http://librivox.org/the-awful-german-language-by-mark-twain/ If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix D from Twain’s 1880 book A Tramp Abroad , this comedic gem outlines the pitfalls one will encounter when trying to wrap one’s mind around the torturous German cases, adjective endings, noun genders, and verb placement. (Summary by Kara) en If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix D from Twain’s 1880 book A Tramp Abroad , this comedic gem outlines the pitfalls one will encounter when trying to wrap one’s mind around the torturous German cases, adjective endings, noun genders, and verb placement. (Summary by Kara) LibriVox LibriVox info@librivox.org No No nonadult http://www.archive.org/download/awfulgerman_librivox/twain_german_language1_64kb.mp3 No No 15:53 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:03 -0000 http://www.archive.org/download/awfulgerman_librivox/twain_german_language2_64kb.mp3 No No 20:51 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:02 -0000 http://www.archive.org/download/awfulgerman_librivox/twain_german_language3_64kb.mp3 No No 26:31 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:01 -0000