As I’ve said half a dozen times before, my wife speaks fantastic English. Better than any other German I’ve met. However, there are times when I am uncertain she truly understands everything I’m saying. I suspect my points are sometimes lost in translation, and other times she is outright ignoring me.
My latter suspicion was plainly the case back in early 2012, when I finished an impassioned monologue concerning the expected advantages of Adobe Creative Suit 6 over version 5.5:
ME: “… and that’s why in CS6 you will be able to… hey, are you even listening to me?”
THE WIFE: “I heard you. What’d you say?”
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Beats complete, unanswering silence and a blank stare, I suppose. Or a question or statement completely unrelated to your monologue. I get that a lot. Sends me around the bend.
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