OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US

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According to my friend, who is originally from Poland, the Germans have become tree hugging wimps.  He says that they even drank water instead of beer when they went out after the Business meeting. 

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Maybe a poor choice of a word. [:D]
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Orderly and drinking big huge glass mugs of dark beer.
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Don't know what Iced Tea is.

Worked with some visiting German museum curators on a project in the mid 90s and they were shocked at the concept of iced tea, a southern staple.
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Wouldn't is just be the opposite of all the Italian stereotypes?
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What about popular German hats ?

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What about popular German hats ?

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I already have one for the project!

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Of course you have one, Germans wear these day and night.

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I have here a very authentic picture of an average German and his/her daily activity.

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Hello

Maybe this is interesting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPN8G57 ... re=related


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Stop that allegations or I invade your country!

Ha! You wish !

Save an occasional visit to Eurodisney, you haven't even invaded France in what? 70 years? (and note that the last forts in the Maginot line have been dismantled since more than 20 years...)

Makes that threat a bit groundless, no?

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"Nach Frankreich gehe ich nur in oder auf Ketten"
means:
"I only go to france in or on chains..." [:'(]


Amité d'un boche qui a été en france six fois sans un char. [;)]
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"Nach Frankreich gehe ich nur in oder auf Ketten"

Love that quote! I'll use it some day (with my German brother in law, possibly..)

A French one you might want to use, after emptying a bottle (normally wine, but I suppose it can work with beer too): "encore une que les boches n'auront pas".

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"encore une que les boches n'auront pas".
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Je me bidonne.

If that's the right expression. My active french vocabulary shrinked to about 200 words, I'm afraid.
You seem to be very confident about your military. You know why the french built the boulevards? To let the Germans march in the shaddows [;)]


However crappy the EU is, it is absolutly great that this stupid haterad between most European nations is gone and we can joke about it!
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I have here a very authentic picture of an average German and his/her daily activity.

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But it is fascinating, that the Savage's weapon still is his culture...
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Really into leather. [:D]


I thought it was latex?

More seriously, Germans are generally seen fairly positively in the US these days. At least those who know where Europe is. the average American is staggeringly bad at geography and knowledge about the world in general. The Americans on this forum are probably in the top 10% in knowledge about the rest of the world.

Here is a YouTube commercial that is British, but I think a lot of Americans who know what Germany is would resonate with this stereotype:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQnPWjK5pE

Basically they think of Germans as a bit cold and distant, but excellent engineers and very reliable.

Graduates of German technician schools are in high demand in the US. The US has two year technician programs at community colleges, but the programs aren't as good as German schools. Most of the people who would go to the technician schools in Germany go to 4 year universities here and get engineering degrees. I spent a summer working at an engineering company in Milwaukee and all the technicians had German accents.

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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin

I have here a very authentic picture of an average German and his/her daily activity.

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Your posts always make me laugh. [:D]
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US

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I think we owe a lot to Hollywood. The German is almost always portraited as a Nazi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIaBnXAlcEU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMeesE4Nlhg
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