ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Remember the rousing version of "Panzerlied" in Battle of the Bulge?
I can't sit through this movie long enough to hear it. Not one of my favourites.
OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
I can't sit through this movie long enough to hear it. Not one of my favourites.
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Remember the rousing version of "Panzerlied" in Battle of the Bulge? The link is an example of what I used to hear until I did a bit of self-study on the German language (IE, this is what German can sometimes sound like to an uneducated American's ears):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29WOoW_oIjg
I don't recall ever hearing a dugong figure so prominently in nationalistic music, Canoerebel. Thanks! [:D]
RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
And this is how English sounds to everyone else: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00
Now try to "translate" it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol
Now try to "translate" it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol
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Ah, but it's not authentic frontier gibberish. For that, you need to revisit Blazing Saddles.
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Ah, but it's not authentic frontier gibberish. For that, you need to revisit Blazing Saddles.
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Rather like the older officer in Hot Fuzz.
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Remember the rousing version of "Panzerlied" in Battle of the Bulge? The link is an example of what I used to hear until I did a bit of self-study on the German language (IE, this is what German can sometimes sound like to an uneducated American's ears):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29WOoW_oIjg
Hilarious! "He found out he can speak half-Japanese." [:D][:D][:D]
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ORIGINAL: Historiker
http://www.thelocal.de/gallery/culture/1509/
The German language should probably be mentioned. I think the vocabulary was five or six times as large?
Oh, and don't forget, there are - not one, not two - but SIX ways to use the equivalent of English "the". Depending on sex or plural or what-have-you.
Jeez, French only has three, even.
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
And let's not forget what Hollywood taught us: that if you were a British or American spy, it was not necessary to actually speak German.
English, spoken with a German accent, would do fine.
(Just like how you can see the Eiffel Tower from every single window in Paris. Or how bed sheets come up to a man's waist, but up to a woman's neck - at the same time.)
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English, spoken with a German accent, would do fine.
(Just like how you can see the Eiffel Tower from every single window in Paris. Or how bed sheets come up to a man's waist, but up to a woman's neck - at the same time.)
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
ORIGINAL: Cerran
ORIGINAL: Historiker
http://www.thelocal.de/gallery/culture/1509/
The German language should probably be mentioned. I think the vocabulary was five or six times as large?
Oh, and don't forget, there are - not one, not two - but SIX ways to use the equivalent of English "the". Depending on sex or plural or what-have-you.
Jeez, French only has three, even.
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Why? Because F**k You! Thats Why.
Absolutely priceless.. made me laugh [:D]!!
Absolutely priceless.. made me laugh [:D]!!
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As a german, i can only suggest to watch "Die Hard" in english. All those actors performing as east-german people trying to speak german is quite funny, but i felt of my chair laughing when suddenly on of them spoke in a bavarian dialect. [:D]
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Check this out Historiker and see today's German Army.[:D]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJoTBlDfVhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJoTBlDfVhk
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An absolute GEM of a thread. The contributions were great. You should all congratulate yourselves for making these forums as much fun as they are!
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indeed, it turned out great [:)]
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but afaik there's a special rule limiting Germans frum buying property in Denmark, despite the EU... [;)]
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There are a lot of posts here and I may have missed this but don't leave out:
Financially supportive of Greece
Financially supportive of Spain
Financially supportive of Portugal
Financially supportive of Ireland
Financially supportive of Italy
Financially supportive of Greece
Financially supportive of Spain
Financially supportive of Portugal
Financially supportive of Ireland
Financially supportive of Italy
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RE: OT: Stereotypes about Germans in the US
ORIGINAL: Historiker
ORIGINAL: Cerran
ORIGINAL: Historiker
http://www.thelocal.de/gallery/culture/1509/
The German language should probably be mentioned. I think the vocabulary was five or six times as large?
Oh, and don't forget, there are - not one, not two - but SIX ways to use the equivalent of English "the". Depending on sex or plural or what-have-you.
Jeez, French only has three, even.
I see Terminus was the editor for this one. [:D]
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Yes, his charme is unique! [:D]
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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
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
