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They have always insisted that German is the _Kultur-sprache_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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And "Sure as yer bawn, I disremembers," was incorporated in our coterie-sprache from that moment.
Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay 1911
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{50} [Resuscitated in vain by Charles Lamb.] {51} J. Grimm (_Wörterbuch_, p. xxvi.): Fällt von ungefähr ein fremdes wort in den brunnen einer sprache, so wird es so lange darin umgetrieben, bis es ihre farbe annimmt, und seiner fremden art zum trotze wie ein heimisches aussieht.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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Bembel Says: hi andreas, wenn Du andere schon beschuldigst doof oder dumm zu sein (vor allem in einer so allgemeinen art und weise - sprich ein ganzes volk), solltest du wenigstens die grammatik deiner eigenen sprache beherrschen!!!
Think Progress 2009
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Note I am not aware of the existence, at present, of such a work; but the profound observations of the late William von Humboldt, in the introduction to his posthumously published Essay on the Language of the Island of Java, (uber die Kawi-sprache, Berlin, 1836,) may cause regret that this task was not completed by that accomplished and universal scholar. —
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Dachte ich bringe eine neue sprache ins Spiel (: Viel Erfolg mit deinem Buch!
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Kawi-sprache, Berlin, 1836,) may cause regret that this task was not completed by that accomplished and universal scholar.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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