Hello from Nanning in southern China! I arrived back home (I have two homes, in China and in the US) on Monday. I still have jet lag, which means I feel more tired than usual and I have trouble sleeping at the normal times.Here's a replay from a couple of years ago. This is part of a series I did using words from French, German, Chinese and Spanish. I'm going to post the podcast episodes about Chinese and Spanish words in the next two days, then next Friday I will start to make new recordings. I haven't made a new Casual English Listen and Repeat episode for about nine months! It's time that I started again. So look for a new Listen and Repeat Around the World in 80 Days episode on Monday, maybe an interview on Wednesday, and then a new Casual English episode on Friday. I'm in China now, so my Friday may be your Thursday!

LnR 054 Words from German (Replay)

Here are some words that the English language has borrowed from the German language. Some use the German pronunciation and some have been changed to an English pronunciation.

angst     edelweiss     gesundheit     kaput     wanderlust     verboten     waltz     autobahn     knapsack     doppelganger (should be two dots over the "a")     schadenfreude     blitz     diesel     flak/flack     kindergarten     hamburger     lager     lederhosen