F 14: Metz should be worth something

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I agree with you, John. No problem with "warm" in that regard, never heard of it as a description of lifestyle. I rarely even remember the Germans ever talking about a warm personality, although I guess it could be used in that sense, because I do recall the mention of "ein warmer Mensch." Furthermore, I would have to say that word order is much less rigid in the German language than it is in English.

But I don't want to become a self-proclaimed expert. With my military service and civilian work I've only lived in Germany for a little more than 30 years. The German language is so complex that if you master it to any degree, you are to be truly congratulated. As the Germans say, "deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache," with a certain sense of pride. Napoleon, on the other hand, called it a language of coughs and grunts, and I have to admit that I understand the point he was making. As I said before, we have native speakers on the Blitz that could clear up these questions in an instant.

Anyway, we'd better drop the subject, we've pulled this thread into a deeply off-topic territory.