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Originally Posted by 12B4S
Thanks for the information AL. Some of that history, I was aware of, most of it I was not. Our language teacher explained many of those dialects, you brought up. Although I was in northern Germany several times, I really didn't have the chance to get out amongst the locals. Most of my exposure was in Bavaria.
When the Team was sent to O'gau for language school, we commuted everyday, so most nights in Toelz I would be at a friend's restaurant/bar. I felt like I was learning two languages, Hochdeutsch during the day and Bavarian at night. I was fortunate to have several good friends from Toelz, plus one of the guys was married to a local gal. I sort of ended up learning and using both simultaneously.
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I wonder what it's like for foreign (and non-English-speaking Puerto Rican) students coming to the US who go to English-language school at Lackland AFB, Texas? Texas English is more an accent than a dialect, but it has to cause problems for some. Imagine if they moved the school to Fort Polk.
