In 4th grade, during religious study we had to work in small groups and write a dialogue for a scene from the bible. My group had the scene when the Arche rans

In 4th grade, during religious study we had to work in small groups and write a dialogue for a scene from the bible. My group had the scene when the Arche rans aground as the water sinks. I wrote the sentence “Heißt das, daß das Schiff sinkt?”, meaning “does that mean the ship is sinking?”. Havin 3 “das(ß)” in a row went right over the head of my group mates. That was, apart from horrible (loud) reading speeds, one of the first times I really noticed differences in language expression between my classmates. We were all native speakers, mind you.