...i didnt use the babel to write what i wrote, i can chat german no problems, and write it too...its just the grammer that gets me everytime!!
that's not what i presumed... know you know german. and i defo know how you feel about the language situation.... mine's the same and i'm not using babelfish neither...

barnett, i like the way you speak german, as i know how uncommon it is for english people to speak different languages. you just don't have to learn them. whereever you go they speak your language...
isn't it a nice broadening of your horizon? learning a foreign language by living in their country teaches you so much about yourself... go on like this, mate. you're doing great...
My little Son Stanley is 3 next week, and he can 100% tell the difference between English and German!! and he does not use Dinglish...he even surprises me!! the wife Sandra has always taught him german and me in english!! this is going to be the best gift i can ever give him!!
sounds familiar! mine's speaking german and spanish fluently. same way of doing it. mother talking spanish, father german. now that she lives with a chilean bloke they switched. he's talking spanish and she german. vincent (my son) catches up without problems. and you're right. that is the greatest gift you can give...
...as for talking when im drunk, i normally just shut up and listen!! my tongue and lips fall asleep and so do my braincells...that is coming from too much clubbing in my youth!!
sounds even more familiar!!! doesn't matter though... than we just get drunk and remain in silence...