I never thought of that...

[libertango]

...you probably never did, either.

Raymond Chen talks about languages:

"Personally, I like the sound of the German language. It's the language for when you mean business and for getting the job done. The sentence structure builds up all this potential energy, and then all those verbs come flying at you in rapid succession - bam bam bam - and the sentence suddenly gels into place. It's like speaking in reverse Polish notation."

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[jenk]

Reverse Polish notation always reminded me of german...

You know Raymond?

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

I hope this doesn't make you gag, but I talk German to Skippy (Jane's cat) sometimes. When he flops on the carpet for some scritching, I say "Katzen auf der carpetgefloppen." (The 'o' in carpetgefloppen should have an umlaut.) And when I pet him at the base of the tale, and he does the kitty elevator thing, I say "Katzen der buttzengeheiken."

So much for German.