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The Awful German Language (1880)

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1. ur-whale ◴[] No.44003767[source]
This very classical piece is nothing short of admirable.

Really funny, very well written, and most of all, while exaggerated: all true.

German is laden with a ton of fairly useless and purely ornamental flourishes, it's truly a pain to master.

Every step of the way, your mind is haunted by this recurring thought: "why in heaven's name would they inflict this to themselves?"

It's even worse than French if you count the number of genders.