Re: Past Tenses in Western Europe

Lukas Pietsch:

> Ruud Harmsen wrote:
>> Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:04:08 +0100: Joachim Pense
>> <spam-collector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:
>>
>>>>In discussion, I was told (there were three Germans around) that the
>>>>preterite sounded formal or archaic;
>>>
>>>In spoken language it does.
>>
>> Does it?
>>
>> "Ich saß in der Kneipe
>
> Decidedly northern. I think many southerners would cringe at this.
>

I'd cringe for sure

Joachim
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