Crossing Cultures
Adventures in German Part 2: The Beauty of Expression
“Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!” — Homer Simpson
I am continually astounded by the beauty of my second language. I do not mean the sounds made by the voice when speaking it, which often sound like gravel being crushed by angry chainsaws (and sometimes feel like it too!). I mean the elegance, poetry, and sometimes incredible efficiency of expression in the German language.
German words are often complete pictures in and of themselves. They can be poetically descriptive and at the same time observationally efficient. Read more “Adventures in German Part 2: The Beauty of Expression”