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Tim C. wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:56:03 +0000, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Mike... wrote:
> >
> >> Following up to Mxsmanic wrote:
> >>
> >> >> I had German students who could read
> >> >> passages aloud with good pronunciation who had no idea what the content
> >> >> was. Try this with English.
> >> >
> >> >It works with English.
> >>
> >> thats possibly the most bizarre claim you ever made. I could have a
> >> row with you over it, but i dont have a boat.
> >
> >You could always ghoti from your boat.
>
> I had to look that up :-)
I've used it in every English class I ever taught and in many German
classes to demonstrate how easy German is 8-)
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