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Re: Are you really Robert Peterson??

heidrun schrieb am 7. September 2003 um 15:31 Uhr (460x gelesen):

> > Why are you here in this german Web-Site?

> Yes, I am Bob Peterson. I'm on this site to read what
> the German-speaking people are saying about OBE.
> German is the only other language I can read than English.

> I've always thought that the German language was very cool.
> When I was very young, maybe five or six years old, my dad
> (Harold Fred Peterson) used to listen to his short-wave
> radio and sometimes he would ask me if I wanted to listen.
> I would listen and he would turn the dial. I'd listen
> patiently until I heard the German language, then I'd
> say, "Stop! What are they saying? What's that language?"
> and he would say "German". (He could not speak German but
> he could certainly identify it on the radio).
> My grandmother, Marie Hodgson, was 100% full-blooded German.
> I remember when I was a small boy asking her to speak
> German to me, but she didn't remember any because she had
> lived in Minnesota (USA) all her life.

> When I was in eighth grade, I took my first German language
> class. I took German in classes all through high-school.
> I visited Germany for the first time when I was still a
> teenager, and I loved it there. Perhaps there is a
> past-life connection for me there, I don't know.

> I also took a small German class in college. At one point,
> I was pretty good at it, but the more I learned, the more I
> got confused by the grammar. With no one to use it on,
> I eventually forgot much of what I had learned.
> Besides, by then I was more interested in OBEs!

> When the people at Omega-Verlag translated my book into
> German, I was very proud. My wife Kathy and I used
> free frequent-flier airline tickets to fly to Dusseldorf
> and thank them. (Well, it was also a good opportunity
> to see Savatage in concert at the Stahlwerk club!)

> One thing I want to make clear: My fondness is not just for
> Germany, but all the German-speaking countries,
> including Austria and Switzerland, etc. My
> favorite city from that area is actually Salzburg because
> it is so peaceful there. Freiburg is perhaps my second
> favorite.

> I've visited this site many times, although I've never
> posted until the other day. Perhaps I was too embarrassed
> by my poor command of German grammar. I keep telling
> myself I should re-learn the German language by reading
> my own translated book, but to be honest, I've been too
> busy for that.

> Thank you for your interest, and sorry to waste so much of
> your time with this long post.

> Bob Peterson

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