How I survived being a $220k/year intern

Re:How I survived being a $220k/year intern by jdmichal on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:05PM (#22520613)

> cry mich ein river

That should be "cry mir ein river". You want the dative case, because you are requesting that the river be cried for you.

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Re:How I survived being a $220k/year intern by ginko on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:16PM (#22520670)

"cry mir einen river" since river is masculine

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Re:How I survived being a $220k/year intern by klipt on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:19PM (#22520692)

"People called Romanes, they go, the house?"

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Re:How I survived being a $220k/year intern by DonHopkins on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:19PM (#22521010)

Right. Now don't do it again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gNdGHsEIk

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Re:How I survived being a $220k/year intern by jdmichal on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:22PM (#22520701)

I mean, sure Fluss is masculine... But it seems like borrowed English nouns generally end up masculine also. So sure, why not!

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Re:How I survived being a $220k/year intern by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:18PM (#22520684)

Thank you for that. I haven't used German since HS so I am a little rusty. I can still order a beer though.

With that said, I picked that particular version of the phrase from zero punctuation. I did not intend for it to be grammatically correct.

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Re:How I survived being a $220k/year intern by jdmichal on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:24PM (#22520718)

No worries... It's been almost 15 years for myself. Even when I was much better, I used to describe myself as competent enough to get into trouble, but not back out again.

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