Thanks Markus! I will try to be more careful next time not to post something that will get buried with thumbs down. What do Germans like besides soccer, beer, and autos?! Hmmmm? I have an idea! I could write about funny German comedians. This should be a very short and simple notebook entry to write and talk about. Haha

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Hi Markus, I'm glad that my teenage daughter isn't a smoker like her dad! .. haha ... You have a good point about the notebook entries on italki that get buried with thumbs down. They can't be viewed when the notebook browser is set at the default for showing only entries without thumbs down. I wish the default notebook browser setting was for showing all notebook entries. Oh well, I guess that I will have to hope that no one gives me a thumbs down in order for my entries to receive more views and corrections. Haha Maybe next time I should write about the greatness of German beer and autos. I don't think any German will give these topics a thumbs down. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family! Although some people in America would consider it more appropriate to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

Hi Andriy, I'm happy to hear from you again! I wish that my German was as good as your and Markus's English. Have you taken your TOEFL yet? I'm guessing that you scored well or you'll score well when you take this test. Wow! You're fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, German, and now English. In addition, you are a dedicated scientist. I'm sure you must be a very busy and intelligent person. German is a difficult language for most English speakers to learn because it has a lot of noun and adjective inflections. The famous American author Mark Twain humorously wrote in his book appropriately titled "The Awful German Language" that he'd rather decline two German beers than one German noun. This is a sentiment that is shared across America. I'm partially tone deaf so I have a difficult time understanding German speech. It's easier for me to learn how to read and write a foreign language than it is for me to speak a foreign language or understand what is being said in a foreign language. Wie ist meine deutsche Sprache? I realized that I mistakenly pronounced the German word "zur". I said "sehr" instead of "zur". Hopefully the rest of my German speech in this notebook audio clip is understandable. Please feel free to chat with me anytime you'd like when you see me on italki, facebook, or skype. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

PS. Considering this particular article I wouldn't judge you as politically incorrect.