It's funny when I hear German being spoken like that. It shows just how much mine and my parents has morphisized into Germglish. No wonder my relative give me a blank look when I speak to them.
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same here--was in Germany a few years ago --thought I would get along a lot better than I actually did..both sides of my paternal family were from Germany and spoke it often as I was growing up..was not nearly as fluent at I had hoped..