# Going to Berlin.  I don't speak German.  How rough will that be?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-berlin-i-dont-speak-german-how-rough-will-that-be/451963 "2008-06-06T02:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-berlin-i-dont-speak-german-how-rough-will-that-be/451963/21 "2008-06-06T12:32:40Z")

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Whatever you do, don’t mention the war. I did, but I think…

(you know the rest)

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**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-berlin-i-dont-speak-german-how-rough-will-that-be/451963/22 "2008-06-06T12:57:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Colophon]  
You’ve picked it up pretty well since then, though! 🙂

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Hah! I can’t believe it took that long for someone (including me!) to notice that.

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