A matter of gramatical correctness

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Personaly, I tend to try to ignore that bit of stupidity.
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Rochey wrote:Personaly, I tend to try to ignore that bit of stupidity.
I don't blame you, why give yourself a headache?
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Try breeding a dog&cat and see how far that goes.
I tried when I was little with my Dog and a neighbours cat... didnt really work.
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Post by stitch626 »

Well, not all...
Tribble + Klingon = two angry creatures but no babies.
:)
However, you make a good point.
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stitch626 wrote:Well, not all...
Tribble + Klingon = two angry creatures but no babies.
:)
However, you make a good point.
That just gave me a really wrong image...even by my standards
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I tried when I was little with my Dog and a neighbours cat... didnt really work.
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You did?
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Seafort - are you sure? I'm certainly no Aryan language scholar but I was pretty sure that use of the indefinitie article indicated a common noun.
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Mikey wrote:Seafort - are you sure? I'm certainly no Aryan language scholar but I was pretty sure that use of the indefinitie article indicated a common noun.
I think technically "Ich bin Berliner" is the correct term, but Berliners always use "Ich bin ein Berliner". As I said, if you want to know why you'd have to ask a German.
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I don't have one handy. :D
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*rooting through drawers*

Nope. I'm fresh out. :D
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:lol:
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Well, my grandfather was germanish, but uh...
he's pushin up daisies.
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