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I read the articles on the mixing of German and English languages.  I am very interested in languages so I found it fascinating.  I know the IC and ICE trains in Germany have the announcer speak in English and German throughout the trip.  In local trains in cities they do the same but only at important stops like airports or end of the line.  They sometimes had interesting word choices for the English section, for example, using ‘front and rear’ rather than front and back.  I don’t know if they were trying to sound fancy or what.  It even confused my German friends who lived in the city that heard it every day. 

Denglish is interesting.  It combines some English words incorrectly or out of date terms for example Das Handy, Smoking, Sprayer.  I can see where they got the English derivative, but it’s use is quite outdated.  Perhaps it’s because of Communism.  With the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall and East and West Germany, ‘Germany’ was culturally split for many years.  With Communism East Germany didn’t have capitalist ‘propaganda’ to influence their speech.  Once Communism fell they could be influenced by the US and its style of clothing and speech.  This may also explain why many Germans dress outdated as well (neo 80s and 90s).

The mixing of the two languages definitely helps make the language easier.  Germans now have shorter words to use like App instead of Anwendungen für mobile Endgeräte.  It makes speech simpler and lets it have some ‘flow.’