Deutlich Deutsch Poem by Douglas Scotney

'Speak plain English'
was always necessary
because of the nonsense
that was always there.

But 'speak plain Deutsch' wasn't.
'Speak Deutsch' was enough
cause there was but a bit
of that nonsense stuff.

Now there's a lot of it,
'speak Deutsch' leaves much unsaid.
'Deutlich' comes in for 'plain'.

'Deutlich Deutsch' ist ein Zungenbrecher,
ein Bund im Mund,
a tongue-twister,
a mouthful.

So where nonsense causes issue,
'sprechen Deutlich'
ist 'sprechen Deutsch'.