5 THINGS AMERICANS DO DIFFERENTLY THAN GERMANS | Feli from Germany
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@FelifromGermany 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you guys so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoy the content 😊 Since a lot of you guys said you enjoy these differences videos, make sure to check these ones out as well: ➤7 Everyday Differences That SURPRISED Me in the US kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrVhosSD2rvUZqs.html ➤ What Germany Can LEARN from the US kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdaZmpB21r2-eZ8.html ➤ 6 Things the USA Can LEARN From Germany kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNajapBovZiuXYk.html ➤ "Are we exclusive?" - Dating Differences USA vs. GERMANY kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bp2cda2jqZqpiWw.html ➤ SPORTS in the US vs. Germany kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e86ndMSp2sq6e40.html ➤ Americans and their SMALL TALK kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbNgorF93syvfA.html ➤ USA vs. Germany - Three Biggest Differences kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9hhZreJr7ulhWw.html
@vicdiaz5180 4 жыл бұрын
Love your video! The first segment on how we write is exactly how we used to write here in the US over 25 years ago when I was in elementary school. Hell, we were forced to even write in cursive and still to this day I know how to write in cursive. Sadly today in America schools don’t teach cursive or proper history anymore. I would like to see more things like this because the more I watch this video, is the more America used to be once upon a time.
@bandit1blue01079 4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love learning about cultures, listening to you makes me enjoy it more. Btw I live in Ohio too.
@pierreabbat6157 4 жыл бұрын
@Charlton Jones I might cross a zero if writing computer code, but not normally. It can also confuse the Norse.
@E.T.GARAGE 4 жыл бұрын
I was taught to write a 7 the way you do in German, I grew up in N.J., i now live in PA. and I find that people sometimes ask me about how I write a 7.
@E.T.GARAGE 4 жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Germany during the 80's and lived off base and enjoyed it. think 99 luft baloons.
@kazineverwind5267 4 жыл бұрын
German: "Oh, born in 1994." American: "The hell year is 'Iggy'?"
@Cheezus 4 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna start saying I was born in the year iggy
@adamazzalino5247 4 жыл бұрын
That's right, I did the Iggy!
@vietec 4 жыл бұрын
Another number thing that the wife does that kills me is the swapping of periods and commas. For instance, "99.994% true" would be "99,994%." this isn't just true of Germany, but many other countries. I always heard there were lots of Germans in Cincinnati, but I rarely see them. In either occasion, there's gotta be more there than in Dayton 😂
@ThePhl4ever 4 жыл бұрын
@@Cheezus I was born almost 4 months after iggy
@KingDecahedron 4 жыл бұрын
Iggy the cartoon? - lol
@joachimhupe4018 4 жыл бұрын
Americans: The german 9 looks like a g. Also American 9: Looks like a q.
@demonhellfish 3 жыл бұрын
Some (many?) Americans write 'q' with a rightward-pointing tail: www.bigactivities.com/printing/alphabet/lowercase/small_q.php And some (but not everybody) write '9' with the down stroke angled leftward: www.clipart.email/download/6336123.html
@robadoba 3 жыл бұрын
I write my 9's like a q and m 1's like a l. I think it's prettier tbh
@sham4833 3 жыл бұрын
Haahhahaahah😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Leonougat 3 жыл бұрын
Haha, that's what I thought 😆
@cat4gaming_040 3 жыл бұрын
True
@prim16 Жыл бұрын
"Americans get together like groups of mosquitoes" You flatter us, I'm brought to tears
@Luv2tickt 2 жыл бұрын
I loved your comment on, "how important it is to learn a foreign language from a Native speaker." So a pal and I took German in high school. He was acting up in class that day and ended up being ejected for the day. The teacher called his mother to discuss her actions. Well, his mother is from München and didn't come to America until the late 70's. The teacher was apparently speaking German to his mother as she cut the conversation short, and asked the instructor to speak in English as, "(She) couldn't understand what (the instructor) was saying. After the call, she looked at the both of us and said that we were to drop the class immediately as the instructor had no clue as to what she was doing.
@klaireelizabeth3499 Жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s embarrassing for the instructor 😫
@Milesco Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@eligebrown8998 11 ай бұрын
Thats not good. So all the students she has taught actually failed that class.
@gllhouk 5 ай бұрын
German speakers in southern Germany have a different form of German. I have had two German students in my house that could not understand each other because one was from north Germany and the other from Bavaria. So, they used English!
@NoctLightCloud 21 күн бұрын
@@gllhoukthe Bavarian kid could've EASILY switched to Hochdeutsch (high German) though😂 Even here in Austria, people speak both Austrian German and Hochdeutsch. I guess the kid was just trolling😂
@SenorJoeBiden 4 жыл бұрын
“Many Americans say that the German 9 looks like a g”. *Proceeds to write a g*
@frankyjnr764 4 жыл бұрын
Yh
@jeromextv 4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't the "american" 9 look like a q ?
@atheos.1383 4 жыл бұрын
@@jeromextv yea, a lower case q usually loops to the right, just like a g but with an opposite swoop on the bottom when written out. Still, understandable comparison.
@DeaPeaJay 4 жыл бұрын
It’s also the difference between a descender on a lowercase q. And a 9 that has no descender.
@schusterlehrling 4 жыл бұрын
Americans write it like a q.
@jake5210 3 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that American scientists, engineers and mathematicians tend to write 7 and z with a line through it to avoid confusion.
@lunaroserowanstrength2046 3 жыл бұрын
this is true. i wrote them that way and never though about it but i was raised by an architect...
@stevepettersen3283 3 жыл бұрын
As well as slashing a zero to differentiate it from an O and actually saying zero.
@SciFlyGal 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, as a scientist I do both, I also put a curl at the bottom of a t, to differentiate from a +
@alankuentz4617 3 жыл бұрын
I write my 7's and Z's with a line because I grew up seeing my family write them that way. Probably a little leftover byproduct of being descendents of german immigrants.
@RolandHutchinson 3 жыл бұрын
Certainly the crossed Z; I learned to do that in my first algebra class to keep Z and 2 from being confused. The crossed seven is less common, even among scientists, in my experience.
@dorieeckert834 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly using two blankets is so great if you share a bed, because your partner can‘t steal your blanket anymore. And the two mattresses is a cool thing if one of them likes a firm mattress and the other one prefers a softer one
@IgorDellaPietra 2 жыл бұрын
one additional advantage of having two mattresses is that they are more stable over the years. if you buy a big one and cuddle, its unavoidable that theres a ditch in the middle someday :D ah and to cover the gap between two mattrasses, you can always put a topper over both of them.
@tommissouri4871 Жыл бұрын
@@IgorDellaPietra - and you have a problem with cuddling in the center?
@IgorDellaPietra Жыл бұрын
@@tommissouri4871 no, thats why we have a topper ^^
@fxaman Жыл бұрын
Also if you have one big mattress and one can’t sleep and roll over the bed, the other person will feel it more than if the mattresses are separate.
@burgitech8643 Жыл бұрын
Both mattresses are standard size 90 x 200 cm and can be used for a single bed as well.
@raya861 Жыл бұрын
I’m Japanese and currently watching Spy x Family, ” a Germany-inspired anime. I was always wondering why people in the show say just their names(not hello or something) when picking up their phones, but now I understand it’s a part of German culture
@KnightOfGaea 4 жыл бұрын
I never considered that when I say Tschüß, I'm singing it. But it's true. 😂
@Pidalin 4 жыл бұрын
in Czech Republic we saying it normaly as čus, no singing :-D
@batonnetdecannelle 4 жыл бұрын
In Hamburg und offenbar auch in München ;-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMuiksucrrOlg6M.html
@margots.597 4 жыл бұрын
Unser amerikanischer Austauschschüler hat mich darauf aufmerksam gemacht...mir war das nicht bewusst...und ich singe mit Hingabe..🙈😍
@eechauch5522 4 жыл бұрын
And thinking about it I adapted that to singing bye as well, never really thought about it.
@ethanport9128 4 жыл бұрын
I’m American and I also hate tucked in sheets. The first thing I do when I go to a hotel is pull out the sheets from under the mattress
@TheKendall28 4 жыл бұрын
I've never met anyone who likes tucked in sheets. It's a hotel thing, not American thing.
@aje8790 4 жыл бұрын
I love how hotels make beds. It feels much better than loose sheets
@thomasjenkins7506 4 жыл бұрын
i prefer tucked in sheets, but a loose comforter. i hate touching a bare mattress.
@bryarcaprio1507 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’m also American and I’ve never met anyone else here in the states that sleeps like that
@rbrtgrdn 4 жыл бұрын
George Costanza doesn't like his sheets tucked in, either.
@its__destiny 3 жыл бұрын
I'm an American and my husband and I have separate blankets. Only because I'm always cold and he sleeps warm. Easiest way to keep us both comfortable 👌
@philbarrows2431 11 ай бұрын
Same! My wife uses a ridiculously thick comforter. If it's pulled over me, I'm crawling out in the middle of the night overheated, gasping for air.
@Jenifer_Leah 3 жыл бұрын
I’m American and was not allowed to use a pen until 3rd grade. I went to catholic school and we were required to write in cursive for everything up until 8th grade. And now I was surprised to learn cursive is no longer taught in school. WHAT?! Oh, the pain I could have been spared. 😂
@puterbac 2 жыл бұрын
Stupid that they stopped teaching cursive. Kids can’t even read a birthday card written in cursive.
@sluin Жыл бұрын
@@puterbac they should teach it but not require it to be used
@poppyshock Жыл бұрын
@@sluin They do teach it, at least some states and districts.
@Milesco Жыл бұрын
@@puterbac Yeah, we learned cursive when I went to elementary school in the '70s. It's a useful (I would even say _necessary)_ skill, especially for writing more than a few words and for reading what others have written in cursive. If the schools are no longer teaching it, they should definitely turn around and start teaching it again!
@Rubycon99 Жыл бұрын
I wish they required us to write in cursive, as I'd probably be able to write it more naturally. We learned it in 3rd and 4th grade and then barely anyone used it. I've been told I have nice penmanship, but I can't help but find my block letters to look "juvenile" when I compare it to my grandparent's writing.
@SwordOfHeimdall 4 жыл бұрын
I'm used to Germans picking up the phone with just "Ja?" actually :P.
@Elena-yp9dg 4 жыл бұрын
SwordOfHeimdall same, or just „hallo?“
@deusexmachina5769 4 жыл бұрын
I see that just when people know who is calling, if they don't they use their names most of the times.
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
SwordOfHeimdall When someone rings your doorbell, how do you answer that before pushing the button to open the door? "Heimdall residence, the Sword speaking..." Normally, this is how you answer the phone at your workplace. But whoever calls your private number knows you and you simply don't have to introduce yourself on the phone. (Same as with your doorbell being rang; people who do that know who they are calling on.)
@prinegonbevaris1788 4 жыл бұрын
This is actually the most common way to answer the phone nowadays. Since Telemarketing was quite a problem around 2010 (now legislation has improved telemarketing situation a lot), a lot of people don't answer the phone by name anymore.
@noanook 4 жыл бұрын
Nah you say your name lol
@aidanpryde4496 4 жыл бұрын
Your accent is transforming into American Achievement unlocked: Murica
@erose9270 4 жыл бұрын
Moon Soldier no it’s Erica
@dreco214 4 жыл бұрын
Murrca
@dawg8655 4 жыл бұрын
Hell yea, where the guns at😎🤠
@DarkestKnight2424 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@DarkestKnight2424 4 жыл бұрын
@@dawg8655 that's when she starts expressing her American rights ... because she becomes american
@jdconrad 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Felicia! I recently found your channel and have been enjoying watching some of your videos. Thank you for having your videos captioned! As a Deaf viewer, I am truly appreciative of that and wish more KZfaqrs would do the same with their videos. Regarding your comments about hellos and goodbyes, how the American Deaf community do them is very similar to the German culture. We may be Americans but the way we operate our lives culturally is different from the rest of the American society. For both hellos and goodbyes, we hug every individual (except if the group is huge, then hugs are reserved for close, familiar friends/family). Our goodbyes tend to be drawn out. Sometimes, we would still be chatting an hour or two later after saying our first goodbyes. The Deaf American community humorously call it “Deaf Standard Time”. Funny but true, this is an experience many Deaf Americans share: we often find ourselves the last ones to leave a restaurant as they close up. We would be chatting for hours, then when we suddenly notice that the restaurant is so quiet (or we start to see waitresses putting up the chairs) we would be asking one another, “Uh-oh, are they closing up?”
@erikberg7891 3 жыл бұрын
I believe that Felicia also demonstrated another difference at 13:13 in the video when she shows the number three with her hand, using her thumb, index finger, and middle fingers (and her ring finger and pinky curled up). Americans typically show three fingers using their middle three fingers straightened while the thumb holds the curled pinky down. Quentin Tarantino fans might remember this difference playing a crucial part in the plot of one of his movies. Also, I would assume that German speakers use completely different terms for the names of the fingers, but that’s to be expected across languages. Thank you for another interesting video!
@brandondavis7777 Жыл бұрын
This is also what gave away the Americans in Fury when they went undercover. The soldier holds up his 3 fingers instead of a thumb and 2 fingers.
@lenn939 Жыл бұрын
It's not completely different. In German it goes Daumen, Zeigefinger, Mittelfinger, Ringfinger, kleiner Finger. "Thumb" and "Daumen" both share the same Germanic etymology and as you can see the German words for middle finger and ring finger are exactly the same (just in German). Also, the word "index" in "index finger" comes from the Latin word "indico" shich means "to point out" while "Zeigefinger" literally means "pointing finger" so that's also similar in a way. The only finger where there's no similarity between German and English is the pinky finger. Germans just call that "kleiner Finger" which literally just means "small finger".
@Mesajinx Жыл бұрын
@@brandondavis7777 The same thing happens in the movie "Inglorious Bastards." That's where I learned it from :)
@johnmangan5729 10 ай бұрын
WHAT????!!! What American show three fingers the way its described above? Born and raised in New York City a long time ago. Thumb, index finger and middle finger is the ONLY way I can show the number 3. It hurts my fingers to try the other way. That method must be some weird Cincinnati or west coast way of displaying the number 3. This one always amuses the heck out of me.😀😀😀
@jessmakeupart1459 3 жыл бұрын
I love that u Pointed out that we sing the word "tschüss" 😂
@uteziemes5633 3 жыл бұрын
Refugees also seem to like this singing. "Tschüss" is the first German word with which refugees sound like locals when they say it. I have seen many refugees who liked to say it and enjoyed situations when they could say it.
@StrawberryK11 3 жыл бұрын
That is so true! Lol, i always knew that the way to say tschüss without even thinking- it's true Americans don't typically sing bye and would think it is weird lol
@frizzyhairedgirl 3 жыл бұрын
German language teachers even teach it that way! I just realized that. I've said "tschüss" in a singy-songy way since day one, without even questioning it. I don't, however, sing "bye" or "chao". Do natives also do it with "Auf Wiedersehen"
@tanjah7098 3 жыл бұрын
Immer😆
@richardmang2558 3 жыл бұрын
After Felicia mentioned how tshuss is "sung" instead of just "said" I noticed she sings many of her words. No wonder she is so enjoyable to listen to! :)
@brookeeva5852 3 жыл бұрын
Omg, my grandma grew up in Germany and always "drags out" goodbyes. I had no idea that in Germany you say goodbye like that, it makes a lot more sense now lol
@robinbirdj743 3 жыл бұрын
Plus, isn’t it nice that the Germans wrap up the conversation, recap the main points, and send greetings to your loved ones, each by name, and then tells you when you’ll talk or expect to see each other again, in specific times? LOL but I LOVE it !
@georgew.henkel3182 3 жыл бұрын
Gotta Go! Bye.
@charzeyoutube 3 жыл бұрын
hahah my grandma does this!!!
@proofthattonystarkhasaheart 3 жыл бұрын
I'm German and I hate it when I say bye and the other person just won't let me go 😅
@TJ52359 3 жыл бұрын
where I Grew up has a healthy German Population... and when leaving gatherings like a Family Holiday or a Church Social etc someone can state their intent to leave and still be within arms length of the door Half an hour Later we call this the "____ County Goodbye"... - that said if it's a small group walking across campus (as per her example) and people peel off from one another it's more likely to be quick
@tangled55 2 жыл бұрын
I laughed throughout this whole video as an American. Never even thought twice about most of this, but it's 100% true, especially the "hi" and "bye" things both socially (in person) and on the phone.
@AlexandraVioletta 2 жыл бұрын
I always wonder why they are so rude saying hello or goodbye. It's very special.
@HeyItsSarah30 3 жыл бұрын
Omg am I dumb??? 😂😭 I literally didn’t know you were SUPPOSED to sleep in the tucked in sheets I thought it was just a thing hotels do to make it look nice when you first get there. Literally NO ONE in my household sleeps in tucked in sheets and nobody makes their bed either 😂😂😂😂
@LeicaM11 3 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@sam-bq7hl 2 жыл бұрын
i think it’s an old fashioned thing
@jeffreysahaida1111 2 жыл бұрын
I've never slept in tucked in sheets since I was a kid and my mom tucked me in... , It's really dangerous if you need to get out of the room because of a fire to sleep in tucked it.
@jltcuba 2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreysahaida1111 it’s dangerous? U must be a very special boy.
@Rayvn7 Жыл бұрын
...Uh yeah... or anywhere.
@mtnshow1 4 жыл бұрын
I'm American. And I can't stand having the bed sheets tucked into the mattress. That's a horrible way to sleep. It feels like you are being vacuum sealed. I'm German when it comes to this.
@Biga101011 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah one of my wife biggest annoyances is when I crawl into bed and rip the sheets out of my side and wrap myself in the blanket. We actually have a king duvet on a queen bed because of it. I don't know why she puts up with me.
@OceanLlamaMedia 4 жыл бұрын
Hotels are the only times I ever experience this as a U.S. citizen. I’ll untuck the bed each time.
@Keltad 4 жыл бұрын
I agreed I hate it.
@iamwhoiam8486 4 жыл бұрын
I never the tuck the sides in, I tuck the bottom of bed under to keep the sheets in place. Why would anyone want to be a sausage wrapped up in bed????
@chloeedmund4350 4 жыл бұрын
Same here. I feel too cold.
@Gjergji311 4 жыл бұрын
I think the “9” difference and the “7” difference is more generally European vs. US than specifically German
@master106 4 жыл бұрын
9 difference yes. 7 difference? Quite a bit of Americans actually put a line through the 7. It depends on the person though.
@ian-hm6cx 4 жыл бұрын
There's actually a decent amount of people who put the dash on their 7's. I do it as well as my chemistry teacher do it
@feuerschlange6374 4 жыл бұрын
I'm Swiss, and i do the 7 and one the American way because i'm lazy, but i do the 9 like an european. I udsally connect the Line of the g with the next letter.
@ismaelolafson2583 3 жыл бұрын
"A Royal Navy commander crashed a nuclear-powered submarine into a large rock in the Red Sea after misreading a number one as seven on a navigational chart..." www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/mar/15/submarine-crash-navy-court-martial You see? That's why it makes sense to have a dash in the number 7 ;)
@maten146 3 жыл бұрын
Most things she says are European things
@DustyTheDog 2 жыл бұрын
I'm American and I was born in 1995. I started school with grade 1 in 2001. I was taught how to write in cursive, even though it was not mandatory to use unless it was that specific lesson time. I kept using it, and it has presented me problems in today's American society. I have like 6 teachers in my family, so there is a HUGE influence to do things "proper." While people older than me generally have no issues reading my handwriting(my penmanship isn't the best), anyone my age or younger has a hard time reading what I write. I find this to be because they dismissed cursive as a relic of the past.
@Milesco Жыл бұрын
That's a shame. I learned cursive in elementary school back in the '70s. It's definitely handy if you're writing more than a few words. They really ought to still teach cursive in schools. (But penmanship is important! Especially when writing in cursive, which is less forgiving than printing.)
@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын
@@Milesco Hell 75 years ago my mother taught us the cursive writing and when we started first grade, that was before kindegarten teacher was all upset that we had to learn to print first !!!! Then learn to write. mom just explained we were ahead of all the other dummies !! There was only 5 of us in the first grade in our remote rural countryside one room school and 13 kids in grade 1 to 8 !!
@Milesco Жыл бұрын
@@wilburfinnigan2142 Heh heh....kind of a similar story for me.... I, too, learned to read and write from an early age (from my mother, who was English), and she would write notes to me in cursive (and making matters worse, her handwriting was atrocious), but despite those challenges, I was still able to read her little notes to me...and when my classmates in kindergarten saw this, they were blown away! 😲 😄
@MichaelNeumannHagelmann 3 жыл бұрын
After living 20 years abroad Germany I still pull out the sheets wherever I go!
@bhg123ful 3 жыл бұрын
I'm American and I can't stand tucking in the sheets! At hotels I always pull out the sheets!
@80sGamerLady 3 жыл бұрын
Me too. I feel claustrophobic and my hips hurt if my feet are bounded by sheets and pulled downward. Ick.
@boho1926 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t make beds. I wash my bedding , but when I get up I leave it so I can lay down and swoop the blanket on the way I want
@jordanbelander589 3 жыл бұрын
I just don't like making my bed. My thoughts are why make the bed when its gonna get messed up again when you sleep
@nthgth 3 жыл бұрын
So that's one tuck, and one no-tuck.
@ravynkat 3 жыл бұрын
SAME
@FairandUnbalanced 4 жыл бұрын
The reason American kids need a pencil, and it used to be only a #2 pencil, for exams is mostly because the exams are scored by machine on a scantron sheet.
@kohakuaiko 4 жыл бұрын
Also pencil was required for math class.
@peaceninja4338 4 жыл бұрын
I miss the smell of those scantrons lol
@jacketrussell 4 жыл бұрын
They use pencils until they become proficient. They can then move on to crayons........
@danielfecklessness2796 4 жыл бұрын
Jack Russell I guess I moved ahead, because I moved on to using my American fingers.
@juliecsp 4 жыл бұрын
We also used pencil so it can be erased, on purpose, during an exam, until we are comfortable with the anwser. Pens are used for all (non-mutiple choice) exams besides maths and sciences.
@Austin_H_1900 10 ай бұрын
I grew up with being “tucked in” meaning laying on the bed with the blankets on top of you and someone tucks it in underneath you so that you are all warm and cozy. There are ways to do it on your own if no one is available or willing (for example being a single adult). I’m American by the way.
@munsters2 2 жыл бұрын
It's always interesting to see how other people do things. Good video.
@garymurphy8119 4 жыл бұрын
This young woman is one of those special people that raises your mood listening to them. I bet even more so in person.
@timelston4260 4 жыл бұрын
@paula A lot of girls are cute, but few are as positive and uplifting as she is. Andrei Jikh is the same way, super uplifting, and he isn't even a cute girl. Positivity is its own quality.
@Myrtone 4 жыл бұрын
@Dan Gingerich Do you know what it is like to take a motion picture of yourself, looking directly at a video camera for however long it takes to film a video? I've heard about differences between looking at a camera and looking at another person.
@ronmeyer5907 4 жыл бұрын
@ Michael Mercer you are bigoted idiot and obviously have traveled nowhere, especially Germany. Hitler and his Nazis fucked up Germany. Most of the world's best scientists came from Germany before, during, and after WWII. The people are harder to get to know at first, especially the guys, but since I am a guy I don't care about the men anyway. The women are wonderful and usually beautiful too, without so many of the usual hangups American women have, i.e. less B.S. and more real fun! It's true Germany is having problems with immigration which is a result of their openness. No junk cars or homes that I ever saw. We can all learn a lot from each other. Maybe you should try not making America Great Again by being a typical Trump bigoted asshole!!
@misanthropicmusings4596 4 жыл бұрын
Its the background music :-)
@misanthropicmusings4596 4 жыл бұрын
@@ronmeyer5907 he's obviously a troll. Don't feed trolls.
@zoom9826 4 жыл бұрын
I’m American, the only time I would have tucked sheets would be in hotels.
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
Be a rebel - untuck them!
@ivespoken8902 4 жыл бұрын
@@angelafriedemann6722 Rebel is the American spirit :)
@victorbruant389 3 жыл бұрын
@@ivespoken8902 Only the Southern ;-)
@ivespoken8902 3 жыл бұрын
@@victorbruant389 tell that to the British empire ;)
@nancyagrimes 2 жыл бұрын
I live in Canada and the shoe thing applies here. Even in your own home on a daily basis, you usually have shoes you wear only inside. However, when you go to someone’s home for a dinner or something, you always take another pair of shoes or even house slippers with you and change in to them. If you are wearing socks, it is okay to take off your shoes and just go around in your socks. This habit is usually year round, but it is especially important in the winter when you wear snow boots.
@edroosa2958 8 ай бұрын
Another nice video. I’m so glad I found your channel. Keep up the good work.
@TheOverlordTank 4 жыл бұрын
They also dont use their thumb when signaling for 3 glasses, which may get them shot
@suadela87 4 жыл бұрын
TheOverlordTank I understood that reference.
@nonamemcgillicutty9585 4 жыл бұрын
Gang violence joke?
@suadela87 4 жыл бұрын
Geoffrey Inglorious Basterd’s reference.
@nonamemcgillicutty9585 4 жыл бұрын
@@suadela87 oh yea, great flick
@johnjohnson1588 4 жыл бұрын
Lost Hugo Shteeglitz getting into a scuffle for ordering drinks the wrong way. What a set up of circumstances for things to happen for that whole scene to go down 😂
@TiannNChong 3 жыл бұрын
The German habit of hugging everyone in the friend group sounds like absolute hell for anyone with social anxiety lmao
@MarshallCross 3 жыл бұрын
there is worse in some cultures: mandatory kiss on cheecks
@CowSaysMooMoo 3 жыл бұрын
"social anxiety" LOL
@johnirby493 3 жыл бұрын
Good way to guarantee Covid 19.
@shaclo1512 3 жыл бұрын
you don‘t have friends when you have social anxiety, so don‘t worry, nobody is gonna hug you 🤷🏻♂️
@foxi8216 3 жыл бұрын
@@shaclo1512 Well I do have social anxiety and I do have friend but I hate it wen they just hug me for like a minute, it makes me so uncomfortable 😂
@Lee-wt4wl Жыл бұрын
I’m am loving learning about German culture. I’m American and really don’t know that much, so thanks for sharing😊. With regards to saying “bye”, I feel like if it’s someone I’m not that close with I go through the speel of “well it was nice talking to you, we’ll have to make plans to see each other” instead of just saying “bye”. Perhaps the difference is because Germans are more formal with people in general where as that’s how I am with people I’m not as close with. With regards to hellos and goodbyes and walking as a group, I honestly wish American society was more like German culture. It seems like I’d feel much more connected with other people if they actually took the time to say hello to me directly. You call Americans more individualistic but I feel like a better term is more isolated, which I think comes from feeling insecure or self absorption 🤷♀️. It makes me wonder how suicide rates in Germany compare to America because so many Americans feel like they don’t fit in and are lonely and it seems like Germans being more connected with each other would help prevent that.
@equolizer Жыл бұрын
Regarding your question about suicide: For 2019 the German suicide rate per 100,000 population was 12.3, for the US it was 16.1. Those numbers vary by state, though, both for Germany and the US. I don't know the reason(s) for the difference, though, but I would guess that that topic is rather complex and can't be attributed to one single cause.
@joeyharris2071 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy I stumbled across your KZfaq channel. My wife is 2nd generation German and many many things you talk about she also does. The house slippers, absolutely 100%, first thing she does when she comes home is shoes off, slippers on. The bed thing I completely relate too. We had quite a few fights about the bed when we were first married. She wraps herself in the blankets, like a burrito, takes all the covers 🤣🤣🤣. We did have to get separate blankets. I love her Germaness!!
@cocob.6150 3 жыл бұрын
The most terrible thing I see in american films: Shoes IN THE BED!!!! IN THE BED!!
@kwbalance108 3 жыл бұрын
Born in America and I can't stand that either. In movies, in games, in REAL LIFE...I simply can't!
@georgiawillis5787 3 жыл бұрын
Wait.. You don't sleep with your shoes on?? Lol
@cocob.6150 3 жыл бұрын
@@georgiawillis5787 Off course, but my feet don't touch my bed! They have to stay outside :-)
@CamdenBloke 3 жыл бұрын
While I don't do it intentionally, I don't think much of it if I flop on my bed and I still have shoes on. My partner freaks out though, and one of my exes did also.
@ANNEWHETSTONE 3 жыл бұрын
Yes this is a travesty!! I noticed that to. Not a Canadian thing that's for sure. Even if they are indoor shoes. Unless they are actual slippers
@jimwhitehead1532 4 жыл бұрын
Military guys in the US often answer their phones with their last name or even the last name and the base they are in. True story: years ago, I called Rome Air Center in NY for a project approval and blessing. Officer Pope answered with: "This is The Pope in Rome." 🤣
@mats7492 4 жыл бұрын
id totally do that to, just for shits and giggles..
@jimwhitehead1532 4 жыл бұрын
@Taylor Turensky The evil telemarketers harass us on a daily basis from around the world calling on false pretenses and so I am not very polite anymore either. It has nothing to do with being in the South.
@1FireyPhoenix 4 жыл бұрын
@Taylor Turensky What part of the south are you from?
@1FireyPhoenix 4 жыл бұрын
@Taylor Turensky East Tennessee, in the Appalachian Mountains (CNF)
@1FireyPhoenix 4 жыл бұрын
@Taylor Turensky No kidding.
@darrellmacdonald8021 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Very interesting and informative.
@jockodog2009 2 жыл бұрын
I learn new things in every one of your videos and it is very entertaining. 🙂😉 I am glad I found your channel!
@rbaron7352 4 жыл бұрын
Also, crossing Z and 7 is very common among scientists. Z is easily confused with 2 and 7 is sometime confused with a badly written 9.
@andrew20146 4 жыл бұрын
Canadian here. I have a dutch dad and started crossing my 7s in high school, I think (for clarity in math). I studied mathematics at university and crossing z's came shortly thereafter. Also taught me to write x's in a more cursive way while printing (maybe to avoid confusion with cross products, etc.?) Also, the shoes in the house thing is maybe more of a northern climate phenomenon. It is unusual in Canada to wear shoes in the house unless the host invites you to (and I still feel weird about walking on carpet with shoes). You get so much schmutz from outside when it snows that no amount of wiping your shoes could adequately dislodge.
@themermaidstale5008 4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes my S and 5 look similar.
@paganbornspiritbear8249 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve always crossed my “z” and “7”. Growing up in NE, it was referred to as “French 7’s and Z’s.”
@BriEva13 4 жыл бұрын
I do that too, copied my Aunt cause I thought it was easier to read. Funnily enough she was born in Germany. 🤷♀️ didn't know that was a different habit, just thought it was nice.
@larryadams5815 4 жыл бұрын
For computer programming, and especially engineering and architectural drawings, more precise and distinctive lettering and numberings are also used in the U.S.
@rich3371 4 жыл бұрын
Another thing Americans do is say "I'm German" or "I'm Irish" when they are actually talking about their heritage
@Southboundpachyderm 4 жыл бұрын
Not just that, but most of those people will be racist idiots who don't understand that germans and irish people were never considered white until years later when they could finally overcome the prejudice towards European races. That or they'll attach themselves to "european" identity without actually understanding how fucking stupid that sounds to anyone living in Europe.
@ericsaxon5736 4 жыл бұрын
@@Southboundpachyderm Or they'll make stupid definitive statements about entire populations who might say, I'm German or I'm Irish. Not everyone who says I'm German or I'm Irish is a racist, and not even MOST, you're an asshole, so do us all a favor and take a long walk of a short pier.
@CamaroSS-sy2ei 4 жыл бұрын
P00NM45T3RFL3XXX I don’t know that it is necessarily stupid to say that you are of European descent. Most Americans are a mix of different backgrounds. For example, it would not be uncommon for a person to have German, Swiss, Irish, and English roots. It would therefore be much more efficient to say in that case that you are of Western European descent.
@sirsteam181 4 жыл бұрын
@@Southboundpachyderm The only peoples That I know were not considered white were the Irish and the Italians not the Germans maybe i'm wrong
@sirsteam181 4 жыл бұрын
@RDE Lutherie it does depends where though in the U.S but usually we simplify things more I'd say
@oliverliebe2028 2 жыл бұрын
It's allways interesting to hear about the differences between Germany and the U.S. Thanks for this video - like to hear more about it.
@stevendinapoli1239 3 жыл бұрын
Always look forward to your videos. U have such a pleasant friendly personality! Be safe, be well!😎👍
@carolinaestigarribia7052 4 жыл бұрын
Ive never met anyone whos liked tucking in their sheets. And “tucking in” a kid in bed is “tucking” the blanket around the frame of the child, not the bed.
@kyliejenner6059 4 жыл бұрын
Carolina Estigarribia I REALLY like that haha
@emmyt9304 4 жыл бұрын
I love my sheets tucked in tight! I can slip in and out and barely have to make my bed!😂
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
@@emmyt9304 You would LOVE sleeping in an asylum. They REALLY know how to tuck you in real tight...
@varisalcido5749 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh when I was little my older sister would “tuck me in” by rolling me up in the blanket like a burrito😂
@nathaniel8791 3 жыл бұрын
I love my bed tucked, your feet never slip out of the blanket 😁
@nettorak 4 жыл бұрын
What?! Tucked in sheets? If I sleep, I am like a burito, I need to wrap myself in my comforter. Also, I wouldn't want to wear shoes any longer than I have to, freedom for my feet! Though if it's cold, I need my thick socks or Hausschuhe, because die sind schön warm.
@liumiao6576 3 жыл бұрын
I wear house shoes
@zee27160 3 жыл бұрын
I’m American and tucked in sheets are a creation of Satan.
@eone3130 3 жыл бұрын
Fakten meine Lieben Fakten
@scotterman8715 3 жыл бұрын
Wrapping up like a burrito is one American version of “tucked in”.
@Pressity1 3 жыл бұрын
American here, and I am definitely one who has to have my sheets untucked! Ew! Can't MOVE when they're tucked in!
@iamlisamovie 2 жыл бұрын
Also eating out at restaurants. Last time I was in Koeln we went out to eat, and it's like they expected us to just sit at the table and converse for like 2 hours when were done. I was finally thinking "Can we go now?" LOL
@rocknroll7065 2 жыл бұрын
Yes part 2 would be awesome
@LilBaws 3 жыл бұрын
As an American, I was actually very surprised to find out that I've been sleeping the German way this entire time. I can see how tucking in might be comfortable but I've gotta cover up my whole body xD
@loualmon4951 2 жыл бұрын
American who sleeps the German way here, too! When under tucked-in sheets, I feel like I'm strapped down to a gurney! Also, I find that sheets with a blanket on top are not breathable, my body heat is overwhelmingly trapped under the sheets, and I overheat. I prefer to wrap myself up ideally in a knitted-yarn Afghan blanket. I stay warm, not sauna-hot, and it's breathable!
@reddillon8425 8 ай бұрын
I’m american and i have never tucked myself in or been tucked in in my life I’m honestly convinced the idea of tucking in is either an OLD thing or it only exists in the movies lol
@misanthropicmusings4596 4 жыл бұрын
I used to be more formal when answering the phone before the age of phone spamming. Now i answer the phone without announcing my name because if you're not a spammer you should know who you're calling.
@ronjones-6977 4 жыл бұрын
If there is no caller ID I just say, "Hello.................too long" and hang up before the bot switches the call to a live person.
@philobot3264 4 жыл бұрын
I still say my name as a way of confirming that they called the right number, or to confirm that the right person is on the phone.. because it could be someone else in the house taking the phone when it rings.
@TheGreatFuckinWorm 4 жыл бұрын
@@philobot3264 If someone doesn't know who I am before they call me, I feel like they dont need to know.
@philobot3264 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreatFuckinWorm what if your daughter picks up your phone?
@LukasTha1 4 жыл бұрын
As a german you will likely never experience a spam call because they are forbidden by law.
@surajsinghmapingart2351 3 жыл бұрын
🙌 your explanation is very well keep it up
@cordeliaface 3 жыл бұрын
I actually switched to a duvet + duvet cover when I was living in apartments. It was so much easier to just wash the duvet cover instead of the entire comforter.
@AaronEdwards 3 жыл бұрын
(American) I do the line through the 7 , however, I was taught the other way. However, I had a classmate who went to The Netherlands for a couple years. When he came back, I noticed the line he put through the 7. I liked it, and so I adopted the practice myself.
@Geopholus 3 жыл бұрын
Ditto bro...
@SenorJuan2023 2 жыл бұрын
I got used to it after being stationed in Germany.
@kappa1990 2 жыл бұрын
Same hear lol, I like how it looks
@AlexandraVioletta 2 жыл бұрын
I sign papers writing my name in American English letters. Very hard to fake in Germany 😁💪🏻
@jenniferh1416 Жыл бұрын
1, 3, 8, and 9 are also a bit different in the Netherlands.
@crusiethmaximuss 4 жыл бұрын
When you are an American who had no idea that you have been writing like a German your whole life... 👀
@Iampatrix 4 жыл бұрын
My 2nd grade teacher was originally from Germany and she taught us to write numbers the German way...I thought it was normal until my grandma started freaking out when she saw me doing homework. She lived through WWll and said that's how Nazi's write heh.
@crusiethmaximuss 4 жыл бұрын
@@Iampatrix 🤓
@davidbeaulieu4815 4 жыл бұрын
@@Iampatrix that's actually really funny. I wasn't aware we used cursive anymore. I havn't done anything but type or text since school. I don't think i actually own a pen.
@Deodrix 4 жыл бұрын
This was great - My dad is from Munich, so this resonated with me. Though my numbers are more like the average American's, I tend to use the German style 7 and null, so as not to confuse 0 with O. I consciously made these choices as I grew up, I feel they are certainly obvious to any reader but do realize I'm weird. I believe also it's easy to confuse the German style 1 with the American 7 so I avoided it. Cheers
@the0ne809 4 жыл бұрын
In Spanish, we wrote the numbers and the letters the same way in Germany with the exception of 1. I used to write Z and 7 the way Germans do. Not anymore.
@dan92677 Жыл бұрын
Part 2? Yas!
@emilysaez3344 3 жыл бұрын
So interesting that you picked up these differences while living in Cincinnati!! We have such a large population of people with German heritage, and honestly I felt like #2-5 were not completely accurate, at least in my family, and with most of my midwest acquaintances. It used to take an hour to leave my Grandma's house because we had to be sure to say goodbye to everyone and hug them, sometimes twice, and I feel the same with most of my Cincinnati friends! We usually do say hello to each person and often hug everyone. With most of my phone calls it takes a few minutes to actually hang up after one of us says "I really should get going..." though we don't answer with our names (except at work I do. I was taught that that is just professional). My family doesn't tuck in our sheets or if we do, we often end up sticking a leg out or rearranging the sheets throughout the night, and none of us wear shoes inside! Just socks. Maybe it has trickled down through my mostly German heritage, and my sister-in-law's (maiden name Volk... my maiden name is Merk, mom's mom was Hager...) but I feel like most households I visited in Cincinnati are similar in greetings and shoe wearing and bed making! Maybe I'll take a poll at work... love your perspective!
@imadumas2 4 жыл бұрын
What an impressive young woman. Amazing grasp of English and language in general - so bright and lovely. Gives me hope for humanity.
@erictaylor5462 4 жыл бұрын
Your story of saying hello reminds me of something my mother did. It's kind of long, but I hope a good story. In the early 80's my mother had traced her ancestry to a small town in the Netherlands. She wrote to a woman in that town in the hope of getting help with research and this woman and my mother ended up becoming friends. Not long after this she and her husband were making a business trip near to where we lived (In SF California) and they arranged for a visit. It's important to understand what sort of person her husband was, imagine the stereotypical Dutch banker. Very serous, very straight, at least publicly. Once we got to know him he dropped the sham and turned into quite a likable person. But that was later. My mother asked where they would be coming into the country. It was in Texas. "Oh, do you speak the language?" "Don't they speak English?" "Oh, no. They speak Texan." Now the Dutch banker was worried. His wife tried to assure him that my mother was just joking, they certainly spoke English in Texas. He said he didn't think my mother was joking as they didn't really know each other, but just before arrival in Texas his wife had him convinced they would indeed speak English. They walked up to the customs officer who greeted them with "Howdy y'all" Horrified that he had just encounter Texan, he asked the guy very slowly, "Do you speak English?" Fast forward 4 years, (1986) and our family travels to visit their family (their kids were just a bit younger than my sister and I). One day the Dutch banker and my mother both had business at the bank. My mother had gotten some real Dutch wooden shoes (they still use(ed) them there) which she wore to walk to the bank. (That's another difference. Americans drive, even if they are just going around the block) When they got to the bank several pairs of wooden shoes were lined up. My mother started taking hers off but the banker said that was not needed. "They are the shoes of farmers. See, they are all muddy." So mom kept the shoes on, walking into the bank. The bank had marble floors and a vaulted ceiling, perfect for amplifying the sound of wooden shoes walking on the floor. It didn't take mom long to notice all activity had stopped as everyone stared at this creation who had the gall to walk into a bank with wooden shoes on. The banker was smiling at her and said, "That was for Texas."
@GamingEntertainment12 4 жыл бұрын
this story is gold
@erictaylor5462 4 жыл бұрын
@@GamingEntertainment12 Thank you.
@chgarciaro 4 жыл бұрын
Nice story, how did your mother reply?
@erictaylor5462 4 жыл бұрын
@@chgarciaro Well, she is a very good sport. She thought it was a great trick.
@torinbrown8196 4 жыл бұрын
OMG THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Yes, caps on purpose!
@jeannemary5616 3 жыл бұрын
My husband and I share a bed but we have our own separate bed covers. No problem with the other person hogging the covers. It works out really well.
@tammyblack2747 3 жыл бұрын
We usually say hello when we answer the phone, not our names. Of course with caller ID nowadays, you usually know who is calling you, so you just greet that person in a more personalized way. Like “Hey so-and-so how’s it going?” Instead of just saying hello.
@franciscodanconia45 4 жыл бұрын
6:53 when they’re saying “Bye Felicia” they mean something entirely different.
@mharris2849 4 жыл бұрын
😭
@obama7325 4 жыл бұрын
lmao
@kiradotee 4 жыл бұрын
Didn't get it. 😟
@franciscodanconia45 4 жыл бұрын
vitali it’s an American slang term among young adults. See the movie “Straight Outta Compton.” The phrase is meant to be used abruptly/dismissively as in the darkly funny scene in the movie.
@TheQueenofScream4 4 жыл бұрын
Francisco d’Anconia and in the movie Friday
@tomlawhon6515 4 жыл бұрын
The way you as a German wrote the numeral four is close to an optional way Americans write four, except Americans extend both the verticle line and the oblique line so the lines meet at the Apex.
@johnbeck9997 9 ай бұрын
Feli, I watch your videos to see your enthusiasm and energy. It is good to get an honest perspective about two sides. I wish you the best. YOu should be able to take your energy and intelligence into other advertising areas.
@johnsavard7583 3 жыл бұрын
I write the 4 with a closed top, like printing. Incidentally, we use the term "handwriting" only for cursive; what you are calling handwriting is what we call printing as distinguished from writing.
@JonahNelson7 2 жыл бұрын
That must be regional. Handwriting to my American ears can refer to print and cursive
@davew3935 4 жыл бұрын
As an American, I hate tucking in the sheets. My wife tucks her side, I leave mine untucked!
@campyhub 4 жыл бұрын
Don't you use a duvet? I didn't learn about those until I went to Germany.
@80sGamerLady 4 жыл бұрын
I hate tucked in sheets, they make me feel like I'm in a straight jacket. I have a fear of confinement.
@LiveFreeOrDieDH 4 жыл бұрын
I hate the feeling of tucked sheets too! First thing I do when I check into a hotel room is pull the sheets out 😛
@FORTRAN4ever 4 жыл бұрын
I started writing a "z"with a slash through it in high school while taking Algebra I. It was a must working in IT.
@tiagofrancisco6955 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah same with me
@ianbunch1583 4 жыл бұрын
Had enough mixing your 2's and Z's?
@tiagofrancisco6955 4 жыл бұрын
@@ianbunch1583 in my case yes
@Andy-hi9do 4 жыл бұрын
I started writing Z and 7 with lines through it in elementary school bc my dad told me to. Hes a engineer. When I went to my math AP classes and college. I finally understood why he made me do it.
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
@@Andy-hi9do Your dad, "he's" "an" engineer...
@diydame7163 3 жыл бұрын
I’m an American who spends half of my time in Germany. I have not yet learned German but you said something in this video that blew my mind. When Germans say goodbye, as you rightfully mentioned and thankfully typed on the screen, they apparently say the word “tschuss” and I did not realize this. Because the word when you say it sounds like “cheers”. I think the Brits also say cheers so I did wonder if the Germans picked up this word as general European English. But no- I am shocked now it is a totally different German word. Another thing you mentioned which at first did really confuse me was how Germans write 1 and 9. Totally agree on this point! But you didn’t mention the difference in number punctuation. As such, Americans write 1,200.50 (one thousand two hundred dollars and fifty cents for example) while Germans write 1.200,50. The punctuation is basically flipped. 🤣🤣
@helgekumpfert4011 Жыл бұрын
That's right, the two words sound similar, but have very different origins. The German "Tschüss" is a modified form of the French farewell greeting "adieu" ("God be with you") - it became part of the colloquial language more than 200 years ago, when Napoleon's troops occupied Germany. "Cheers" instead derives from the Latin word "cara" (meaning "face") and is probably the last remnant of an early medieval greeting formula, such as "may your face always be happy".
@thatoneperson9002 Жыл бұрын
Wait but can you use cheers or prost or whatever it is, to say bye in German? Is it not just only used for like drinks
@helgekumpfert4011 Жыл бұрын
@@thatoneperson9002 , no, you can't. See my post above.
@thatoneperson9002 Жыл бұрын
@@helgekumpfert4011 rights no, I was confused because I thought that saying cheers as bye was strictly an English thing but it is, i just read it wrong lol
@MsMissChievous 10 ай бұрын
In the UK, we use ‘cheers’ as ‘prost’, i.e. to cheer good health when we’re having a drink with others, and we also use it (very commonly) to say ‘thank you’/‘thanks’, but never to say ‘goodbye’. ‘Goodbye’ is usually ‘bye’, or ‘see you’, or maybe ‘cheerio’, or ‘ta-ra’, depending on the age of the person and where they are from.
@kms250 2 жыл бұрын
What we found funny about German bedding was the wood down the middle of the mattress! We quickly got an American style mattress! Glad you like them better!
@ChristopherX30 11 ай бұрын
That middle wood is the absolute worst!!!
@alienboi9498 4 жыл бұрын
I’m an American, most of my household take off their shoes when coming in. Except my father lol I walk around the house barefoot, I don’t like socks all that much.
@r.s.fletcher7066 3 жыл бұрын
I'm too lazy to put them on
@CadeD679 3 жыл бұрын
Same here! It is to keep the floors clean.
@HyperSnap01 3 жыл бұрын
Walking only in Shorts in my hpousehold^^ to lazy for put on somthing^^
@michelleevans5531 3 жыл бұрын
Unless, your yorkie tracks those goat head stickers in the house! The ones that feel like you stepped on broken glass or a sewing needle!
@Pressity1 3 жыл бұрын
It's gotta be pretty cold for me to wear socks without "shoes." I own sheepskin ugg style boots, and two pairs of Birkenstocks. One pair of Gizeh for summer, and a pair of Arizona for the transition weather in Spring and Fall so that I can wear socks with them. The boots really only come out during snow and slush, that's it!
@bob_._. 4 жыл бұрын
When I was in school they taught us two ways to make a 4 and let us individually choose which to use; the way the kids showed you, and the triangular form.
@suedenim 4 жыл бұрын
I always used the triangular form because that's how the Fantastic Four do it. Until I had a temp job doing data coding where the other form was mandatory.
@JosephWiess 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a left handed person, so most of my life, my writing has been somewhat unreadable. That all changed when I learned calligraphy. Now, I write like a German
@ronmeyer5907 4 жыл бұрын
Look at the typed four..it is always typed as 4, closed top and never open. You will never see any American scientist or engineer ever use an open top 4. All drafting and engineering classes teach closed fours, i.e. 4. An open four is almost always used by undereducated people or elementary school teachers.
@wclark3196 4 жыл бұрын
@@ronmeyer5907 Unlike the triangle-4, which is almost always used by Internet assholes.
@DavidSmith-sb2ix 4 жыл бұрын
@@wclark3196 And people who made it through elementary school where it was taught.
@ASMRCoop 3 жыл бұрын
As a student who studied abroad in Freiburg, Germany, the bedding in my apartment was one of the things that surprised me the most. The duvet was not nearly big enough to cover my whole body and there were flat square pillows. Also, the bed was part of the Wardrobe and low to the floor, which was so odd and doesn't really exist in the US. Luckily I brought my own pillow and the bed was still nice and comfy🙌🏻😌
@CamdenBloke 3 жыл бұрын
Some hotels have a 'turn down' service where they will untuck and unfold the sheets on your bed for you to prepare for your entry.
@erictaylor5462 4 жыл бұрын
4:30 when I was in school we not only had to use a pencil, we specifically had to use a #2 pencil. The exams were set up to be read by computer, and we had to fill in little circles so the computer could read it. I think it was called "scantron." it seems everything in the 80's was something "tron" Even a movie was called "Tron"
@JohnSmith-nz4bn 4 жыл бұрын
Haha oh yeah! Different pencils for different things! Same as here in Australia.
@gregoryk.9815 4 жыл бұрын
Most college classes still use the Scantron machine. It saves the professor time on grading.
@erictaylor5462 4 жыл бұрын
@@gregoryk.9815 At least I remembered the name correctly. Hard to believe they use the same system without updating it in 35 years.
@gregoryk.9815 4 жыл бұрын
@@erictaylor5462 nope infact they are the original machines bought in the 80's my college has started to print the cards themselves because they are unavailable anymore.
@erictaylor5462 4 жыл бұрын
@@gregoryk.9815 Where do you go to school? What are you paying for tuition?
@c17nav 3 жыл бұрын
I learned a long time ago in physics and advanced math classes to use the horizontal slash in the z and the 7, the serif form of 1, a diagonal slash (upper right to lower left) for the number 0, and the left curl for 9. When handwriting equations, the slashed z (upper- or lowercase) prevents confusion with the number 2. Similarly, the slashed 7 and serif 1 look much different from a lowercase letter l. The slashed number 0 looks much different from the letter O. In early dot matrix printers, there was often a DIP switch to enable the slash 0.
@Aragorn450 3 жыл бұрын
In response to the pencils being used in school and even on tests (someone else may have said this already, so sorry if it's a repeat): When I was in school, many of our standardized tests that were given across the state to all schools were multiple choice and then machine read to grade them. We were always instructed to use a #2 pencil and to fully fill in the bubble of our answer, otherwise the machine may not read it correctly. So at least when I was in school (which was in the 80's and early 90's), that's why we used them. My sister is a school teacher of 4th grade in a private school and her students also use pencil for their homework. As far as being able to change school work, most of mine and my sister's school's too, is turned in to the teacher and then graded by them. So it doesn't matter if the student can change since it is no longer in their possession. Some things are graded in the class, but most of those are low grade things and more for practice than anything.
@corvus1374 4 жыл бұрын
As a computer programmer, I was taught to draw a line through my sevens to make sure that people who typed in my code didn't mistake it for a one. I don't give out my name when I answer the phone because I figure if the person knows who they're calling, they'll know who they're talking to, but if they don't know who they're calling, they don't need to know my name till I found out what they want. I have had people say, "Who is this?" and I say, "Whom were you trying to reach?"
@marc68521 4 жыл бұрын
When I get asked who is this I ask well who am I speaking with unless I know the voice. A couple of times people that have called me got offended because I asked them before answering so I hang up on them. Anyone that was trying to get in contact with me wouldn’t get frustrated that easily.
@jimpatterson5524 4 жыл бұрын
don't forget the line through the zero. It makes clear that it is a zero and not a capital "O" (letter) in an alphanumeric string.
@patrickjohnson3862 4 жыл бұрын
@@marc68521 I've always been taught that whenever calling someone, its polite to introduce yourself first and then ask for the person you're trying to reach
@LadyAbstracted 4 жыл бұрын
Omg yes the 1 7 difference! I once stayed at a hostel in München and returned to the front desk at least twice because I thought the key card wasn‘t working. Turned out I was just at the wrong room because the 1 looked like a 7 to me. 🙃
@80sGamerLady 4 жыл бұрын
I work for a state and process and interview people. Some come from other countries and fill our those paper applications and some people in Asian like to put their numbers very curly. And I even ran across a German American who wrote her numbers the German way. I actually write my 7s like she did but I was confused on the 1s until a quick search of her state ID showed her address.
@str.77 3 жыл бұрын
5:10 There used to be pencil sharpener that could attach to a desk in Germany. It had a crank handle and little drawer to collect the debris.
@jamesegan4326 2 жыл бұрын
OMG, coming from the UK, I never realised about the tucking in of the sheets. Your so right, I always untuck them and the hotels never have quilts like in Europe.
@miaannaking4269 3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm from the Czech republic and the most of the things are actually very similar to the german way ! (The handwriting is usually individual, but the stuff about school is identical 😅.)
@Cjnw 3 жыл бұрын
*Tschechien* is the German name for Czechia, the Czech Republic.
@miaannaking4269 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cjnw cool! I actually knew that 😅. I am learning German for like one year already. Thanks. 😊
@ayesha36 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cjnw And the Czech for Germany means "country of mute speakers" or so, right?
@80psu 3 жыл бұрын
@@ayesha36 correct ;)
@soniar.2781 2 жыл бұрын
Same in Russia - very similar to the German way...
@semipenguin 4 жыл бұрын
These are cool things. I can't stand having my sheets tucked into the bed. I pull them out and wrap myself up in the linen and blankets. The colder it is in the room, the better. Also, growing up in a Latino culture, when you arrived at a family member's home, you went around and said hello to everyone.
@BillGraper 4 жыл бұрын
I don't like the sheets tucked, either. It's too restrictive. I think this varies in the USA, but we mostly just tuck the sheets when we "make the bed" after we get up. I don't even do that. Why make the bed, when you just have to "un-make" it at night. If you're expecting company, then the bed should be made.
@80sGamerLady 4 жыл бұрын
I hate having a sheets tucked in. I have a fear of confinement and I feel like I'm in a straight jacket.
@jasonsomething6003 Жыл бұрын
Yeah the tucking thing with the mattress, I have never slept that way! I like loose covers to cocoon myself into. I always pull the sheets out from the mattress!
@Calphool222 3 жыл бұрын
The exchange student who lived with us from Spain wrote his numerals like you do. We also use the slash in the 7 in engineering fields (we also put a slash in the zero).
@edwardfala7723 4 жыл бұрын
We don't wear shoes in my house. Saying that, there is absolutely no way I am wearing guest slippers in someone's elses house, that grosses me out completely.
@Teufelspentagramm 3 жыл бұрын
As a German, wearing guest slippers was requested of me a lot when I was a kid visiting friends and it completely grossed me out already then. I mean, those things have been worn by every other guest and you wouldn't share your normal shoes with strangers...
@robinbirdj743 3 жыл бұрын
LOL. I went to Selb ( a German town near Czechia) and wore the Hausschuhe, and by the time we were leaving, had forgotten I had them on They were more comfortable and fit better than my own shoes. To think I would have missed out on the BEST shoe experience of my life if I had been as squeamish as you are :))
@edwardfala7723 3 жыл бұрын
@@Teufelspentagramm Agree 100%.
@edwardfala7723 3 жыл бұрын
@@robinbirdj743 Feet are nasty, including my own. My daughter's feet are the only ones I can tolerate.
@thomasborders6882 3 жыл бұрын
@@edwardfala7723 that's a fairly creepy comment...
@fred5784 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone I know expect you to say bye when leaving a social gathering. If you don’t, when people notice you left, they will comment on your not saying goodbye. You don’t have to say it to everyone, but you do have to hit the key people, such as the host/hostess.
@FelifromGermany 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, in Germany it is common to go to everyone.
@daddio7249 3 жыл бұрын
Most people I know, including me, just leave when they get ready to go. No one cares, it's not like we are leaving the country.
@wilsonlecafindo1539 2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh... this information effected my design for sure... I will put notice on how germans and american use/like their beds Thank you
@christianfischer9971 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! It is amazing the differences between German and American cultures. I think phone etiquette is fading, and people rely on messaging and social media. I have noticed a rise in social anxiety in recent years. Also, I believe the way we say hello and goodbye evolve through generations. I’m always excited to say, “ Hey, how are you doing? How is your family?” I believe it’s proper before departing ways, to say, I’ll see you tomorrow, have an amazing day, we’ll have to meet again sometime, etc. I grew up drinking afternoon hot tea with my grandma, and I continue the tradition. When I invite people over, I always offer food or tea. Number two pencils are required in grammar school. Unfortunately, cursive is no longer taught. The US adapted the common core, which affected the way curriculum is taught. Many parents complain, because they struggle helping with homework. Sending positive vibes your way! Christian
@ennovyrose 3 жыл бұрын
omg. The BYE part is so true. XD I also noticed “mmm-bye” and wondered why that is a thing (mmm-bop? mmm-bye? a softened, less angry “bye”?) hahaha ^^’ I miss the sing-songy TSCHÜSS, Tschüssi, Tschüssikowski... Even “Auf Wiederhör’n!” is kinda sung. I miss that. I’m gonna sing my goodbyes now. LOL
@adamplitko2101 4 жыл бұрын
My Dad was from Germany moved to the US when he was 17, and never lost his accent. You have very little accent! BTW Your eyes are like hunter green soooo pretty!
@pep590 4 жыл бұрын
I agree Adam. It's truly amazing beyond belief.
@betsysingh-anand3228 4 жыл бұрын
My ex completely lost his German accent - and it was funny to hear him speak German with an American accent
@dracokolja349 Жыл бұрын
Hugging everyone or greeting them individually is something you do on a birthday or when someone is visiting, but not otherwise
@kkeekins1 Жыл бұрын
I’ve definitely used the phrase “tuck you in” with my kids, but I’ve never actually tucked them into their beds! I don’t know and have never heard of anyone that likes to sleep with their sheets or covers tucked in around them, we just make our beds that way so they look neat and tidy, no sheets or blankets hanging out from under the comforter! My husband does like to wrap covers around him but I hate that confined feeling, I like them loose on top of me, and definitely never over my head, my husband does that too sometimes.
@MellonVegan 4 жыл бұрын
"German 9 looks like a g" *continues to write 9 like a q*
@ianbunch1583 4 жыл бұрын
Most Americans draw their 'q's with a hook swinging to the right at the bottom.
@boy-xu3sv 4 жыл бұрын
@@ianbunch1583 Yeah, what you said chief!
@lonetrader1 4 жыл бұрын
That's just a backwards p......
@kyliejenner6059 4 жыл бұрын
but a 9 is on the line, and a g goes below the line
@RedDragonShard 4 жыл бұрын
From Southern US here: while I can’t compare to Germans, you generally still don’t leave in the middle of most conversations, you typically end up still doing a more formal goodbye, though on college campuses this tends to be more like what you’re saying.
@viviank8190 4 жыл бұрын
RedDragonShard Southern hospitality will definitely keep you another 20 minutes to say goodbye to everyone at a party
@burkholder1992 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah not so much in the north. It’s mostly just a goodbye and maybe quick hug to a friend closest to you
@leslieannepalermo7155 4 жыл бұрын
@@burkholder1992 In the North if the group of people are all very close to each other the goodbyes will be longer. I really don’t think that there are regional differences in the U.S. on how people say goodbye. Although many years ago I was with another friend visiting someone in the MidWest, we went to a bar and my friends acquaintance at the bar didn’t want us to leave. She was very sweet about it when she said “Are you sure you have to go now?”I didn’t expect that response from someone who I had just met at the time.
@jenniferh1416 Жыл бұрын
While in a Dutch high school, there wasn't a large classroom pencil sharpener. Students had their own sharpener for their pencils which the kept in a pencil bag with pens. This was tucked in a school bag or backpack. #2 is standard pencil in the U.S. HB was the equivalent in the Netherlands. There were no school buses. Most students rode a bike to school. A few had a bromfiets or motorized scooter. Rarely would an 18 year old student have access to a car.
@MrGourdman1 Жыл бұрын
Feli, I have German ancestry from Bavaria on my father side so it’s fun to watch your videos. I never tuck in the sheets in my bed-I feel confined when I do and I always take my shoes off and wear slippers when I’m in the house. Must be my German ancestry. Thanks so much for your videos. Brent
@bramjoziasse 4 жыл бұрын
I really like your channel! I moved to the USA last week and as a Dutchie it's quite usefull to watch your videos!
@From-North-Jersey 4 жыл бұрын
When it comes to answering landline phones most Americans will simply pick up the phone and say "Hello" A greeting like "Hello, Smith residence" usually only happened when someone had company and could not answer the phone at that moment and asked a guest if they could answer for them. That way the person on the other end of the line would know they called the right number even though they didn't recognize the voice that answered.
@pjohnson179 4 жыл бұрын
As an American child, at home we always answered just using our last name. "Johnson's"
@karlamackey4675 4 жыл бұрын
I wish everyone would say that. I'm a telemarketer and it is so rude to let me go through the whole offer and then say "I'm not the homeowner and you'll have to talk to them " People, please be upfront right from the start. "Hello, Smith residents, I'm Sue the babysitter " That would be so thoughtful to the caller.
@nowthatsjustducky 4 жыл бұрын
@@karlamackey4675 Well, those unsolicited calls are pretty rude themselves. As soon as I know you are a telemarketer, I will simply hang up without saying a word, and block your number. If it is a number I don't recognize and no voicemail is left, I block as well.
@silvadelshaladin 4 жыл бұрын
@@nowthatsjustducky You do know that the significant majority of telemarketers spoof numbers these days and that number you blocked probably is invalid or some random person they decided to use the phone number of. Usually they use your exchange your first 3 digits - random next 4.
@MarvinCZ 4 жыл бұрын
@@karlamackey4675 Telemarketers are one of the reasons I don't say my name when picking up the phone. You have no business calling me and you're not welcome. Unsolicited marketing calls are actually illegal in my country.
@karynbee3856 3 жыл бұрын
I love your channel. My maiden name is Kepler, so I am a tad bit German as well. 🤩 I love learning about my ancestors and how they may have viewed life. Thanks again for sharing a German perspective in life. 😇
@bloqk16 2 жыл бұрын
In the winter months I had sleep issues until I adopted the German way of loosening up the blankets and comforter with having them untucked; where I found myself sleeping a lot more soundly when the blankets/comforter "give" with my movements in bed.
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