A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty… — Mark Twain
A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years.
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Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. Observe these examples:
In German, a young lady has no sex, while a turnip has.
You may say a cat uses good grammar. Well, a cat does -- but you let a cat get excited once; you let a cat get to pulling fur with another cat on a shed, nights, and you'll hear grammar that will give you the lockjaw. Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use.

