View Content #4979
| Contentid | 4979 |
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| Title | Testimonial: High School German Comes in Handy |
| Body | Those of you who don't live in Wisconsin and can routinely tune into Wisconsin Public Radio's nationally syndicated "To the Best of Our Knowledge" series probably missed the program on professional wrestling this past weekend. There was a story told by Mick "Mankind" Foley about the time he was wrestling in Munich when his ear got cut off, no, not by another wrestler, but by being hurled against the ropes in the ring.... You don't want to know! In any event, as he was being taken to the hospital he had the presence of mind to use his high school German to tell the attending physicians - quote - "Vergessen Sie nicht, bitte, mein Ohr in der Plastiktasche zu bringen!" He added by saying that kids should take a foreign language in high school because you never know when it might come in handy. Yes, it's a bizarre testimonial, but I'm not complaining. You can access the whole segment by going to http://wpr.org, clicking on "To the Best of Our Knowledge" and following the links. The story about the Ohr in Muenchen is at approximately 12 minutes 30 seconds into the hour. Mick Foley tells it well and his German is pretty good for a wrestler with only high school language skills. You never know... James, C. [AATG-L] Vergessen Sie bitte nicht das Ohr. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (21 Aug. 2006). |
| Source | AATG-L |
| Inputdate | 2006-08-24 13:03:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2006-08-24 13:03:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-08-28 00:00:00 |
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