Question about Brian....

"Abdeckung des Liedes" is supposed to be "Cover"??? That's why I didn't get it!!

If I remember well, Brian's pronunciation of German was very good. But I think he only learnt a couple of words, that's all.

Warum sagst du das?

Weil ich ein bisschen Deutsch sprechen kann ;-)

ah,-sehr gut!!:)

Donkey shite.

"Okay, that's the problem when you're not able to use a dictionary properly."

hey my german dictionary didn't have half of those long words so its not my fucking damn fault!!! god damn

Ich verstehe

Ja.

IIRC, Bri studied German as a foreign language in his high school and possibly University years, and he also lived in Germany for some time, so I think he must have at least a basic knowledge of it, enough for a simple conversation - any witnesses?

As for Spanish, he must have learnt some while researching in Tenerife and later on on his frequent holidays there, but I think his command of the language is pretty limited.

He also knows several French words and phrases, and I think he could put a decent sentence together - with some effort, a French vocabulary and probably Spanish grammar with relevant English interference. But IIRC he even got Dominique Beyrand (Roger's first wife) to help him when he had to deal with French seriously.

As for Italian, there's only a handful of words that he can use properly; for his Italian gigs, he had a few phrases written down to introduce the band and the songs, and he tried really hard to get the pronunciation right.

He once told me "my Italian is even worse than my Spanish", which is certainly true, but underestimates his communication abilities: for instance, in Rome he innocently started off with "Non rompetemi le palle - which means How are you, I think", knowing perfectly well that it meant "leave me alone", "don't bother me" - hilariously funny, everybody got the message and nobody took offence.

I wonder what foreign languages Anita and his children know - it is quite possible that he learned something from them as well...

He lived in Germany, as well? Thought it was just Freddie who lived in Munich for a while.

By the way, I love it when English people speak German. Sweet accent! :-)

I could have sworn Brian did Astronomy at University...

He did!
But I think you can still take other subjects besides your main subject can't you?
And you can do German in English schools if you want to. Correct me if I'm wrong but many people in England learn German at school...

At St. Joe's High School, we only have ESL classes for foreign students, and for English speaking students: French (of course), Spanish, Italian

"I could have sworn Brian did Astronomy at University..."

Many doctoral programs require one, if not two, foreign languages, regardless of the actual area of study. Though I don't know for sure, I wouldn't be surprised if Brian faced a similar requirement.