Introduction

If the German language were a person, it would be an army drill sergeant demanding strict about rules and devoted to questionable notions of masculinity. But like all languages, it does offer many pleasures - my favorite word is "glimflic" It doesn't so much roll off the tongue as do a little dance on the tongue, then hop out through the mouth and into the world,. I also like it because it is so hard to translate; here you'd be hard pressed to render it with just one word.