Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 20

[cahn]

Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D

(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)

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Re: Lehndorff readalong

[cahn]

Oh, actually this is great! That number was basically the largest number I thought I could potentially do if I skipped all but the simplest lines in German. (Yesterday I learned "Geburstag"! :D ) If I actually stop and try to cross-reference all the English with German, including the long paragraphs (which would definitely be far better for my German), I will be going at an extremely slow rate which I guarantee even in a full week will be slower than whatever you can do on weekends with commentary. Let's do that, and then if I'm still slower than you I'll just catch up in English when I need to :)

And, lol, I just remembered you were way ahead of me and was trying to catch up, and I see I went too far :D

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[mildred_of_midgard]

Excellent! I want you to stay far behind me so I have time to comment and you have a chance to practice your German!

More comments coming this weekend; Krockow practice for me until then. I suggest you go back and reread some German between now and then. ;)

"Geburtstag": a relevant word for me today!

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[cahn]

I'm excited I'll have the chance now to go back and finish Oster, which I STILL have not finished *facepalm* And maybe even get caught up on comments, who knows!

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! :) (okay, yes, I did look that up, it not being something Lehndorff feels the need to say to his diary)

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[selenak]

But Lehndorff writes it with phosphor on the wallpaper of his flat when he has invited the love of his life to dine with him there on the occasion of his birthday. While I cannot quite declare Mildred to be die Würdigste der Sterblichen, - for if I did, would not this call Cahn less worthy? - I do salute you mit viel Glück und viel Segen auf all deinen Wegen!

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[mildred_of_midgard]

<33 and also AWWW and also LOLOL, you two!

Vielen dank! <-- about the extent of my active German :D

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[cahn]

<33 :D

Okay, my active German is much worse than mildred's and I had to use google, refer to past comments, and guess, so don't laugh (too hard) if this is totally incorrect, but -- perhaps she could be die würdigste Detektivin der Sterblichen? :)

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[selenak]

She could indeed, and your German does not fail you!

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[mildred_of_midgard]

<3

No words, in English or in German, can express my pleasure at the new title with which I have been gifted for my birthday by my fellow salonistes.

Gott bewahre...*googles*...darn, "euch" is the same in dative and accusative.

Gott bewahre dir und auch dir!

(I have an excellent active mastery of Fritzian German. It's easy to make all kinds of mistakes and sound authentically fritzisch! :P)

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[mildred_of_midgard]

Oh, goodness, yes, finish Oster! I didn't realize you hadn't. And definitely stop trying to keep up with me in Lehndorff! If you want commentary, I need you to stay way behind. :D We'll just accept that Lehndorff's not going to be done by Yuletide, but maybe I'll be able to read some Horowski after I finish Krockow, while we move slowly through Lehndorff (and have fun reading it, because omg, AW setting trees on fire, LOOOL).

Hee, thank you! (And lol.)

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[cahn]

lololol! Staying behind I am great at! :P *made headway on Oster, still did not finish*

Oh MAN, that AW setting trees on fire, that was hilarious!