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Genius?

@Donhamiltontx I agree. However I would also advise people to start by reading the German translations of well known popular ...

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Yup, I think we should have voting, and little prizes for the winners! Steve, maybe you could invite Benny to ...

@Steve I would suggest both 'video+audio' and 'audio only' - so that people can choose which they want. Take me ...

Genius?

Yes, I would say Remarque is quite good reading for students of German. Many people here in the UK have ...

That's very interesting, Eugrus. May I ask which German books you started reading when you were still at B1 level? ...

@Imyirtseshem: "...It's us who will be the next wave of Steves, Luca and such." ----- That's one interesting way of ...

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@Janalisa Here at LingQ there are plenty of posts critical of Steve Kaufmann. Does that mean it is an "anti-Steve" ...

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Genius?

@Customic I wouldn't worry too much, buddy! As well as your native language, you also have an excellent level in ...

One interesting comment from the NYT article: "...His final preparation consisted of watching Hindi soap operas, which have become a ...

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I wonder whether Luca would have chosen German if the financial crash hadn't happened? I hear that, over the last ...

Yeah, as Fasulye says, I believe he's a qualified electrical engineer. (Also vielleicht doch ein Microchip-Implantat im Gehirn...? :-D)

Well, that's a very nice compliment, Friedemann. But your English is also near native-level, so maybe we share the same ...

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He said that Steve could not speak 9 languages

You've already been outbid, Steve. (The late Michel Thomas used to offer fluency in three days...!)

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@Friedemann: “…What does he do for a living?” ----- Friedemann , du sollst es niemandem erzählen - aber der Kerl ...

Yeah, Richard Simcott is the real deal. (And so is Fasulye, of course.) The other women? Well...perhaps...?