support.

Several snails report on their "state of affairs" concerning X-mas presents.

We learn that MTBR is the Mount To Be Read (of books)

hm--us is caught smuggling "happy ending" into a sentence because her keyboard refuses to type Happy End.

neutrino uses a funny Erikativ:
*lightingallfourcandlesoftheadventwreath*

Steve53 is reading bee books.

Happy Chanukka!!

A bagel is a "ringförmiges Brötchen" - who would have thought that???

*wiping the sweat of my forehead*
*refusing to proofread all that crap*
*sending it off as it is*

Have fun, snails!!