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Sven Littkowski wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:pan### [at] nospamcom...
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>>Shepherd, though I like yours better. <g>
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> Shepherd, I see. Thanks! I like to learn the English language. Not that I am
> bad in it, but I always like to expand. I believe my "sheep master" sounds
> quite funny for English ears, ha ha!
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> Best greetings,
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> Sven
Here's a couple of things to expand with: You have been using the word
hulk where you mean hull. The hull means the "shell" of a ship or boat,
hulk implies it's ruined/deteriorated -- ready for scrap or salvage. It
could also apply to a sunken ship. Also you have been using descent
where you mean decent. Decent (pronounded DEE-snt) is nice, proper,
pleasing. Descent (pronounced de-SENT) is the act of descending or
going down.
I hope you take this as I mean it -- to be helpful not critical. (Even
though I have already described myself as a curmudgeon.) ;-)
I have great respect for multilingual people, which I am not -- I only
speak English. Although I did study German in college, I never learned
it well enough to really use it. And I even spent a year in Germany
while I was in the army (in '61-'62). No hostilities at that time so
overall it was an enjoyable experience -- however, I was still too lazy
to make the effort to learn the language while I was there. :-(
-=- Larry -=-
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