Another great article. I love your enthusiasm for linguistic creativity creations.
My favorite recent example of English-German language contact is "Ich bin fein". A lot of individual words come into German [example "Ich kommitte mich", heard for the first time in a meeting last week], but it's rare for longer formulations. Such linguistic crossovers make life easier and more difficult. And certainly more fun!
Another great article. I love your enthusiasm for linguistic creativity creations.
My favorite recent example of English-German language contact is "Ich bin fein". A lot of individual words come into German [example "Ich kommitte mich", heard for the first time in a meeting last week], but it's rare for longer formulations. Such linguistic crossovers make life easier and more difficult. And certainly more fun!