# ich libber diche ... spelling is awful... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 25, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995 "2003-12-25T09:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hansolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@hansolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansolo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/1 "2003-12-25T09:25:38Z")
this girl is a first year german student, and she said gutten nacht which i know means good night and she said then she said “ich libber diche” and i asked her what it ment and she went “it means i cant spell in german” but i know it doesnt mean that so accounting for bad spelling, what could it mean in german. ---
**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/2 "2003-12-25T10:26:56Z")
Ich liebe dich, means I love you. Or _I can’t spell in German_ really, really badly spelt. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/3 "2003-12-25T11:44:27Z")
I can’t spell in German: _Ich kann auf Deutsch nicht richtig buchstabieren._ (I think that’s right…) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/4 "2003-12-25T17:12:30Z")
I took German in college the first year they put in a language lab with tape machines into which you repeated the lesson’s German phrases. One day I sat next to a girl who kept saying, very loudly: Itch leebba ditch, Itch leebba ditch. I don’t think my German ever recovered from that. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/5 "2003-12-25T19:11:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr2001 \* > \*\*I can’t spell in German: _Ich kann auf Deutsch nicht richtig buchstabieren._ (I think that’s right…) \*\* Aha! “auf Deutsch” should be changed to “auf deutsch”. Actually, this lets me pose my question… was that changed by the “Rechtschreibung”, and if so, what is the correct way to do it now? ---
**Author:** ![hansolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@hansolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansolo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/6 "2003-12-25T20:02:16Z")
well at least she still loves me. haha. thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/7 "2003-12-26T01:06:21Z")
Chaoticdonkey was half right but had it the wrong way around. Before the reform, it would not have been capitalised but now it should be. I’d have _Ich kann nicht auf Deutsch buchstabieren_. Richtig being redundant. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/8 "2003-12-26T02:32:05Z")
Heh…you think we bitch about people typing with no caps now, imagine if this board was in German! ---
**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ich-libber-diche-spelling-is-awful/220995/9 "2003-12-26T02:34:06Z")
_Meine Rechtschreibung suckt_ would also be acceptable… among chatroom dwellers at least… 😃