5 Things Americans Do Differently Than Germans (Part 3) | Feli from Germany
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@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын
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@crystalprincess3003 3 жыл бұрын
I'm left handed so I do it opposite but yeah no one holds on to the knife after cutting
@Hollul 3 жыл бұрын
Ich wechsel auch häufig die Gabel. Ich kann einfach mit der Gabel in der rechten Hand besser umgehen. Und dass die Woche sonntags beginnt macht insofern Sinn, da Mittwoch nur die Mitte der Woche ist, wenn die Woche mit Sonntag beginnt ;)
@MarkMcKee1963 3 жыл бұрын
Beer in the U.S. is usually served ice cold because it isn’t very good. Macro brewed beer tastes awful when it gets slightly warmer, while Micro Brewed Beer and European Beers have a better overall taste and as they get “warmer” tend to keep their flavor or actually get better. I have a European friend who has a German father and French mother, and his wife is Italian. They have both recently become U.S. citizens, after living here for quite some time. We have discussed the differences in European culture at great length. It’s fun to see your take on some of these differences.
@adamg1058 3 жыл бұрын
In New England, most of us use our silverware like you do in Europe. Personally, I'm right handed so the fork stays in my right hand.
@robertgary3561 3 жыл бұрын
@@adamg1058 I was raised that the European way was too eager. It looks like how a workman who's trying to gobble during a work shift would eat. I had to learn a lot of table etiquette as a kid and the European way was considered unsophisticated. In fact you also could only take 4 bites before setting all your stuff down. Again, not doing that made it seem like you were either rushing or uncouth.
@arcaneimplements142 3 жыл бұрын
Lol in Canada when someone says thank you we practically have to reply with a speech, "Oh yeah, no worries buddy. Of course, not a problem. Any Time... " etc..
@mats7492 3 жыл бұрын
And then apologize profusely for no reason
@geoffpriestley7001 3 жыл бұрын
No worries nz use that phrase as well
@jamesbinns8528 3 жыл бұрын
"Courtesy is what greases the wheels of civilization. "
@sadee1287 3 жыл бұрын
I've always said "you're welcome," it would feel rude not to...
@tinaschafer7780 3 жыл бұрын
@@mats7492 Canada is the most Asian country in the western world. XD
@griffenschwiesow1530 3 жыл бұрын
I think we Americans still conceptualize Monday as the beginning of the week but our calendars just start on Sunday and we don’t think about it 🤷🏼♂️
@woodbutcherjohn 2 жыл бұрын
Saturday and Sunday are the weekend in the US as well. They are on opposite ends of the week.
@divyangvaidya9675 2 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@elimalinsky7069 2 жыл бұрын
That is because the Sabbath is the seventh day in the Bible, and the Sabbath corresponds to Saturday, so I think the reason for it is religious, since America is more religious than most European countries.
@switchfoot19802000 2 жыл бұрын
@@elimalinsky7069 yeah we could seriously do more. Without religious, mental indoctrination, and mental slavery in this country. But thousands of years ago, sabbath was moved to Saturday. So sunday could be the, sun worshippers day.
@jimmypacheco444 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you covered the ice in the drink difference. I moved to Germany as a 12 year old, step dad was in the army. We did not live on post but in an apartment on what I refer to as "the German economy". Quite a culture shock when we went out for our first dinner at a restaurant and my soda came with NO ice. It was relatively warm in my opinion and asked the waitress if I could have some ice. She came back with a pair of scissors and a pouch. She cut the edge off and squeezed ONE solitary cube of ice into my drink. I can still remember looking up at her and asking "could I have another cube please"
@davidhall7275 11 ай бұрын
Another? Sounds like modern Oliver Twist.
@williambrown2830 2 ай бұрын
Germans, not all of them, drink their beer and other beverages " rodeo cold". That means almost room temperature and they also have beer breaks at work.
@andersbonde2593 3 жыл бұрын
The English-but-recorded-in-Germany-sketch with Freddie Finton and May Warden from the early/mid 1960s "dinner for one" is also a very important tradition on New Years Eve in Denmark!
@KB4QAA 3 жыл бұрын
Never heard of it.
@linusfotograf 3 жыл бұрын
As is it in Sweden. We call it Grevinnan och betjänten
@lakrids-pibe 2 жыл бұрын
90-års-fødselsdagen
@Kameliius 3 жыл бұрын
Here in Austria, the so called "holy week" starts on Sunday while the "business week" starts on Monday
@frogstamper 3 жыл бұрын
Same in the UK but there are not many "holy" people left now so Monday is the start of the week for most.
@vladirackpubama6785 3 жыл бұрын
Noch nie von der "Heilligen Woche" gehört, lebe aber in Wien, vllt ist es hier anders als in kleineren Orten.
@Kameliius 3 жыл бұрын
@@vladirackpubama6785 Es ist nur die englische "Übersetzung" dieser Woche, sie heißt anders, nur fällt es mir nicht ein wie
@Gnomelotte 3 жыл бұрын
In the Netherlands the calendar starts on Sunday, while the more business/study orientated agendas start on Monday.
@d4n4nable 3 жыл бұрын
@@vladirackpubama6785 A net.
@kellyhammons2496 3 жыл бұрын
I’m from the southern part of the US. We always say you’re welcome. It’s considered rude not to. We also shoot fireworks for New Years. It’s very hot here, so air conditioning is a must and the temperature is usually set around 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Please do a video on the differences in food... American food VS German food.
@avengingmime Жыл бұрын
I've noticed New Year's fireworks becoming more common every year, perhaps because in the western states where I spend a lot of time they're permanently or temporarily banned during the summer on account of the horrific wildfire risk.
@klasseact6663 3 жыл бұрын
I don't care what the calendar says, the week starts on Monday. As far as the cutlery goes, go with what feels right👍👍
@Ralphieboy 3 жыл бұрын
Biblically, God rested on the Seventh Day. And God being Jewish (at the time) his Day of Rest was Saturday.
@jesuszamora6949 3 жыл бұрын
The cutlery thing was weird to me. I mostly do it her way and have never seen any different, other than when prepping for kids. Must be a regional thing.
@jamesbinns8528 3 жыл бұрын
@@jesuszamora6949 Americans --- almost all Americans eat as was described by switching utensils from one hand to the other. More annoying and disgusting to me, is that most Americans don't understand how to use the small butter knife that is with the stick of butter. That knife is NOT for spreading butter but simply transferring butter to one's plate.
@Quarton 3 жыл бұрын
@@Klust413 That's exactly what I do! I've been asked, "Are you left-handed?" (I do some things right-handed, and other things left-handed.)
@judyperri9496 2 жыл бұрын
Wow you sound like a snob So sorry we offend you so much Get over it!
@miguelangelsandoval9850 3 жыл бұрын
It was funny the first time I ordered a drink with ice in Europe, I got like two small pieces of ice in my drink. So the next time I asked for a lot of ice in my drink and all I got was like four small pieces of ice in my drink. 😂 Another occasion, I was in Greece on a very hot day. This little kid was selling cold bottled water out of this small refrigerator on the street just outside a little market. I asked for one bottle of water and the little kid opens the sliding door to find out that there's only one bottle of water and most of the bottle it's frozen. Then he tells me that there's no more water, so I inquire about the bottle inside the refrigerator. He responds that the water is not good. So, I tell him, " YES!" it is good. He looks at me a little confused and says in broken English "Water good...?" I replied to him , " YES!!! actually it's perfect" So, he put a big smile, hands me the water with one hand and he extends his other hand asking for payment. We both were very happy!
@Ralphieboy 3 жыл бұрын
Germans will tell you that ice cubes in your drink will cause you to contract stomach cancer and die slowly and in great pain...
@frogstamper 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ralphieboy The Chinese will definitely tell you that...try getting a drink with ice in China.
@Ralphieboy 3 жыл бұрын
Russians, too. Heck, when they pour cold milk from the fridge, they let it "temper" on the windowsill for 20 minutes before drinking...
@adamhenry6754 3 жыл бұрын
That’s a cute story
@Aleks-M 3 жыл бұрын
I believe it comes down to the predominant climate a culture lives in - in countries with a longer colder part of the year, hot drinks would be valued more, and anything cooled down on purpose would be looked upon suspiciously. The USA is located much more to the south compared to Europe (and definitely to Russia), with much higher mean temperatures throughout the year, in most of the country, so (extra-)cooled drinks could become like a tradition in the whole country. But I must admit, two things don't fit into this theory: 1) why ice in drinks in winter? 2) China is located even more to the south than the USA (northern lat. 54° to 18° (!!!), compared to US 47° to 25° - not counting Alaska and Hawaii) - yet iced drinks are no-nos in China, too...
@neoderjunge6623 3 жыл бұрын
In Austria we also have the "Donauwalzer" (Blue Danube Waltz) on midnight. All radio station play it after midnight (the long version 12 minutes long), so you find a dance partner or a few, becouse 12 minutes is long time and sometime you dance in the middle of the street and the music comes from everywhere.
@scottgray4623 3 жыл бұрын
I sincerely hope any Austrian aboard the ISS would play that and also realize the coincidence with 2001: A Space Odyssey. 😁
@MiaMizuno 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my! When the corona Situation comes to a "New normal" in the future and travelling will be okay again, I go visit Austria again! I love your Café culture! Also your food ❤️ Greetings from Bavaria 😁
@ryanfay1 3 жыл бұрын
@Sean Rooney I’ll be back
@andreasrehn7454 3 жыл бұрын
Is this Strauss son?
@tinaschafer7780 3 жыл бұрын
Ohhh, ich muss Silvester unbedingt mal nach Wien! Hab nicht Fernweh, hab Wienweh. Fühle mich dort wie Zuhause, nur besser.
@robz.3225 3 жыл бұрын
When I was in Germany everyone kept asking me if I got a sore throat with all the ice I drank.
@danclay8229 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe Europeans don't realize we actually eat the ice. Or a lot of us do any way.
@scottfrench4139 2 жыл бұрын
I always have to ask for ice to fill the glass, because they'll give you one ice cube.
@elliebarry6188 3 жыл бұрын
I love using a Monday start calendar. It keeps our weekends on the same line. It makes way more sense. I’m so glad I visited Germany to learn that.
@bluevol1976 3 жыл бұрын
I think we can both agree in the US and Germany that we will be happy to kiss 2020 good bye.
@HalfEye79 3 жыл бұрын
On Silvester you can watch "Dinner for One" nearly the whole day repeatedly.
@WienerVL 3 жыл бұрын
Yes but only the original! I absolut dont like this germanizist versions!
@HalfEye79 3 жыл бұрын
@@WienerVL It is a german production.
@WienerVL 3 жыл бұрын
@@HalfEye79 I know but Freddie Frinton brought it from UK and its in englsh!
@HalfEye79 3 жыл бұрын
@@WienerVL Thats right. I just read about it in the wikipedia-article.
@grahamlive 3 жыл бұрын
When did this tradition start? I find it hilarious that you watch the exact same thing year after year. In Scotland we do this too with a programme called "Only an Excuse?" but a new episode is made each year. It's utter rubbish and it gets worse every year but we watch it anyway. Haha. Maybe in the hope that. "It might be good this year". (It never is). lol
@wolfganghertwig3865 3 жыл бұрын
"again what learned" ;-) ... greetings from Germany
@MyTubeSVp 3 жыл бұрын
Not a German, but I get that. Funny !
@DramaQueenMalena 3 жыл бұрын
@@MyTubeSVp Wow. I'm impressed.
@danielvanr.8681 3 жыл бұрын
"Wieder (et)was gelernt" ... hehe, nice one! 😎🍻
@MyTubeSVp 3 жыл бұрын
@@DramaQueenMalena In my language “weer wat geleerd”. 😉
@DramaQueenMalena 3 жыл бұрын
@@MyTubeSVp Dutch? In my language: Wider öppis glehrt (Swiss German)
@TroyKC 3 жыл бұрын
Well, here's where Cherokee native language and German traditions meet. Danisdayohihv’i (dah neess dah yo hee hunh ee) is a way to say Merry Christmas in Cherokee and it means "they were shooting" (this was guns but later fireworks) in the Oklahoma dialect they say it a little differently and has more of the meaning like ... "the time when they shoot firecrackers" because apparently Americans of European background in the 1800s used to celebrate Christmas and New Years by firing guns in the air and then later on ... with fireworks. There was a very famous Cherokee chief who was half German and his name was TahChee or DahJee (j as in just) which is the Cherokee word for German .... Deutsch... Dutchee. Sorry for the long comment.
@deninevh 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it, never apologize for teaching!
@Lena-eq5hd 3 жыл бұрын
I think that's super interesting:)
@tinaschafer7780 3 жыл бұрын
As I read TahChee or DahJee I thought it sounds like "Datschi". In German we pronounce a "i" like an American "e". BTW Datschi is actually a swabian word for a delicious south German version of a plum tarte. XD
@r.b.7808 3 жыл бұрын
It really was a German tradition. I remember my grandma told me about how Christmas was when she was a child. They had a soup and afterwards her father shot in the air.
@ajaxfernsby4078 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, very interesting.
@Nikioko 3 жыл бұрын
The week traditionally starts with Sunday (hence Mittwoch for the middle of the week), but according to ISO 8601, the week starts with Monday. That also fits better to the term "weekend" when Saturday and Sunday are the actual end of the week.
@RayyMusik 2 жыл бұрын
In Europe the week used to start on Sunday as well until some decades ago.
@Nikioko 2 жыл бұрын
@@RayyMusik Until 1975. Then DIN 1355-1 changed it.
@joshuaboelsche7684 3 жыл бұрын
This woman is so pleasant and articulant. I'm not even particularly interested in German culture, I just love watching her talk
@tfinzel 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@sojolly 3 жыл бұрын
She can light up a room with her smile!
@dudley7540 3 жыл бұрын
I know! Or you can turn the volume down and have ASMR.
@limericklad2000 3 жыл бұрын
Articulant isnt a word. Irony much?
@tommay6590 3 жыл бұрын
Wirklich Herr Bölsche?
@demonschnauzer1555 2 жыл бұрын
You're so right about the ice thing. I'm from the US, and I've been saying everything you said my whole life. It's so baffling watching people go up and intentionally put a bunch of ice in their drink, to me it feels like if you got an opportunity to fill a box with candy, and then you went up to the "candy" machine and decided to random fill half your box with styrofoam.
@norbertvogt3035 3 жыл бұрын
Klassisch! I’m in the U.S. for 21yrs now and am still struggling with everything you described. Tolles Video, mach weiter so!
@ashleyhanks9608 3 жыл бұрын
German new year's sounds like a typical South Carolina holiday. State laws. We can buy and sell fireworks all year. We have stores that only sell fireworks.
@user-ht9ej1fm1z 3 жыл бұрын
Learning German as a fourth language. I like the way these videos are structured. Learning language is as much about culture as words themselves. Looking forward to the next video.
@Aleks-M 3 жыл бұрын
What are your first 3 languages (Russian would be the first one, I suppose... ;-))?
@tiegan7158 2 жыл бұрын
@@Aleks-M English maybe the second
@MichaelScheele 3 жыл бұрын
Trivia: American McDonald's restaurants set the ratio of soda syrup to carbonated water assuming ice will be added.
@madmike5421 3 жыл бұрын
This is the std for all fountain beverages in the US. If you don't add ice the syrup will be super sweet.
@drstefankrank 3 жыл бұрын
@@madmike5421 this might be the reason all my friends who were in the US once said their sodas are way too sweet compared to ours. Guess they didn't add enough ice.
@Rocketsong 3 жыл бұрын
@@drstefankrank More likely High Fructose Corn syrup instead of Cane Sugar. If I buy a "Mexican Coke" it tastes less sweet than one manufactured in Georgia.
@munsters2 Жыл бұрын
RE:Michael Scheele. So, they expect people to wait until all the ice is melted before they drink it?
@frogstamper 3 жыл бұрын
Your welcome is a common response to thank-you here in the UK, as is going outside on New Year's Eve, especially for the younger people.
@random-code1 3 жыл бұрын
Loved the video 🥳 nice to see you again
@3.k 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome back, right forearm! :)
@Bill-ct1fk 3 жыл бұрын
Your wrist appears to be good as new! Hope you have full range of motion, and it’s completely healed.
@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын
It's getting there, but I just got the brace off on Monday and I'm only 6 weeks post surgery so it'll be a while until I have my motion back. You can see it a little when I try to show to hold the fork in the right hand haha
@annmariemills7772 3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't afford PT so i actually washed alot of dishes by hand and now my wrist is as good as it ever was. Plus NO MORE roller skating for me either...😂😂😂
@daveogarf 5 ай бұрын
You're so much fun! Thank you, Feli!
@kuerbis-chen3613 2 жыл бұрын
These are the same things I remember encountering almost 30 years ago when I got married to an American soldier: the calender, holding fork and knife, learning how to get ice at a soda fountain (withdrawing your cup fast enough :o), buying a jacket to wear at the mall while it was 95 °F outside, having people give me amused looks for counting with my fingers the "German" way... But aren't these differences wonderful? I just had some very happy memories with each difference you pointed out!
@llaauuddrruupp 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Sunday thing is pretty weird.
@thomasalexanderbrunner4105 3 жыл бұрын
the catholic calendars also start with sunday in austria or germany - for realy old people the week still starts on sunday
@SchmulKrieger 3 жыл бұрын
@@thomasalexanderbrunner4105, sogar nach deutschem Recht zählt der Sonntag zum ersten Tag der Woche. Das Wochenende hat nichts mit Freihaben zu tun. Für die Arbeitstage wurden die Werktage eingeführt (ausgenommen sind Kioske und Gastronomie), die von Montag bis Samstag gehen. Wenn man nur von Montag bis Freitag arbeitet, sind das die Arbeitstage deiner Woche oder kurz deine Arbeitswoche.
@Wildcard71 3 жыл бұрын
The way it is, yes. In German, there is a "Mittwoch" (middle of the week). If you place the same amount of days before and after, you'll go from Sunday to Saturday.
@denfyrstesumareninoreg3455 3 жыл бұрын
@@Wildcard71 Mittwoch means its between Montag and Freitag
@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын
@@denfyrstesumareninoreg3455You are joking? - until 1966 we all worked 6 days a week, from Monday to Saturday. Until 1975 the week started on Sunday and ended on Saturday in Germany, too, based on roman-catholic traditions.
@courtneykappel370 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! You are so engaging and articulate. Re: #4, I still think that “you’re welcome” is the proper repose to a “thank you.”
@aneophyte1199 3 жыл бұрын
Here in America, if you get a Business Calendar, the first column is Monday.
@Rocketsong 3 жыл бұрын
Mine is actually the "week number". 8 columns.
@sadee1287 3 жыл бұрын
Checked with timeanddate.com -- European calenders are default starting Monday, North America starts Sunday. "Work week" day is officially Monday.
@Jana-gw6ui 3 жыл бұрын
Wow du hast schon 163 000 Abonnenten! Echt verrückt wie schnell die Community wächst, aber das hast du total verdient :)
@paulsweeney914 3 жыл бұрын
The change in the days of the week really confused me when I first moved to Canada! I somehow couldn't adjust to it for weeks, I even went to work at 8am and was then told it was my day off because it was Wednesday and not Thursday.... I learned my lesson from that point onwards lol
@cityballetthalamka-otevrel3589 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am an American living in Switzerland (and have lived in Germany in the past). Just the other day, I was asking my Swiss and American friends how they feel when someone says “Bitteschön” after they have said thank you to see if they would have different opinions. I told them I don’t think we ever actually say “you’re welcome” in the states. And I’m the opposite of you. When people say “bitte,” I feel slightly offended. It feels to me as if they are saying “yeah, I did you a favor, you better thank me.” It’s funny how much our upbringing dictates what is “normal.” I’ve been over here 15 years, and I still can’t get used to this little thing. 😅
@DackelPlay Жыл бұрын
There's another difference... My All-American coworkers, when seeing each other in passing in the morning, say, in a corridor, will often greet me by asking, 'how are you'? Or maybe like 'har ya today?' In a store, buying a snack or a lottery ticket. Took me a long time to realize the best answer for me was 'Great! Have a good one.' (Which I actually kinda like.)
@kellypat125 3 жыл бұрын
Your description of new years eve is spot on for me. Sometimes I just have a friend over and we watch movies and then flip over to watch the ball drop. Very uneventful.
@Jemike5 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Feli is going back to Germany in December. I am so excited. I know how much you miss home and family.
@jasonhilliker492 3 жыл бұрын
New years eve in south Florida has a lot of fireworks lasting for many hours.
@michaelhurley3171 3 жыл бұрын
We love ice and guns! Someday we'll invent an ice gun and we'll really love that!
@petenielsen6683 3 жыл бұрын
We have them already, but they are used mostly for setting up and repairing ice rinks.
@MF175mp 3 жыл бұрын
Fuck ice! Luckily we have global warming. (In drinks it's ok).
@GenerationNextNextNext 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love that more than anything!
@FriedrichBarb 3 жыл бұрын
*Allow me to break the Ice*
@thefisherking78 2 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@Tobi78M 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Danke. Die beiden letzten Punkte waren sehr Informativ :-) in NY war es auch so... und ich dachte die seien unhöflich/arrogant. Und die Sache mit dem Eis kann ich auch nur bestätigen.... Gutes Video!!
@jacobd1984 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve always thought of Sunday as the last day of the week, but now that you mention it, all my calendars do have Sunday on the far left.
@dorenvandyke3234 3 жыл бұрын
Fireworks are more popular in Alaska on New Years Eve since they can’t see fireworks on the 4th of July. I can’t wait for the New Years Eve video. It’s cool to see your traditions to what my families is, we have not lived in Germany since the 1700’s.
@mortimergladbreath 3 жыл бұрын
I made 53 trips to Germany in the '90's installing IMAX theatres. I had to learn all of these customs and habits firsthand. What a great resource you are for Americans needing to travel there now! Thank you! And yes, Forum der Technik IMAX in Munich was one of my projects!
@fredestrada6380 3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, Thank You!
@mefallen 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid as usual, keep it up :D
@TheAirwky 3 жыл бұрын
"Free refills" has alot to do with ice amount.
@mats7492 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly.. 3 refills in the US is like 1 drink in Germany
@jfren484b 3 жыл бұрын
The sizes are usually larger in the US as well (watch a video comparing McDonald’s in the US vs UK, for example)
@fotone 3 жыл бұрын
You can opt out for no ice, and still have free refills.
@TheAirwky 3 жыл бұрын
@@fotone I agree. But ice amounts are what led to free refills
@alfredaszukauskas442 3 жыл бұрын
@@jfren484b kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zqmif5Sf2sjLp30.html
@velasco581 3 жыл бұрын
12:08 Inglorious Basterds reference
@hp585 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant observation and absolutely true! Another very important and sometimes life-threatening difference... continental Europeans start counting by fingers with their thumb.
@TheIamtheoneandonly1 3 жыл бұрын
👍😉
@huawafabe 3 жыл бұрын
oh no she would have died as a spy :(
@danclay8229 3 жыл бұрын
My father told me about this. He was drafted and stationed in Germany in 1969. Kind of funny connotations really. Imagine an American football team just winning and going to the championship game all holding up their thumbs smiling and yelling "We're number one!" X))
@lunamercurious3 3 жыл бұрын
I have only been outside of the US barely at all (not by choice!), mostly just to get dinner in Canada since it’s 20 minutes to the border from here in the Northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest. An hour and a half north of Seattle. I have noticed some similarities between this part of the US and Germany after watching a bunch of KZfaq videos about cultural differences, and I’m sure it has mostly to do with the similarities in our climate mostly? And maybe the fact that it’s a “newer” state and a lot of people are not as far removed from our European ancestors who emigrated here. Mostly. German, Dutch and Scandinavian here. We have a ton of microbreweries in my small city, starting 10 years ago and they don’t ice the heck out of the beer because it’s good craft beer. And some local restaurants don’t ice the heck out of other drinks, but it’s hit or miss. And it’s mostly places that don’t give free refills that don’t do as much ice. But I still always ask for “light ice, please!” Also many local business locations don’t have AC, and neither do most rental units. I’ve never lived anywhere that had AC, but it rarely gets over 80 degrees Fahrenheit here, even more n the summer. If you go to any chain restaurant or store, all standard US rules apply! Ice in everything. AC almost all the time! (apparently a lot of temperatures in corporate chain stores and restaurants are set at one location in the country for every location, which is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard!) I hate too much ice in my drinks! Even in summer unless it’s “super hot” (over 80 degrees for me). It hurts my teeth and even though I grew up in this mildly cold, damp area I get cold very easily. But even here so many people love their damn ice! I’m like “it’s 45 degrees Fahrenheit outside! What is wrong with you?!”
@josephciaravino4115 3 жыл бұрын
I like the Monday as the first column. I always thought it should be that way. My brain always considered Monday the start of the new week and that calendars were all broken.😜
@berenicebauer72 3 жыл бұрын
I always say thank you. Taught when I was little it was one of the "magic" words along with please and thank you.
@dilbertdoe601 2 жыл бұрын
🤔 "Thank you" is a magic word along with "please and thank you" 🤔 Perhaps you mean "You're welcome" is a magic word along with please and thank you.
@pmbccpriv 3 жыл бұрын
The start of the week in Germany was Sunday till they changed it to Monday on 1/1/1976.
@Gnomelotte 3 жыл бұрын
As we can still see in 'Mittwoch'
@suralos 3 жыл бұрын
40 degrees Fahrenheit, 4.4 Celsius, is the legal minimum temperature for refrigerated goods and so most places will keep things anywhere from 1 degree C to 4 degrees C.
@codydayton3573 3 жыл бұрын
I always say .thank you , your welcome , and I appreciate it .
@josephgaviota 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your vids, and I must complement you on your _excellent_ English. I always play the "mind game" whenever I travel anywhere, "what would it be like to live here," and you give me that experience from the opposite direction.
@koszeggy 3 жыл бұрын
In my language (Hungarian) we literally call Monday "head of the week"
@pierreabbat6157 3 жыл бұрын
Hungarian borrowed or calqued the days of the week from Slavic. Csütörtök and péntek are fourth and fifth with a -k suffix, but szerda is middle.
@koszeggy 3 жыл бұрын
@@pierreabbat6157: Only the Hungarian Wednesday (szerda) and Thursday (csütörtök) have Slavic roots. Monday (hétfő), Tuesday (kedd) and Sunday (vasárnap) are Hungarian names, Saturday (szombat) is from the Jewish 'sabbath', whereas Friday (péntek) is somewhat debated but most likely it is from the Greek 'πέντε', which means five.
@kaengurus.sind.genossen 3 жыл бұрын
Im the past, the German week also started on sunday. That's why Wednessday is called "Mittwoch".
@tinaschafer7780 3 жыл бұрын
Jetzt macht´s endlich Sinn! Ich habe mich schon als Kind darüber gewundert. XD Schau an, da liegen die Amerikaner doch Mal richtig... ;)
@yippeethreeeight 3 жыл бұрын
I remember learning about the silverware difference very early in school, and never forgot it.
@carstenschultz5 3 жыл бұрын
Of course, starting the week on Sunday makes Wednesday actually Mittwoch.
@andrew7taylor 3 жыл бұрын
The way I think about it, if you're working or going to school like most people do (Monday-Friday), then Wednesday is the middle of the (working) week. But you're probably right. It's the only day in German that isn't named after a Norse god, isn't it?
@carstenschultz5 3 жыл бұрын
@@andrew7taylor, from a very modern perspective that is reasonable, but of course the name “Mittwoch” is older than the five day working week. For the etymology of the other weekdays, I had to look them up. Montag and Sonntag are from moon and sun and derived from greek/latin names. Sonnabend is derived from Sonntag (Sunday’s eve) and Samstag is a cognate of Sabbath, acquired probably via Greek. Only Dienstag (which is complicated, though), Donnerstag, Freitag are from Nordic gods. And these we share with English, of course. You may have more fun with the Swedish names.
@ad9aggie 3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping you would get to the eating with silverware. I grew up in Munich, Perlacher Forst to be exact, and learned how to eat the European way. You mentioned counting was the way the spy was caught in the movie Inglorious Basterds. In fact, many American spies were caught in WWII because of they way they ate. Love your videos, it reminds me so much of what I'm missing. I sent the one on dating to my son who is in Germany and has a German girlfriend (Freundin, ja?) Ich liebe dein Lebkuchen herz.
@wesleybush8646 3 жыл бұрын
The ice thing, ugh! I enjoy pop with a little ice in it, just to keep it cold. When restaurants give you beverages, they want to fill it up with ice, sometimes near to the top. That's why I love self serve dispensers. Saves me from an extra request.
@chadfalardeau5396 3 жыл бұрын
I prefer my cold drinks just under room temp, ice waters down everything except water
@edwardmonsariste4050 3 жыл бұрын
I work outside for a living. I can never have enough ice in my drinks. When I get down to the bottom of the watered down part, I dump it and refill with lots of ice and drink.
@parkermudsen1063 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, these cute little skits you do at the beginning of your videos 🥰
@catcher2473 3 жыл бұрын
Weekend, think of bookend. One side starts, one side ends. Sunday starts, Saturday ends
@wangofree 3 жыл бұрын
Just saying "fork and knife" sets you apart. 😀 Most people here say knife and fork.
@danclay8229 3 жыл бұрын
That is also true!
@Psychphuq 3 жыл бұрын
it's a left, right vs. right, left thing... ☺
@helpsavethehumans 3 жыл бұрын
I would say "fork and knife" is more common in the US in my experience. I'm from the northeast.
@andreasrehn7454 3 жыл бұрын
In german you d sas Messer und Gabel... which gives you the hint Messerrrrechts, gabelllllinks... knife right hand, Fork left hand
@mango4ttwo635 3 жыл бұрын
Yup, just check out how: Fork and knife" sounds
@bazoo513 3 жыл бұрын
Re: ice cold beer - well, if it was any warmer, they would discover that is _has_ no taste :-p
@geoffpriestley7001 3 жыл бұрын
Beer is cold ale is served at just below room temperature . I got some bottle condition ale in Norfolk put it in the fridge and killed it
@petenielsen6683 3 жыл бұрын
In another video she referred to the fact that But Lite tastes like urine but was too polite to use the exact word. Thus the fact that I only drink craft beers if they are brewed here in the US or imported beer otherwise you may as well hand me a water.
@pierreinuk 3 жыл бұрын
I live in the UK, but I shall be watching "Dinner for One" on New Year's Eve. I only discovered it a year or two ago
@rhalme Жыл бұрын
I never knew Dinner For One is a new years eve tradition in Germany. We watch that in Sweden too on new years eve. Same procedure as every year, James. 😁
@406CRSmith 3 жыл бұрын
How to piss off a German: freeze your beer, and say it's been "chilled."
@Theo_T. 3 жыл бұрын
American researchers found out ... and went back inside ;-)
@LG123ABC 3 жыл бұрын
They'll get over it.
@SchmulKrieger 3 жыл бұрын
@Sean Rooney reminds me that Magneto is German. 🧐
@SigmaOfMyParts 3 жыл бұрын
cool the beer to about -2°C/-3°C and when one of your friends pours it the beer freezes instant on open or in the glass.
@3.k 3 жыл бұрын
SigmaOfMyParts I had that with a bottle of Coke: next day after a party, the crate of soda bottles had been outside all night. When I opened the bottle, the Coke froze instantaneous.
@ashenwalls3558 3 жыл бұрын
We're nuts for new years fireworks in Alaska, because it's too light outside at the 4th of July to see them. So we definitely take advantage of the opportunity in winter!
@sadee1287 3 жыл бұрын
They must look spectacular with the mountains for backdrop. 😊
@ashenwalls3558 3 жыл бұрын
@@sadee1287 they do! Unfortunately the mountains are really hard to see where I am. :( I miss them!
@davidmichael7053 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, Felica. You have an engaging personality! I think many of the customs you discussed will differ depending on what part of the country your are in. I am American born and raised but I have never switched utensils when eating. I actually don't think that I know anyone that does that but maybe I just haven't noticed. I like cold drinks but I typically ask for just a few cubes when ordering drinks for the exact reasons you mention. However, if your drink is carbonated, keeping it cold will make the carbonation last longer. We have the typical American New Years Eve celebration as you described, but we also light off fireworks afterward. When I open the door for someone, I typically do just say uh-huh unless the person I am opening it for thinks I am their personal door man and does not say thank you, then I most certainly say you are welcome! Good luck in America... we are lucky to have you here!
@jessieallen1894 3 жыл бұрын
New year's is similar to us. We do fireworks but also watch the ball drop too. And we all eat together
@aswede1013 3 жыл бұрын
Being of a Swedish background my week start in Monday, And fork stays in my left hand and don't switch to my right.
@richardgaige2531 3 жыл бұрын
I look at the weekends like bookends. One on each side to hold up the middle. I live in Cincinnati and I do say You're welcome. I haven't noticed it being a norm not to say it.
@VulcanOnWheels 3 жыл бұрын
3:24 In The Netherlands as well and in ISO 8601, which is my favorite date format. 4:05 I think that everyone should get to know it.
@taurusvolans2753 Жыл бұрын
In Canada, week starts on Monday too.
@patrickchambers5999 3 жыл бұрын
You are right. We call Saturday and Sunday the weekend but we break this like you see on American calendars. I like the European style but easily can't find them in American. BTW I was born 74 years ago in Detroit, Michigan and only was outside of America stationed twice in Thailand while in the Air Force.
@Theo_T. 3 жыл бұрын
As a German, I changed my calleder extra, starting the week on Sunday, That had something to do with my shift sequence, which changed from Saturday to Sunday. That was then simply clearer. And I never thought about following or contradicting any culture, be it that of the Germans, that of the American or any other culture in this world. It was for me
@SchmulKrieger 3 жыл бұрын
Friday's eve and Saturday are the weekend. The day off on Sunday has nothing to do with the Weekend.
@stevennelson9504 3 жыл бұрын
When I lived in the South fireworks were commonly used on New Years, but I am now in Northern Minnesota and fireworks are mostly illegal and it tends to be -20F on News Years Eve (who want to go outside at midnight in that weather).
@WienerVL 3 жыл бұрын
We in Austria do! ;-)
@mikeklein1779 3 жыл бұрын
@@WienerVL you sound like a Finn...you're scaring me
@WienerVL 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeklein1779 Im scaring you because we go outside at cold weather? ;-))) Its new for me Austrians sounds like Finns!
@mikeklein1779 3 жыл бұрын
@@WienerVL cold weather? No. -20? Very much. The only people I know who go outside in that are Finns, and they're nuts! Of course, they're also my friends, so that says a lot.
@WienerVL 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeklein1779 We also have 15-20 minus sometimes and we go out....its normal but yes finns are sometimes special!;-))
@teknique8292 3 жыл бұрын
Lmfaooooo I love #4 “uh huh yea you better”
@titokccaa9498 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video.👍
@jehovahcephus 3 жыл бұрын
I alway thought of the weekend being like bookends, as they are on both sides of the books.
@PhilipLon7 3 жыл бұрын
but then it would be called weekends and not weekend ;-) :D
@LG123ABC 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Everyone else has it wrong!
@trishelizalde3584 3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Krokostad 3 жыл бұрын
Ok, but there is no such word in German. With "Buchende" or "Ende des Buches" (both singular) we describe the end of the story. The actual thing is called "Buchdeckel" (book covers) which means the front and back of the book.
@mikea.1652 3 жыл бұрын
The Thing is...i can turn a book around...i cant turn a timeframe around. Timeframes dont end on the Start Like sausages do 😜
@henningbartels6245 3 жыл бұрын
There is another difference with using the silverware. When Americans are just using the fork there is a tendency to rest the other hand in the lap underneath the table. That would raise eyebrows in Germany, because they are taught (no matter what) both hands have to be always visible on the table.
@andreasrehn7454 3 жыл бұрын
yes... the dirty left hand belongs under the table.
@henningbartels6245 3 жыл бұрын
@@andreasrehn7454, would that be the hand you would use on the loo?
@geoffpriestley7001 3 жыл бұрын
Both hands in view in the Usa thats a speeding stop
@geoffpriestley7001 3 жыл бұрын
@@henningbartels6245 no i use toilet paper sap and water
@henningbartels6245 3 жыл бұрын
@@geoffpriestley7001 interesting... so what you do with your hands at the dinner table?
@klesk335 2 жыл бұрын
YOur Point with the start of the week is really funny to me, cause in my work in Germany, my week starts on Sunday as well, because we produce our Brötchen for the next day. So we start a day early, so all other people can start on Monday^^
@gt5803 3 жыл бұрын
Of course the week starts on Monday!!!
@djorges 3 жыл бұрын
"You better say thank you!" I see how that seems. Two ice cubes!?! what the - Where I live it's common to be 110 degrees in the summer. It's October 22 and the high for today is 85 degrees. WE NEED ICE!!! Most of the time we get free refills - so fill your cup up with soda or tea, drink it quickly and the ice hasn't really melted all that much. It is also very dry where I live 40-50% humidity. We dehydrate quickly so drinking quickly and often is a part of life for many of us.
@sonnystaton 3 жыл бұрын
We don't care what the calendar says, the week starts on Monday. Germany is correct, and informally we all follow the German way in everywhere in the U.S I know of.
@rerodesign 3 жыл бұрын
Back then all weeks started with Sunday, Wednesday or Mittwoch is the day in the middle of the week and it only works when the week starts with Sunday. It has its Christian background all around the world. So the American way is still the correct way. Just the business week starts with Monday.
@judyperri9496 2 жыл бұрын
Oh really Is that some law????
@sonnystaton 2 жыл бұрын
@@judyperri9496 it's just how it's done. Formally everyone knows the week starts on Sunday, but everyone refers to the start of the "work week" which is Monday.
@conlon4332 10 ай бұрын
0:00 This was so funny I showed my mum! If I saw someone miming eating like that I would probably ask them what they were doing too!
@edhoc2 3 жыл бұрын
The equalent to "sabbat" in Germany is Sunday, because (most of) the stores are closed, people don't go to office, church services are on Sundays, people say with there family, etc. Sunday is the last day of the week, it is the day where people rest, after a busy week. So, Felicia, you are right, Saturday and Sunday are called "weekend", so the only logical possibility is that the week starts after the end of the week (!), and this is Monday.
@CDHord 3 жыл бұрын
I always say “you’re welcome.” I’m 61. Kids these days...
@vladirackpubama6785 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah... from your playlist I kinda doubt that.
@sushipancake6559 3 жыл бұрын
You are one of very few Germans who look at the US more positively. As I live in Germany, I just noticed how negatively Germans look at US. But it is always great to see there is someone who actually genuinely brings up difference from different perspectives. Always enjoy your video!
@kentuckylady2990 3 жыл бұрын
I remember attending Watch night service at church on New Year’s eve. We would arrive at church at around 9 pm. There would be singing , Bible reading and sharing words of encouragement. Just before midnight, we would all go to prayer. Praying the old year out and the new one in.
@carocheck5509 3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@michelleeaddy-midgette2652 3 жыл бұрын
I need to go to Germany on New Years Eve. That is my birthday. It sounds like I’ll have more fun there lol
@andreasrehn7454 3 жыл бұрын
watch diner for one.. everything else gonna be banned due to corona forever anyway..
@xAngelReix 2 жыл бұрын
It all depends on the city or the district. In some places there are so much fireworks that you might think the third world war has began
@MrJonathanSmith 3 жыл бұрын
I'm an American and I've always kept my knife in my right hand when eating, I think I have seen people switch sometimes though. Never really thought of that being a cultural thing but I guess it can be, funny the things you learn.
@kittysunlover 3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Alaska, and there fireworks are much more of a thing for New Year's and really not that huge on July 4th - mainly because it doesn't get dark enough in the summer to enjoy them. Individual people buying their own fireworks for New Year's varies, of course - the city where I grew up didn't allow that but you could travel just an hour or two outside of it to buy and shoot your own if you wanted - but the city itself would put on a pretty big display that could be seen from most of the downtown area. ...I find that as an Alaskan a lot of the things I grew up with are almost as different to the lower 48 as if I had come from a foreign country. XD
@jonathanfriedman234 Жыл бұрын
This was a great observation. I sometime switch between the two.
@petersiliuswetterhahn9143 3 жыл бұрын
Americans: 'Kiss each other' Germans: "ALKOHOL UND BÖLLER!!!"
@mikeklein1779 3 жыл бұрын
I'm game for explosives on New Year's Eve...or any other day of the year.
@DEVILTAZ35 3 жыл бұрын
Australians punch each other , get arrested and spend the night in the lock up lol.
@TheIamtheoneandonly1 3 жыл бұрын
@@DEVILTAZ35 yep, and that’s just the bloody Sheila’s mate! 😳🤣
@wandilismus8726 3 жыл бұрын
Our family in civilized Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) 😉 combines the 2 parts. We wait till midnight , then we hug and Kids and then we scare the dark Spirits away ( the Tradition behind it) err start the fireworks
@wandilismus8726 3 жыл бұрын
@TMoD7007 1,5 m is for Amateurs 😁
@rondeme 3 жыл бұрын
Dinner for one, "the same procedure as last year miss Sophie", "the same procedure as every year James"
@teknique8292 3 жыл бұрын
Lmfaooooo I love #4 “uh huh yea you better say thank you”
@Vonkater 3 жыл бұрын
Monday as 1st day of the week makes more sense. I also keep my knife right hand and fork left when using both.
@crazeyjoe 3 жыл бұрын
I agree, Saturday and Suday are the last days of the week. We Americans must do everything different it seems lol!!!
@JfromUK_ 3 жыл бұрын
I think maybe that's it 😂 Here in the UK, Monday is definitely the norm, yet if you buy a calendar here, there's about a 50/50 chance as to which day is in the first column 🤷🏻♂️
@rebecca7252 3 жыл бұрын
there is no such thing as too much ice! I love ice cold drinks :) While on the calendar Sunday is the start of the week, I always think of Monday as the start.
@dennisnc522 Жыл бұрын
The week starts on Mondays for me. I have seen calendars both ways in the USA.
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