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How To Type and Talk With a German Accent

How To Type and Talk With a German Accent
I know, I know...we've all been in that situation where we had to pass for a German tourist, ex-GSG9 operative, or foreign exchange student from Bavaria.  When you have to convey this via writing it's even more difficult because you obviously have to type how you talk, and I know I'm not the only one who can say he's lost a significant other or two because I lapsed in my German accent during an email.

Fear no more!  Inside these pages you will learn to express your false Teutonic heritage with pride while developing fluent German language accent skills comparable to any found in a Mel Brooks movie.  I will build upon each rule and use them in subsequent rules until we are writing in a fluent German accent!
 
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Step 1W's are for the veak

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Rule 1: Pronounce all "W's" as "V's"

In German,  the letter "w" is pronounced as a "v," as in "was" or "wehrmacht."  Carry this over into your English for a significant impact.  Vat this does is start to add a Germanic flavor to your speaking.  Use it only vere you pronounce the "w" in English; you vouldn't use it for vords like "write" or "wriangle" but you vould for "we," "webster," "war," and "was." 

Rule 1.1: "Wh" is just "v"

For vords vis a "wh" write it simply as "v."  "What" is vat, not vhat.
 

Rule 1.2: No two letter words

For vords like "we" make it "vee."  No two-letter vords!

Now vee vill go to the next step.
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4 comments
Sep 22, 2011. 7:08 AMtea_kettle says:
Blimey, that's well cheeky!
I live in Germany and I have never met a kitty with such an accent.
In fact many cats attend the "Englisch für kultivierte Feloidea" classes at their local Volkshochschule and speak perfect english!;D
Mar 13, 2011. 9:56 AMMROHM says:
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Jul 15, 2010. 8:24 PMcypher073 says:
Hilarious...zis iz great!

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