THat's pretty damn right. And I failed that shit because when I was stopping at a stop sign, some other kid bumped into me from behind (because he didn't know how to use a back pedal brake) and I rolled over the stopping line, then. Of course the examinant did only see me standing over the line, but not the little "accident" which caused that and I wasn't believed when explained. Harsh memory of my childhood :'(

Yep... In elementary I had to take a test how to behave in traffic and we were supposed to ride our bikes in a little built up Parcour. It was fun and I was proud to have passed it. I think it was in second grade. 🙂 I believe it's important for a child's safety so I totally like this. ☺️

@@MagicChris86 I feel sorry for you. When I did that bicycle test I couldn't ride a bicycle so I had to do the scooter version

Had that as well. It was indeed fun and I got a pocket sized 'license' paper to prove I did the test. Can't remember if it was actually worth anything having this, but it surely thought me proper traffic awareness. I am schoked these days, how badly people handle their bicycles in public traffic; soooo many cyclist accidents are caused, because they completely IG ore traffic rules and common sense. 😒

I failed since another kid crash into me from the side and my bike went over the stop line. :,(

I think the only racist thing about that is that we have no idea it could be considered racist.

I totally agree. It would be typical of German humor to borrow the Mc from McDonalds as a new, interesting way of saying cheap. Best to clear this up in a future video so that people don't start hating Germans for being anti-Scottish. :)

In France we do have that cliché about Scottish people being extremely stingy (avaricious?) but in a sort of "popular wisdom" way (I dunno about the US or Germany but Scrooge McDuck being Scottish feels absolutely right to me); I'm not aware of that cliché being used to denote cheap stuff here, tho. ON the other hand, using McSomething in the McDo sense is used for cheap stuff as well indeed; tho rarely for shops as it would only sounds negatively cheap.

That´s right Kelly!!! I agree!!! It´s about MC DONALD´s and means: fast,easy,cheap, and like other franchise; In more than just 1 town... - Aber trotzdem interessant, wie Menschen derselben Religion und Hautfarbe, aus USA Dinge SOOO Anders und zum Teil falsch verstehen können!!! Vor allem gibt es kaum Schotten hier!! Lustigerweise Habe ich nur ein schottisches Mädcghen kennengelernt die hier in der Stadt lebte und WIRKLICH Mac Donald hieß!!!!!!!! Wie viele Telefonstreiche und Sprüche sie sich anhören mußte, könnt ihr euch denken. - Wir haben oftmals so manche "Bestellung" am Telefon dort abgegeben. Aber die Mutter hat´s immer sportlich genommen und zB gesagt das sie nur ein Butterbrot habe. Worauf wir natürlich 10 minuten später anriefen und das MC Butterbrot verlangten

Indeed. Not every damn thing is about racism.

Ich auch nicht!😂

In comparison to America you're I bet :D

thank you for watching :)

As an American I think it is vital for us to be aware of how right and how wrong we are. Too many are ignorant to the rest of the world. These type of videos are awesome.

@@mathiastoecutter5910 Honestly goes for most countrys. Germany definetly. We should all just learn from each other :D

@@ShadeScarecrow Yes, how to get rid of an Iron Curtain between US and Mexico. Trump is crazier than the stazi's. No offense, that's the past, but Trump is the present. Did you mean that, by learning things?

@@voornaam3191 You're a loser blaming your problems on Trump. Grow up.

hahah yes, i was not very happy when my alarm clock went off that morning! what's worse is that i actually had already filmed this video TWICE before! one time, my camera malfunctioned the entire time without me realizing it so all the footage was lost and the second time was during that ridiculous cold snap we had at the end of february and my camera kept shutting off because it was so cold! i eventually gave up and retreated to the closest Bäckerei for warmth! haha

@@Kellydoesherthing lol i had that happen to me i was trying to record my little brother and my dog smack into the window since he didn't like having the Hausschuhe's on that my sister putted on him since his feet were cold. 😂 But he ended up breaking a 96 € window that we bought. 🙁😠

Cant believe she was in Mainz (my home town):O 1. FSV :)

In the Netherlands on the other hand, you legally don't need to have your id with you at all time, however, you have to be able to show it "on first request" so in practice you have to have it with you at all time.

Kai Bader nicht unbedingt, dann kostet das nur n verwarngeld,.wenn du keinen führerschien dabeimhasst (schlieslich kann die polizei das anfragen

@@DokuFREENET ein Verwarngeld impliziert ja, dass das Gesetz ein Mitführen des Führerscheins vorsieht, nicht? Wie hoch wäre das, weißt du das?

Kai Bader Ja 10€, das ist keine straftat, nur ne ordnungswiedrigkeit.

@@DokuFREENET OK danke. :)

Thought the same... Also : No people at the market place....

I've been to Mainz on rainy Sunday and there was plenty of civilization and traffic. It must be a holiday.

Look at this article regarding my point about the Scottish stereotype in Germany www.thelocal.de/20161027/new-exhibition-tests-swabian-stereotypes de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiz

It definitely comes from McDonald's

then Scrooge McDuck should also be banned racist. But at least in germany his name was changed into Dagobert Duck with no scottish references left XD. I think some stereotypes are just hilarious and no to be taken so seriously. Otherwise i would be mad that in american Tv- shows germans still get shown as the stiff noisy nazi- stereotypes. In some talkshows i even saw hollywoodstars lying about certain things in germany just to get a lough or two.

Eh I think jokes about the Scottish being cheap are fairly common all across Europe.

I dont know exactly the meaning of cheap, when you use it. For germans scottish people dont like to spend money easily, they turn the cent three times before thinking of spending it. There is an area in germany where the people are similar. The name is Schwaben. When people from there spend their money too fast they are deported to Scotland. You see, it is just fun. Mcxxx is a place where you dont throw your money away, where you get good value for small money actually.

Same

Isn't that too long?😂

I try to avoid "handy" as well. I just go with - mobile phone - though.

@@animefreakxd695 yeah but it gets the point across, i guess.

True hero

Actually many cultures use even nation styles for writing it. Not only the sequence can be different, but also the separating letters.

Hungary?

You should change to what the US does. I think your forgot that our shit is better than yours.

@@JohannesDichtmann If it's written in reverse, it's mainly used in Emails, Web based searches, web related sites and so on. I never see this type of date written or printed on paper. But it's fine with me.

Yea, and we use the Imperial System for measurement - it's annoying.

true! i never think about this difference because in my career field, we use the 24 hour clock as well

Just curious. In the US if it is 15 minutes after midnight we call it 12:15 am and pronounce it twelve fifteen am. So if it is 00:15 to you, how would you say/pronounce it?

Hi Olivia Hardin, "Null Uhr Fünfzehn" ("zero o'clock fifteen") or "eine Viertelstunde nach Mitternacht" ("a quarter of an hour past midnight") or "Viertel nach Zwölf nachts" ("a quarter past twelve in the night") Even if we use 24 hour system, 0 o'clock could still be called 12 o'clock. Some people even say "24 Uhr (Fünfzehn)" but that's not popular. In some areas 0:15 o'clock is "Viertel Eins (nachts/morgens)". Greetings, Y19B

@@oliviahardin1790 Thats a good one. we could also use twelve fifteen, or "Null Uhr Fünfzehn", without the am. We switch between the 12h clock and 24h clock too. So if it was, say 13:15 (1.15pm), we could say 13:15 or 1:15. We dont use something like am/pm cause everyone knows whether its morning or evening xD

@@oliviahardin1790 a quarter (or just 15) past midnight (or Zero depending on the context you can also say 12)

You’re right!

GEZ no one likes it. ^^

@H - Milch Thank you for the differentiated correction. If there were no public broadcasting we would have "super RTL conditions" everywhere.

@@matzeberlin555 And there so many channels, because of WWII. In WWII has hitler all radion channles "rundfunk" to make only his propaganda. To do prevent that, there not only one or two, it are many independed channels radio and tv.

@@matzeberlin555 Which is kinda what Kelly might be used to from the US news. I watched the US show newsroom, and it suggested that news were originally a thing because the government said: "If you want to use the public airwaves, you have to provide some news in your program as well". What they didn't think of was also mandating it to be commercial-free. And if you can show commercial during news, then sensationalistic reporting can get you better viewership, and more money for your commercials during news. I don't know how much of this is true (it's a TV show, after all), but the mechanism itself seems to make sense. Cold hard facts are boring, so spice it up with exciting car chases, overdramatized reports about crime, entertaining stuff about stars...

Tiger Ass Romania has the most amazing internet...and great prices. I am currently in Croatia and just paid $45 for 2 months unlimited calls-text-data. Amazing.

But they only make a sixth of the average German salary.

@@robetheridge6999 Just a thought: It is also ususally easier to build something new than have to replace what was already there before... :)

In India, it's cheapest though. With the advent of a new telecom brand 'Jio', prices fall down to 4-7 euros for 3 months. (Unlimited calls + 1.5 Gigabyte of data every day.)

I'm from Slovenia. I pay 16€ montly, i get unlimited calls, unlimited sms and 50GB of data in Slovenia and unlimited calls, unlimited sms and 8GB of data in EU.

Exactly. The president here is called "Bundespräsident". Mrs Merkel is not the head of the country.

But the head of the government....

@@aliasanonym77 The top head of the Federal Republic of Germany is Mr. Steinmeier, not Mrs. Merkel. She is only the head of the government, but not the president of the state. The head of the government we call "Bundeskanzler", the president we call "Bundespräsident".

She doesn't say the Kanzler is the president

@@denondeske1623 Look at 15:03

Not quite. For some stores that might be the case. But sometimes the MC prefix is really used in a context where it means that there is cheap merchandise. There is the prejudice of the stingy scotsman. To be honest, we don't think about this being racist very much. But you've got a point there.

My guess is that it probably refers scrooge mcduck ;)

It is definitely based on the cheap and efficient reputation of McDonalds. That Scottish stereotype isn't even well-known.

In Germany, Scrooge McDuck is known as Dagobert Duck. Only specialists know the original name.

Well I don't know about you, but in my memory around the 80s and 90s, there was word of that a lot. For example, the German discounter "Mäc-Geiz" (McStinginess), where they even wrote the prefix phonetically, has a lot of brands with scottish sounding names and a scotsman as a kind of testimonial: kreado.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Logo_mc_geiz.jpg Also, if you google it, you will find a lot about that topic. Of course it is a stereotype, but it is actually very well-known.

That's not exactly true. But we can read it in Germany.

World Language... There are 6 official world languages: English, French, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish.

I tought myself how to read English at first it was very hard and confusing but then it was easy as reading German.

But shes right. More and more things are writtin in english or have english names because it sounds "better". just watch the news, its a shame...

In my opinion american english sounds really terrible in comparison to the original english the Oxford english also jamaican english sounds way better than this bubblegum american english....did you know that the European immigrants which later became americans made an election about which language they will use in america .....and the selection was very close ....they almost voted german as their motherspeech..i guess thats because there were more irish and english people than germans ....but still i cant understand how they destroyed the biutiful Oxford english into a terrible sounding language through the years....my opinion

I agree - there are a lot of good things in both countries :)

Our luxury problems i think after a while in the us we would probably be happy with it

Dont generalise pls, I love it and it helps many People who dont own a car.

When you see how much public transportation is neglected in the US and oriented instead toward car culture/big oil, you'd understand why any visiting North American would appreciate Germany's well-kept-and respected-public transportation system. Fact is, culturally, the US has a long way to go to catch up to places like Germany. They might have the technology, but they don't have the social awareness yet.

Not really. It depends where you live - the transport system on Hannover is excellent, in Cologne is a goddamn mess.

Because we germans are so perfectionists that every minute delay is a personal hell ...

Hahaha...just wanted to say here that even though many kids like Spaghetti Eis it is not necessarily geared towards kids, especially not the carbonara version which contains alcohol. Interesting video Kelly!

Loved that when I lived in Speyer as a teenager! Never heard of it with alcohol.

@@lauriedettelback2927 there are actually five or more types sometimes :) some with alcohol, some without ;)

Spaghettieis ist eine Erfindung aus Mannheim!

@Carlo Cocciolo Take a blob of whipped cream, top it with vanilla ice cream pressed through a sieve, top with strawberry sauce. Perfectly ordinary when it comes to taste, the only unusual thing about it is the presentation. The more important question is whether there's actual vanilla in the ice cream and actual strawberries in the sauce... which is generally the case, given that pretty much all ice cafes in Germany seem to be owned by Italians. The inventor of spaghetti ice, btw, is Dario Fontanella from Conegliano (Treviso).

but now that she said it you would always think of it from now on =)

yeah, it is really well edited too!

aww thank you!! i'm glad you like it :)

I’m glad you enjoyed it! And if you get the chance to go to Germany, take it! It’s a really beautiful country

I live in Germany, but I would prefer to live in Spain. I have no money to move abroad, so I must stay in Germany.

Moved to the U.S. and i wanna go back to Germany Now but my mutter say's Nein everytime and say that we don't have enough money. But then, i say we do it's from social security in the bank accounts we can go but sadly we can't use it since SHE PURPOSELY LOST OUR DAMN PASSPORTS AND SHE BLAMES IT ON ME AND MAKES STUPID ASS LIES, LIKE "YOU LOST IT IN GERMANY" WHEN WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO GERMANY SINCE I WAS 5 AND SHE NEVER WENT TO GERMANY SINCE I WAS LIVING WITH MY FATHER WHEN HE WAS STATIONED. AND WE WENT BACK TO AMERICA WHEN HE RETIRED. AND MARRIED THE STEP MUTTER I HAVE NOW NOW.

i use both stereotypes, for scots & jews. but considering myself to be frugal, i look at it as a virtue and compliment. something to emulate. also ikea founder (billionaire) was famous for coming from a very very modest and frugal part in sweden and buying 2nd hand clothes until his last breath and wearing a 5-15$watch.

@@young19boy For many Spanish its the other way around. Can't you swap places with a desperate poor Spaniard? Bet you want to be back within a week? Just kidding, if you want to go there, find a good way. Can't you study there? Good luck!

Lol! I now know what an egregious thing this was for me to say haha

Raupenzaehler aaaaahhh Fasching ich hab die ganze Zeit überlegt was das sein soll😂

"U" - That's spelt "You".

Anvilshock ... U only Uuuuuuuuuuu

Anvilshock Ich hab echt keine Lust das auf englisch zu schreiben, aber wenn man sich schon die Mühe macht in englisch zu schreiben, dann will man nicht unbedingt so angefahren werden . Falls du kein Deutsch kannst... Google Übersetzer REGELT

really i remember we always made jokes about stingy Scottish. maybe its a regional thing.

@@ADMNtek possible. I'm from "Rheinlandpfalz" and I never heard anything like that here.

Yeah, it's because McDonalds is popular and they refering to that brand.

"McDonalds" is not racist because its the Name of the guy who originally established the brand...

What does mc have to do with Scottland? I still don't get it.

Well, the "Mc" connotation (esp. McD.) is mostly with "cheap"; the rest are secondary ;)

Just for clearification MC is Irish and MAC is Scottish. And as an old Donald Duck fan from childhood on I connected Scottland allways with MAC.

Thanks, you see how confused we Germans are.

This article discusses this stereotype in its intro www.thelocal.de/20161027/new-exhibition-tests-swabian-stereotypes “Scots will be happy to know their reputation as a land of penny-pinching misers spreads well beyond the British Isles. In Germany the Gaelic suffix 'Mac' is shorthand for cheapness. Discounter Mäc-Geiz (Mac-Stingy), gym McFit and stationary chain McPaper all use it as code for rock bottom prices.” And from my travels, I perceive Mc and Mac to be prevalent in both countries. I thought Mc was Irish and Max was Scottish as well so it surprised me to see both there via business names, etc.

We use these clichees in a playful way. Are you familiar with that concept of talking about another nation in a clicheeloaded but affectionate way? The scottish have whisky and kilts and bagpipes and loch ness and they are penny-pinching? People who say so do not mean it too serious. And if the Scottish are maybe really too penny-pinching: Well, that is not too bad. We still like them. (But thrift is basically considered something good in Germany, it is one of the Prussian virtues.)There is no need for the racism card here.

That's definitely true me and my friends went to the Fasching festival fom Bavaria it was fun and then we went back to the Oktober festival in Bavaria again.

'Fasnet' in the Southwest (Oberschwaben) is also hugely celebrated

CBD weed is legal in any state of Germany. And medically prescribed THC weed is legal in any state.

​@@FactionalSky Posession and consumption of weed for personal use is tolerated up to a certain amount of grams, depending on the state.

@@mojoblues66 no, it is not tolerated. This is misbelief.

@@FactionalSky yes it is. Except from Bavaria most states have a defined amount that indicates small posession which will result in potential charges being dropped. I would call that tolerated..

@@constantinjas847 it is not written law, so it is not.

... a baby smoking she meant

She skipt the terrible part. She was talking about the images of sick babies, caused by smoking women during pregnancy. Those images are also to find on cigarette boxes.. She didn't say babies are disturbing, but they use very disturbing images as a wake up call on those boxes.

Wiete Adam i think that should be funny

i'm happy to hear that!

not cheap !! for a faier price !!

Yes, cheap. Like cheap fast food of a certain US brand....

and low quality

Robinius Arcazius --Yes, but this wasn't the question.

actually this is exactly what it is about. the association between the prefix "mc" and the intention to pay little money is due to the german stereotype of a stingy scotchman

ouch! still more than the US has but certainly not as convenient as I thought. thanks for sharing :)

American expats in Germany tend to live in cities, which apparently makes many of them think public transportation is fabulous here. It is - in the cities. But in the countryside, most people will still need a car.

Imre Hundertwasser or a bike! Hehe

Same in Ireland. You can't live in the country in Ireland without a car. Public transport is good in Dublin and mediocre in other cities and towns.

In my village there are no busses at all during weekends :D

Happy you liked it!

Sure, you're only obligated to 'possess' that identification and show it upon request, but you're not obligated to carry it with you at all times (with some exceptions). This means, that the policeman might give you the opportunity to go home and present it later or he might even accompany you to your home, where you have to show it then. But let's face the reality... as you might've guessed, it doesn't work nice and easy like that all the time. If there's a probability of any kind of danger or there's been a criminal offense, or basically any kind of cause, no matter how ridiculous it is, then the police has the right to conduct an identity verification (Identitätsfeststellung). You don't even necessarily have to be the danger or done something. It's enough to be in the area. If, for example, you come from a friend's party, it's 2am in the morning and you walk home and there's been a break-in somewhere in the area and police stops you, you're in a little bit trouble if you have no ID with you. If you do, you can simply show it to them and then proceed strolling home. If you don't have it on you and they're a little zealous, they might accompany you home or even take you with them to the station to identify you there. The latter would also happen if you refuse to show it. Then they take you in custody, bring you to the station and you get to experience the full "ED" (Erkennungsdienstliche Behandlung) - frisked, fingerprints, mug shots, interrogation, getting yelled at etc. Even if you haven't been seen doing something and you're completely innocent. You don't mess with the police when it comes to ID verification. They absolutely love to go the whole nine yards when it comes to people who cannot or refuse to ID themselves. It makes their day, especially when they're bored and got nothing else to do. (Of course this is different, depending on the person... whether you're young or old, male or female etc.) So, even if there's no obligation to carry it with you at all times, it might be better to do so, just to be able to comply immediately and get things out of the way. Fun fact: Ausweispflicht was introduced by the Nazis initially for Jews and able-bodied men in '38 and extended to everyone over age 15 one year later, shortly after the war broke out.

Do you leave it at home? I always carry mine on me, in case I get asked for it when buying alcohol, which hasn't happend for the last couple of years. Or if I need it for something else.

@@TomCox84 @Pseudynom Of course, you two are right. But I knew all the stuff already and that's why I always carry my ID card with me to get the hustle and bustle out of the way. I just wanted to clean up with the error that it is obligatory to take it with you but only a duty is to be able to identify :)

In Bavaria you have to carry your ID always with you, there is the Ausweispflicht ;)

Saure Gurke Bavaria isn’t Germany.

Nope. Only in certain so called dangerous zones the police may check your ID. I, neither my Asian boyfriend, was ever checked although we live in downtown Berlin. And unlike the US or many Asian states you will not spend one night in prison for minor misbehaviour such as drinking alcohol in a park, smoking dope etc.

Jens Damm Slim Shady is totally right. Just because you hadn’t to identify you it still is true. Ner to the border it’s a different story

I am 42 years old. Not once a police asked me to show my id Card.

@@aliasanonym77 iam 36 and i was checked by the police once after they stopped my car on random. i just came from work at 10pm and forgot my wallet inclusive passport/id card and the drivers license. the police stopped me because of 1 front light must have died while starting the car. i told them my name and the name of the official car holder which was my father. they checked on it like 10 minutes, asked for a promise to repair my light as soon as possible and wished a good journey home. i did not had to pay anything, even they could have charged me 10 euros for the light and annother 10 for the id card/drivers license issue. oh error, i got checked at comming from Czech Republicsearching for drugs but also could go on after 5 minutes.

"what *my* people" - You may want to reword that.

@@Anvilshock it's abolutely correct. Part of the people were actively involved and most of the rest turned a blind eye to it, which made them non the less guilty. So we should be aware that atrocities of this kind will never ever occur again

@@zyriacus8360 70 fucking years ago. Give it a fucking rest.

Anvilshock never give it a rest because if you forget history, you relive it. Knowing the horrendous part of Germany’s histoy doesn’t make me dislike Germany, at all. I lived there when my dad was in the Army and I consider it my second home.

​@@robetheridge6999 Oh, piss off, will you? Did I fucking say to forget and disregard it? You know, there's a difference between knowing, acknowledging, and learning on one side and eternally grovelling and apologising for something that was created three, four generations ago by the mindset, society, economy, and politics back then! "My people" - HA! This little shit isn't even old enough to have pubes to justify carrying a comb, yet is trying to lecture the rest of the world about "HIS people". The nerve! If he considers himself to still be living in a Germany hundred years ago when the same Weimar Republic began that ended up giving rise to NS Germany to be able to rightfully say "my people", then he's definitely missed a few calendars and other cues as to what year we're currently living in. The people of Germany today are a tad late to have either committed or failed to prevent the war and the atrocities of the regime, and they also have plenty of modern problems to address. So, yes. Give it a fucking rest.

Why do people have SUV in cities? Not nessecary.

@@mandyneuhaus2544 Theoretically right. Practically I love the space, the security, the sitting postion, the possibility to attach a trailer and the 4WD. Ok, I am not living in a major city and me and my family love outdoor activities and travelling a lot, but sometimes there is more than getting from A to B. Our second car is a small one, btw. But not everybody can afford two or more cars.

Good way to haul large items like furniture or appliances from one place to another.

@@michaelzimmer7229 we oen a VW bus qnd it is really environmental friendly and it still had enough space for stuff like that. Last year we could easily sleep in it with 3 people. I know SUV look kind of nice, have bigger space but they need so much petrol. They are made for rural areas but if you use them very often for camping and for getting huge stuff from A to B it has a okay use. But just having them because they are cool isn't their original purpose.

It's funny how people think there are guns everywhere in the US. I live in Chicago and I haven't seen a gun in years (since I went hunting in Texas). Media over there likes to present the US like it's the wild west. Like the journalist Claas Relotius. Meanwhile when I was in Belgium I saw military guards with massive machine guns at all the train stations.

@@kaberus7565 left media...

hunt hunt 500,000 people die a year from smoking in US about 33,000 from guns and 13,000 are suicides from guns.

@@cdub531 People who smoke accept the risk, people who get shot not.

xFactions7 glad you said that so let’s ban all alcohol because people that die from drinking and driving didn’t choose that. What’s your next imbecile statement?

Thanks!!

Or largest to smallest (the way ISO recommends it), which makes more sense than both of them ;)

I think small-large makes more sense, but if its large to small I can still easily read it

The ISo really only makes sense when you have something like and archive, since it makes it easier to find specific information in a large number of dates. But it wouldn´t really make sense in everyday life, since you know what year you are in( in general) and most people can even manage to remember the current month. So what concerns a normal person the most, is the current day.

YYYY MM DD makes sense when you work with computers. You can sort files alphabetically when you have files with the same name and a date added like "work 2018 10 01" and "work 2018 09 30". That doesn't work with the other notations. But normally I would think that it is natural to write the current date "small to large" DD MM YYYY". The american way is a bit to mixed up for my taste (and because I am used to it ;-) )

@@horste9237 YYYY MM DD make also sense, if you a time traveler :D

Thank you! :)

Not true? Like every single tiny village has at least one bus station?? Lol

that's an interesting perspective that i haven't seen anyone share yet, and i completely see your point. i think that would be very frustrating for me too. thank you

u mean the german media @pyrotecchnic5254

I remember the advertisement “come in and find out” for Douglas, a perfume/ beauty store. It’s a German company and they wanted to look more international... unfortunately most people didn’t understand the meaning of that ad and thought they should go inside to go outside...😂 For me, speaking almost fluently english of course I got the point, but I didn’t understand why Douglas wanted to have an English slogan 😏

Just imagine every fifth word spoken in the US would be German. It would not be good. It is okay to have some words of foreign languages, but the original language should keep recognized. Here is a little comedy sketch about English word usage in Germany, with famous Mr. Hallervorden: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hqmZaLSHzNutomw.html (decide by yourself if the sketch's language is English or German, I just couldn't say)

Really annoying is "denglish" in German Fashion Shows. Like Heidi Klums Topmodel. They speak like this to show that they fly every week to NY or Paris, they believe they are special when they talk with many english words.

haha i filmed this early on Easter Sunday morning :)

FLexxxtreme haha, I'm German and I'm in Canada right now, and I was really surprised that literally every store is open on Sundays...which isn't the worst thing tbh 😂

I visited Costa Rica this year (only 3 weeks but still) and I was really confused that everything opened on sundays. The thing is since we're always told that "der ruhige Sonntag" is a thing from the church you'd expect a catholic country like Costa Rica to also consoder it a quiet day. (I really hope you understand what I mean)

Hello FLexxxtreme, The Sunday is a quiet day because of religious reasons. It is one of the "Zehn Gebote" ("Ten Commandments") of the bible: God made the world within 6 days, but the 7th day he looked at his work and did not do anything else. So God told the human being to also "rest" that day. The only "work" allowed is to praise the Lord. I am Catholic and this is the Catholic way. Other parts of Germany have more Protestantic (?) people. There it is different. I live near the border of two different Länder, and you really notice it crossing that border (if you pay attention to church/religion) Greetings from Germany, Young19Boy

@@booksaremyrebellion7809 "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy". I would think that is a commandment to not do work on the Sabbath day (whatever day you believe that is).

Yes, even many Germans do not know this. I quite regularily do not carry any kind of id.

Well, if not carrying your ID means the police might (have to) take you with them when they do a (routine) check, I'd consider that as "You have to carry your ID". And really, why not? I always carry it with me in my purse and I don't think I know anyone who doesn't at least have their dirver's license with them wherever they go (You can use that instead of your ID and that one you actually _have_ to have on you when you drive a car).

Don´t believe that. You need to have some means of official identification papers with you by law !! Remember, in my youth my mother turned allways mad at me when I forgot to take my school identification card to have with me. (Schülerausweis ) From adulthood on it is the Identity Card ( Personalausweis)- even if you show a credit card in a shop the salespersons have the right to ask you for official means of identification

Roger Lynch That's not right. There is no law that requires that you have to have your ID with you all the time. You Just have to have one by the age of 16. And a "Schülerausweis" isn't an official document at all.

"In Deutschland besteht gemäß § 1 PAuswGeine Ausweispflicht, allerdings resultiert daraus keine allgemeine Mitführpflicht für Identitätsnachweise. Ein Sonderfall, bei dem ein Personalausweis oder Reisepassmitzuführen ist, ist zum Beispiel das Führen einer Waffe (§ 38 WaffG). Zudem sieht das Gesetz zur Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeiteine Mitführpflicht eines Ausweises für Arbeitnehmer bestimmter Branchen vor, beispielsweise im Bau- oder im Gaststättengewerbe, um sich gegenüber Zollbeamten ausweisen zu können (§ 2aSchwarzArbG)." Quelle: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitführpflicht

it sounds like a lot of fun!!

Hold on, Junggesellenabschied and Polterabend are two VERY different things. Junggesellenabschied is the equivalent to a bachelor/bachelorette party. A Polterabend however is a party that both groom and bride hold together. Usually, weddings aren't THAT huge, so many friends and acquaintances visit the Polterabend instead, where traditionally old dishes made out of ceramic and porcelain are being smashed for good luck (and the sound is "poltern" ;) kinda like "banging"). Bride and groom will then take care of the mess together to prepare them for married life. No official invitations are sent out - bride and groom tell their friends and family and they can tell anybody who knows the couple. Usually, there are snacks and drinks and people who aren't attending the wedding might bring over little presents - and lots of ceramics! Some even smash old toilet bowls...

Here in Salzburg (where I'm from), both the Jungesellenabschied and the Polterabend are the exact same thing. We don't have the second event here that you are describing, I've actually never heard of anybody celebrating a party like that around here. Poltern here is like a bachelor/bachelorette party where only the bride to be celebrates with her girls or the groom to be celebrates with his guys. Here poltern is meant for "es nochmal krachen lassen" and celebrating the Junggesellenabschied. Like I said what you mentioned might be the case in different parts of Germany, but both things are the exact same thing here in Salzburg.

Austrianontravels Maybe that is the case in Austria. In Germany, I have never heard anyone refer to a bachelor's party as Polterabend, at least not in the Rhein-Main area and that's where Kelly currently lives, too. So interesting to note: Austria and Germany might speak the same language (mostly ;D), but we can still be quite different!

yup, the austrian for "face" could land you in jail in germany (and me getting banned from youtube just mentioning it)

A passport or driver's license can often be used in place of an ID card. I personally carry my ID everywhere since we were told to do that back in the day. Not sure if that rule still applies. What's also important is the expiration date on the passport or ID card, b/c when expired, it's invalid.

I think the reason why most Germans have their ID on them all the time is because if you're in an accident or witness to a crime or whatever, the police might want to know who you are. You don't have to show them your ID as far as I know, but you got to convince them you are who you say you are. The easiest way to do that is showing them your ID ... but I could be wrong - I'm no expert ^^

stimmt.

you have to have some sort of identification paper on you at all times. personal id, drivers license, or somthing else containing a picture of you ( passbild) and your adress, and some kind of official signature/ stamp on it, this can be everything ; student ID, or even a membership card of some club can do the trick. and i know what im talking about, friends of mine had to go home with the police and show them their ID, happend to me too, i even once ended up in cell for a few hours ( same thing happend to another friend of mine years ago, but he had to rest the whole night in a cell due to cricumstances)

Schischlack Untrue you can look it up in the Personalausweisgesetz (try getting that one in Hangman). There are some circumstances in which you need to carry you id around but for 99% of germans those do not apply. If you are asked by the police to identify yourself you have to do that. But this could also mean that the police will escord you to your home(or place where your id is) and then you can show it to them.

aw i'm happy to see that you're enjoying my videos :) thanks for taking the time to write this comment!

thank you very much :) i really appreciate that

Thanks!!

Thank you! And how coincidental that you also lived in Mainz :) I miss it too

Actually I beleive it comes from the idea that Scottish people are somewhere between thrifty and stingy. This stereotype comes from the fact that Scots in the Highlands used to be very poor and at least for the last 40 years it has also been drummed into us by Walt Disneys comic books - think Dagobert Duck (Scrooge McDuck). So people associate Mc with thrifty, not expensive, making your money go further. There is even a Scottish joke we have (roughly translated): Q: What's the Scottish recipe for tomato soup? A: Take hot water and a red soup plate.......

I agree 100% with you, limejuice. It's a reference to McDonalds, which is considered cheap food.

Michael Neuffer is totally right: it's a very common stereotype that Scottish is associated with thrifty, not expensive, making your money go further. One chain of shops for household goods is even called Mäc Geiz: lit. Mc Parsimony / Stinginess.

That stereotype isn't well known in germany though.

drwarcloud36 plus: many Germans wouldn't associate "Mc" with being Scottish.

thanks! :)

yes, very

paul baron, not a myth, fuckface.

Technically, no. They died when they got murdered, didnt they?

thats however not common. I do not know any other city having this.

SigmaOfMyParts most bigger cities have them, and quite a lot of smaller ones as well

Thanks!! I’m glad you like it :) while I didn’t really learn much german, I invested a lot of energy into trying to understand german culture. I still have a lot to learn of course but your comment is very encouraging :) thanks for watching!

Wenn ich da einmal klugscheisserisch eingreifen dürfte, BerlinCityGirl84, es heißt "Denglisch" nicht "Danglish". Ansonsten hast Du völlig recht.

Are you currently living in Berlin? Your English is really good.

lol :) thanks! i love that city so much. and if you're wondering why it was so eerily empty, it's because i filmed this early on Easter Sunday morning

thanks for sharing all of this!! and yes, i never knew i was doing anything wrong because i saw so many other cyclists in pedestrian only zones, etc...and then my boyfriend pointed out the signs to me and told me that there will be people getting ticketed for this sometimes and i promptly started paying more attention! I knew about the Turkish immigrants, but wasn't aware that there were so many Italians too. Makes total sense.

Jo_Kim Good to know

Is it ok to share your wifi in the US? In germany you could get into trouble if someone downloads copyright proteced music/movies. So people use freifunk here. A freifunk router protects the individual for lawsuits. But you need a separate router to provide wifi for friends and neighbours.

i'm really not sure. I mean, I've always owned a 4 door sedan, but recently got a Ford Escape which is a bit bigger...though certainly not nearly as big as what a lot of Americans drive. I'm always wondering why so many people own trucks in the US, especially given how much gas they waste. I understand that if you want to haul some stuff, but honestly, it would probably be worth it to get a smaller car or SUV and rent a truck when you need it. If you need to constantly haul stuff, then that's a different story, of course.

:P If I would get a truck just because I sometimes have to haul big stuff my family would call me bananas. We just rent a trailer for big stuff if nessecary. Ikea rents them out for very little if you're an "Ikea family member" so we usually drive past an Ikea. :P

SaxMovies08 it’s called “keeping up with the joneses” Americans are in competition with each other for the biggest and best. It’s exhausting.

95% unused brain....

In Germany we often say if you have a big car you have to „compensate something“ so you have a small penis

Small world!

@@KellydoesherthingYeah.

In Germany we think that Scotsmen are very grasping. Just the Schwaben are worse.

I believe the Mc is not because Scotts are considered cheap, rather than relating to McDonalds as fast and cheap / no thrills.

mortusanteportas86 - ... or using a franchise model like McDonalds. If these names should remind to Scotland they would be accompanied by typical Scottish attributes, like the Scottish flag or typical Scottish patterns. That they are not more similar to McDonalds logo/branding is just not to violate the copyright rights of McDonalds.

Oh, a sunday stroll thru old town... it's always nice to see my 2k year old hometown again.

As you live some kind of nearby you should visit the bienenmarkt and wiesenmarkt, some of the biggest ones in Südhessen.

Die Stadt der tausend Türme. very nice spot. agree

9:45 that is the "Domplatz" , the "Gutenbergplatz" is the place where you filming the Dom at 8:00 , the Gutenbergplatz is the place between Statetheater and McDonalds, in front of mcdonalds you got an a Stature of Gutenberg.

cute view about germany an funny view about my hometown