Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of CongressThe German language divides opinion - even among Germans. Mark Twain also wrote an essay entitled The Awful German Language, about the struggles native English speakers have when learning German. Photo: DPA5: A language of 'angry, angry poetry'"The German language is so sonorous, isn't it? Angry, angry poetry." Italian writer Umberto Eco was very clear about what he saw as the lack of clarity in the German language in his novel The Prague Cemetery.

Source: The Local May 11, 2017 13:52 UTC