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    My name is Vernell Ehler.

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    I was born 6 miles north of Fredricksburg.

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    At that time, many children were born at home still.

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    And I can't remember a time when I could not speak both languages,

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    German and English, I learned them at the same time

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    and then I went to a Country School for 3 years

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    and then they sent us to the city

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    and then I finished school and high school here in Fredricksburg

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    and then I worked in the city for three years

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    and then I got married.

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    My husband and I hope to celebrate our 57th anniversary next month.

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    We always lived on the land: I've never lived in the city.

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    We had 3 children, but they don't speak German.

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    The children didn't live in Fredricksburg when they were little,

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    so the other children didn't speak German with them.

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    So they didn't learn any German.

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    They've all moved to other places because

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    there's not much work here in Fredricksburg.

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    So they all went to college and they all work in cities where they can make more money.

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    My husband and I have always lived outdoors on ranches.

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    My husband worked for big landowners.

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    We looked after sheep, goats and cattle.

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    We still have rambling sheep, that we have to shear, and also goats for meat.

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    We also had Angora goats, but they don't bring in so much money anymore.

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    So we have goats that are called Boer goats that produce more meat.

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    When the children were small I was always at home with them.

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    As they grew up I took different jobs in the city.

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    I now work in the Pioneer Museum, that tells the history of Fredricksburg.

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    When people come, I collect their money and tell them something about our history

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    and then send them out into the museum so they can look around for themselves.

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    I have one sister, so we were two girls.

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    My father only had girls, so we had to learn to hunt.

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    We still do like to hunt deer.

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    My sister can't hunt anymore but she hunted a lot before.

  • 03:49

    My father served in the First World War in France, and happily he returned home.

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    When he was in the War, he and his father and brothers wrote to each other in German.

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    I still have a letter my father wrote to his brothers.

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    And it's written in German.

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    I had a somewhat hard time reading it.

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    My father had just four years of school and was the first child.

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    His father was crippled in his leg

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    so my father had to work the fields and help out with his

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    seven siblings, and so he only had four years of school.

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    But he could read and write German

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    and I have his little school book that

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    he wrote on one side in German and the other side in English.

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    There aren't many people who could speak and write

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    German and English with such little schooling.

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    When I was growing up, we didn't go out much,

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    but we always went to Church on Sundays.

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    It was never questioned that we would go to Church on Sundays;

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    we always went to Sunday School and Church.

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    That's how we grew up.

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    We still go to Church today;

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    it is very important for us that we believe in God

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    and try to do the best that we can.

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    When people from Germany come here, most of them

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    can speak good English.

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    But if any of them can't speak English, I can still give them

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    a tour in German.

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    When they come from Germany

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    I don't usually have problems understanding them.

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    But if they're from Bavaria I cannot understand that.

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    But I don't have any trouble if they speak standard German.

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    I guess that's it!

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The example sentences of RAMBLING in videos (15 in total of 33)

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want verb, non-3rd person singular present , but coordinating conjunction if preposition or subordinating conjunction you personal pronoun find verb, non-3rd person singular present that preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner example noun, singular or mass is verb, 3rd person singular present rambling verb, gerund or present participle too adverb much adjective do verb, non-3rd person singular present n't adverb get verb, base form concerned verb, past participle
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i personal pronoun want verb, non-3rd person singular present to to say verb, base form a determiner huge adjective thank verb, base form you personal pronoun to to dan proper noun, singular and coordinating conjunction sarah proper noun, singular from preposition or subordinating conjunction 2 cardinal number - wheel noun, singular or mass rambling verb, gerund or present participle
but coordinating conjunction often adverb has verb, 3rd person singular present her possessive pronoun efforts noun, plural foiled verb, past participle by preposition or subordinating conjunction her possessive pronoun tendency noun, singular or mass to to start verb, base form rambling verb, gerund or present participle her possessive pronoun incredibly adverb blunt noun, singular or mass thoughts noun, plural
a determiner very adverb long adjective rambling verb, gerund or present participle answer noun, singular or mass you're proper noun, singular really adverb subconsciously adverb expecting verb, gerund or present participle them personal pronoun to to just adverb say verb, non-3rd person singular present i personal pronoun 'm verb, non-3rd person singular present fine adjective
george proper noun, singular the determiner bus noun, singular or mass rambling verb, gerund or present participle down particle the determiner freeway noun, singular or mass make noun, singular or mass sure adjective you personal pronoun stick verb, non-3rd person singular present out preposition or subordinating conjunction your possessive pronoun thumb noun, singular or mass for preposition or subordinating conjunction
so adverb after preposition or subordinating conjunction all determiner that wh-determiner rambling verb, gerund or present participle let verb, base form 's possessive ending have verb, base form a determiner look noun, singular or mass and coordinating conjunction see verb, base form what wh-pronoun the determiner final adjective product noun, singular or mass
the determiner person noun, singular or mass i personal pronoun was verb, past tense talking verb, gerund or present participle to to had verb, past tense been verb, past participle rambling verb, gerund or present participle , i personal pronoun couldn't proper noun, singular get verb, non-3rd person singular present to to the determiner point noun, singular or mass ,
the determiner rambling verb, gerund or present participle composition noun, singular or mass was verb, past tense anchored verb, past participle on preposition or subordinating conjunction a determiner 4 cardinal number story noun, singular or mass tower noun, singular or mass with preposition or subordinating conjunction chimneys noun, plural piercing verb, gerund or present participle the determiner roof noun, singular or mass
i personal pronoun 'm verb, non-3rd person singular present just adverb getting verb, gerund or present participle very adverb much adjective off preposition or subordinating conjunction topic noun, singular or mass and coordinating conjunction just adverb rambling verb, gerund or present participle , but coordinating conjunction yeah interjection , i personal pronoun 'm verb, non-3rd person singular present in preposition or subordinating conjunction seoul proper noun, singular .
so adverb enough adverb of preposition or subordinating conjunction my possessive pronoun rambling verb, gerund or present participle , the determiner most adverb, superlative important adjective thing noun, singular or mass subscribe noun, singular or mass to to this determiner channel noun, singular or mass and coordinating conjunction subscribe noun, singular or mass
box noun, singular or mass office noun, singular or mass films noun, plural , including verb, gerund or present participle wild proper noun, singular , mask proper noun, singular , rambling verb, gerund or present participle rose verb, past tense , jurassic proper noun, singular park proper noun, singular , and coordinating conjunction star proper noun, singular wars proper noun, singular the determiner last proper noun, singular
simple proper noun, singular as preposition or subordinating conjunction that determiner - so adverb don noun, singular or mass t proper noun, singular try verb, non-3rd person singular present to to complicate verb, base form it personal pronoun or coordinating conjunction you personal pronoun ll proper noun, singular end noun, singular or mass up preposition or subordinating conjunction rambling verb, gerund or present participle .

Use "rambling" in a sentence | "rambling" example sentences

How to use "rambling" in a sentence?

  • It is a great comfort to a rambling people to know that somewhere there is a permanent home--perhaps it is the most final of the comforts they ever really know.
    -Ben Robertson-
  • I was fortunate enough to have a rambling youth.
    -David Mamet-
  • This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.
    -Aleister Crowley-
  • One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.
    -Jane Austen-
  • By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.
    -Benjamin Franklin-
  • There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.
    -Seneca the Elder-
  • Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
    -Marcus Aurelius-
  • From dream to dream and rhyme to rhyme I have ranged / In rambling talk with an image of air: / Vague memories, nothing but memories.
    -William Butler Yeats-

Definition and meaning of RAMBLING

What does "rambling mean?"

/ˈramb(ə)liNG/

adjective
Talking about different things in disorganized way.
verb
To talk or write in an apparently purposeless way.

What are synonyms of "rambling"?
Some common synonyms of "rambling" are:
  • long-winded,
  • garrulous,
  • verbose,
  • wordy,
  • prolix,
  • digressive,
  • wandering,
  • maundering,
  • roundabout,
  • circuitous,
  • diffuse,
  • discursive,
  • circumlocutory,
  • oblique,
  • periphrastic,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

What are antonyms of "rambling"?
Some common antonyms of "rambling" are:
  • concise,
  • pithy,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.