Posted: Feb 19, 2011 2:06 pm
How does this play out in a situation such as cooking, gardening, skiing, describing the flavor of beer?
Probably, most of the technical (not necessarily technological) vocabulary you've learned, you've learned in English - hence, it's likely English actually is stronger in contexts where you haven't read German sources, or German sources form a minority.
However, things like, all the names of utensils and things in a kitchen are generally things you don't learn from a book in English first and only then pick up in German.
I would guess this is the explanation, altho' some proper linguist could probably add details, or even point out mistakes in there.
(EDIT: katja z - my old nemesis! Again you thwart my plans to appear as the sole source of wisdom in this part of the forum!
)
Probably, most of the technical (not necessarily technological) vocabulary you've learned, you've learned in English - hence, it's likely English actually is stronger in contexts where you haven't read German sources, or German sources form a minority.
However, things like, all the names of utensils and things in a kitchen are generally things you don't learn from a book in English first and only then pick up in German.
I would guess this is the explanation, altho' some proper linguist could probably add details, or even point out mistakes in there.
(EDIT: katja z - my old nemesis! Again you thwart my plans to appear as the sole source of wisdom in this part of the forum!
)