[diegoeche]

> > My experience with the Germans not wanting to speak German with you while you stumble over everything, is simply that they want to exercise their own English, and its just not as fun for them to wait for your marble-mouthed nonsense to parse. ;)

I've seen that outside of Berlin. (Or from Germans from out of Berlin when they come and see all the "expats). Are you in Berlin?

[aa-jv]

I'm not in Berlin (Vienna) but I can confirm that in the few places outside of the bigger cities where I've encountered this phenomenon, its very common to get criticized for poor German-language skills by the townspeople, who seem to think that ones German skills should be at least on par with Germans who can speak English.

Old wounds, I guess.