A thread for all those who 'd like to speak a word of English now and then.

[Fokker]

I surely did not forget anything.

[cthulhu1987]

@#21
"Can man be sure of anything?" is wrong!

[Fokker]

The word "man" has more than one translation. I don't think that this thread is the right place to talk about grammar. You may write a pm.

[cthulhu1987]

@#23
Hey, why not, it's the english thread?

[Melun]

only via PM ...

Well then, go ahead!

[Melun]

Barcelona was a stronghold of the second republic while germany supported the facists.

But German fighters (international volunteers) also supported the other side.

That waiter was/is a blockhead and a shame for his country.

[T-Rex]

When I was in Barcelona I got expelled from a restaurant as soon as the waiter noticed my nationality.
I think that reaction is explained through the spanish civil war. Barcelona was a stronghold of the second republic while germany supported the facists.

You recon the waiter was a civil war vet ? Or had a grandpa in gernica ? Maybe that's overestimating the history awareness of that guy... did you wear the wrong football club colours ?

I remember my father telling me he was quite welcome in barcelonas pubs - and that was the 50ies.

[Fokker]

Maybe that's overestimating the history awareness of that guy...

You probably underestimate the impact of the civil war onto the spanish society?

did you wear the wrong football club colours ?

Can't be. I am not a soccer fan. Besides he wouldn't have said, "no germans, no germans".

[T-Rex]

You probably underestimate the impact of the civil war onto the spanish society?
Can't be. I am not a soccer fan. Besides he wouldn't have said, "no germans, no germans".

Binge drinking country men in the pub the night before you came ?

[Fokker]

If you think a family fits into this pattern...