OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
Maybe a poor choice of a word. [:D]
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
Orderly and drinking big huge glass mugs of dark beer.
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
That's sweet tea in the south!ORIGINAL: HansBolter
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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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
Wouldn't is just be the opposite of all the Italian stereotypes?
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
I already have one for the project!ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin
What about popular German hats ?
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
Of course you have one, Germans wear these day and night.
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Achtung!
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
I have here a very authentic picture of an average German and his/her daily activity.
RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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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?
Francois (two generations without fighting the germans, and counting)
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
"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. [;)]
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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There's only one bad word and that's taxes. If any other word is good enough for sailors; it's good enough for you. - Ron Swanson
RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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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".
Amitiés aussi
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
[:D][:D][:D]"encore une que les boches n'auront pas".
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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There's only one bad word and that's taxes. If any other word is good enough for sailors; it's good enough for you. - Ron Swanson
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
But it is fascinating, that the Savage's weapon still is his culture...ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin
I have here a very authentic picture of an average German and his/her daily activity.
Without any doubt: I am the spawn of evil - and the Bavarian Beer Monster (BBM)!
There's only one bad word and that's taxes. If any other word is good enough for sailors; it's good enough for you. - Ron Swanson
There's only one bad word and that's taxes. If any other word is good enough for sailors; it's good enough for you. - Ron Swanson
RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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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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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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I have here a very authentic picture of an average German and his/her daily activity.
Your posts always make me laugh. [:D]
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIaBnXAlcEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMeesE4Nlhg