The Awful German Language

"The Awful German Language" is an 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad.[1] The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of English has with learning German as a second language.

  1. ^ LeMaster, J. R.; Wilson, James D., eds. (1993). "The Awful German Language". The Mark Twain Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 57–58.