I never got that. I speak German frequently, even have given courses in German. But writing in German is a pain. There are just too many rules, like the girl being gender neutral <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
I agree very much with that.
It's what makes German hard. Even to Germans. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />