A Tramp Abroad
by Mark Twain · first published 1878
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Twain's account of traveling in Europe. A Tramp Abroad sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art.
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…is to be smothered in the language on a daily basis—this way, somehow, one learns them by a form of osmosis. As already mentioned elsewhere, Appendix D - The Awful German Language in Mark Twain's The Tramp Abroad is a quintessential summing up of the difficulties a native English speaker has in learning German. It's a brilliant summary, not only is it hilariously funny but also he gives some excellent examples…
on “DerDieDas.wtf: If you know the pain of learning the gender of nouns in German” ↗Great recommendation. I somehow managed to go from the House of Intellect to Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad to James Baldwin's Stranger in the Village over the last couple of hours.
on “Jacques Barzun and Friend” ↗…green card for anyone earning more than 65000 Euros/year. The only issue I still have is the "awful German language" ;-) http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html (Mark Twain's 1880 book A Tramp Abroad.)
on “Berlins new techno beat. why international tech startups should move to berlin.” ↗I know. Like when Mark Twain visited Germany in 1878 and then used his report ("A Tramp Abroad") to talk about his own feelings rather than objectively describing the fascinating arts and crafts of Prussia.
on “Four Days Trapped at Sea With Crypto’s Nouveau Riche” ↗…trail from Europe to India? Or the interwar expat Americas like Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, and Ernest Hemingway? Or the popular travel writings of Mark Twain ("The Innocents Abroad", "A Tramp Abroad", "Following the Equator")?
on “Why Millennials Shouldn't Be Scared of Automation” ↗Definitely Twain and it's not even close. Huckleberry Finn even has the episodic flavor of The Odyssey. For books you have "The Innocents Abroad", "Roughing It", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "A Tramp Abroad", "The Prince and the Pauper", "Life on the Mississippi", "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court". That's a hell of a lineup and includes a LOT of the flavor…
on “Who Is America's Homer?” ↗