"The Awful German Language"
From Mark Twain in the German Language Press
"The Awful German Language" was originally published as "Appendix D" of A Tramp Abroad in 1880 (601-619). The text was widely commented on (favourably as well as critically) in the German-language press and many newspapers published excerpts from it.
Article Pages
linked to Awful German Language (7)- CA-001 • Amerikanische Humoristen • 4 Jun 1887
- MD-042 • Mark Twain und die Deutsche Sprache • 19 Nov 1881
- MD-106 • [An attempt to simplify the German language] • 21 Jun 1892
- OH-014 • Mark Twain über die deutsche Sprache • 5 Dec 1880
- OH-016 • Mark Twain über die deutsche Sprache • 23 Jun 1881
- TX-003 • Mark Twain und die deutsche Sprache • 7 Dec 1881
- TX-023 • Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache • 10 Mar 1896