The already famous proud response of a German emigrant to the question of an English meter reader about the electricity box was: "I'm the meter!" At some point, while cleaning her apartment in Tel Aviv, Inge Deutschkron found a tattered blue notebook with the inscription "County High School, Redditch." Inside, quickly noted with various pens and fountain pens, was a collection of English expressions, sentences, or dialogues that all had one thing in common: they were "German" English, meaning incorrect, misunderstood, comically twisted, or completely incomprehensible English. The author, inspired by this long-forgotten notebook, recounts the difficult situation, especially for older people, in navigating and using another language, particularly when they relied on linguistic proficiency in their professional lives. She also tells of.