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    Greatest Hungarian contribution(s) to the world

    Ignaz Semmelweiss!
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    Greatest Austrian contribution(s) to the world

    Hedy Lamarr - she invented the radio remote control for topedos but was never used as far as I know. And she was a woman :-)
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    Literature European Authors or Books that were significant to you?

    ..and not to forget.. Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry :)
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    Literature European Authors or Books that were significant to you?

    hmm, we had to read lots of stuff at school (in german and english) like the catcher in the rye, die Nibelungen, Goethes Faust, Romeo and Julia, the jungle book, girl against the jungle, Herman Hesse... I also love Agatha Christie and stuff from Charles Bukowski. My favourite book however is...
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    How many languages do you speak?

    I speak German fluently and English (B2 Level). I also learned Italian and Latin at school (Italian 2 years, Latin 4 years, my gosh) but I forgot the most :( I want to concentrate on improving my English (CAE Exams) but I have little time at the moment due to work. My problem isn´t speaking and...
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    Where would you live?

    I would love to live in New York City, at least for a while. I´ve been a few times there and it is my favourite city. In Europe? Hmm, probably somewhere in England or in Barcelona, nice weather there :)
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    British vs. American English

    Thanks for clearing that up Regulus. As for the german words, I noticed there are a lot of used by Americans lately like kindergarden, auto, uebermensch, zeitgeist...ect. at least what I read on the internet.
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    British vs. American English

    A a native German speaker this is really nervwrecking sometimes. Even some verbs have a different spelling:(e.g. BE-dreamt, AE-dreamed) If I remember right, Noah Webster modified the American English how it is nowadays. He literally erased the french influence in the English language (cheque -...
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    What makes Europeans similar between each others, as opposed to Americans

    I dont know if this is the right place to post maciamo, but what about healthcare? A current topic in the US - the only country in the western world without universal healthcare. I hope they can fix it!
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    What makes Europeans similar between each others, as opposed to Americans

    One funny difference: Whereas Europeans tend to fold their toilettpaper, Americans use to screw theirs up before using. Don´t ask, how that information hit me :)
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    Difference of usage between British and American English

    hello everybody, I´m new on this board :) thank you for some differences between BE and AE. As a native german speaker it´s sometimes confusing for me. At school we learn BE but in everyday life you´ll be surrounded by the AE: films, tv-shows ect. Also most people who speak an excellent English...
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