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Her American accent is so good. Linking words. Her stop T. Stress on words and within sentences. Props to her.

Short story about German directness and their medical system: When I went to Germany for the second time, I took a class to improve my German, and discovered that I had a hearing problem. I hadn't realized this in the U.S., because the gaps in what my ears could hear in English my brain could fill in, and thus I experienced hearing perfectly. But I didn't know German well enough for my brain to fill in the gaps, even though the sounds in the German language are the same or quite similar. So I went to a store that sold hearing aids. They told me they could provide the hearing aids I needed, based on the hearing tests they performed, in 6 weeks. By then, the class I was in would be over. Someone at the school went with me to the store the next day and told them politely what I needed and why and what the school REQUIRED. As a result, I got the hearing aids in 2 days. That's the directness of Germans, especially with other Germans. The company didn't even charge me for the hearing aids, and told me when I returned to the U.S., I could then either pay for the hearing aids or return them. I returned them, and bought a pair (same top-of-the-line brand) at a discount store for half the price. This wasn't a big loss to the company. Almost all there customers in Germany are Germans, and the German health service pays for hearing aids.

americans and friendship is a difficult topic for us germans because most of it is so superficial. 'hey, we should have dinner sometime', heard that one before? I was married to an american for 5 years, once we split up our mutual american friends never spoke to me again, never reached out to me, all sided with him. it said when it comes to friendship americans are peaches while germans are coconuts, it's very easy to tear through the flesh of a peach but once you get to the core it's hard to maintain a real friendship while once you drill through the shell of a coconut and get into the soft tissue you usually made a friend for life!

Feli has a great channel. I watch it all the time. It's really fun and I love her enthusiastic personality.

In the U.S. ghosting happens a lot thesse days with job hunting, too. You'll apply for a job, even have one or more interviews, and the company will ghost you. Most don't even send out an automated generic email saying you're no longer under consideration, let alone respond to phone calls, emails, etc. You'll just never hear from them again.

You probably won’t believe this but I happened to be listening to this episode while I was shopping at the grocery store (Kroger, for those of you who know) near UC (University of Cincinnati)! I came to Cincinnati myself about 6 years ago for graduate school. I am originally an Arab but have moved and traveled a lot throughout my life and can relate to many of the things Feli talked about. I still find it hard to navigate relationships with Americans and walk this fine line between being friendly but also firm when I need to set boundaries or point out someone’s mistakes. It was really nice to listen to someone living in the same city as myself share experiences very similar to my own. Needless to say, I enjoyed this episode a lot!

Of course I came here from Feli's link when she said she revealed more than she intended---plus I wanted to say how inspirational your chat was. I'm 60+ and that 'ghosting' was never an issue back in my day. That must be a new development.

I was ghosted by 2 Japanese "friends". One was a college student in a nearby city. We hit it off as friends immediately through a language app. Then after about 3 months of hanging out at coffee shops and going to workout at the college, this person just stopped texting. Poof The second person was living in Japan and we hit it off immediately as well. We started sending gifts to each other nearly every month. We zoomed called every week, met each others kids and began making plans for me to fly out to Japan in May. Eight months flew by so quickly and my preparation to fly out was coming together. Then the change came last February...POOF! Gone. So, it makes me hesitant making friends from other countries when this happens. But, I do have a Japanese friend who we"ve known each other for a year now and zoom twice a month! A brighter side to my experience :)

Two of my favorite youtubers together! I don't know about Germany. But I know the term "ghost" is used in the Dutch language now and is conjugated in the same way as any Dutch verb.

I am German who spent several years in the US (also from Munich originally, like Feli), and I had exactly the same experiences with ghosting ... only in my case, I was a guy getting ghosted by women. It really soured me on the dating scene in the US. I ended up perceiving American women as extremely flaky and noncommittal. So I can totally relate to Feli's observations on this particular issue.

This ghosting thing is pure babyishness. Calling it 'immaturity' would be too kind.

I"m always baffled when I see Europeans move to the US. It's quite shocking given how the country is run by corporations and money, has no social safety net, is swimming in guns and has absolutely no workers' rights. It boggles the mind why anyone, especially from Germany or a Scandinavian country, would ever want to come here.

This German speaks English so well that she even has the American vocal fry in her pronunciation. As Germans would say „Integration erfolgreich“.

MANY THANKS! I am using LingQ, it's very useful and entertaining. YOUR VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS VERY MOTIVATING, TRULY INSPIRING

Thanks a lot! I'm everyday wait for your videos!

Wow!! I’m so fascinated with her English 😍👍

Amazing talk!!! Thanks a lot for this kind of videos Steve as always. I'm still learning English because I just wanna travel to the US someday regardless of many issues in my personal life just for the sake of it. I know almost nothing of German but I would like to learn the language. It's one of my target languages as well. Take care Steve 🥰.

This was a specially rich conversation among the ones I could find on the internet!

Oh wow he just fully did not listen at all when she told him her name. Her name is Felicia. FELI. Why did he keep saying Feely or Felia or Feliu ???

you won the green card lottery??? Girl, that's effing awesome, I am sooo happy for you! congrats!

Great teacher steve❤❤❤

Nice interview Felié :)

her accent is too perfect, I wouldn't guess she's German even if I lived my whole life with her

Great talk!👍👏Regards from Poland💡

Ótimo vídeo mestre steve, seus podcasts tem me motivado a aprender um novo idioma, no caso o inglês, e com suas dicas consigo aprimorar mais e mais meus estudos.

I think the fear of confrontation is a learned behavior - if even 1 in 10 times you confront someone and they completely flip out on you, it trains you to avoid that behavior. This may in turn be a consequence of living in a culture where confrontation doesn't occur, and people don't know how to regulate their emotions during conflict (or outright refuse to.) There's no easy solution to this, but expecting guys to be forthright when they don't completely know you might not be reasonable. Instead, both guys and gals can try to judge each other as individuals, and try to extend the olive branch when the situation calls for it. Conversely, we can try to demonstrate that we know how to deal with conflict and control our emotions during it - something I'd love to see more of from certain people in my life.

Everybody wants a video with Steve

She was more personal that any German speaker I have ever met, including my dad! JK (mostly). She's a lovely young lady and her channel is refreshing. She does a great breakdown of German vs. American pay considering, in appropriate detail, cost of insurance, housing, and retirement. Both Steve and Feli are jewells.

I like the advice to focus on what you like to better enjoy a culture. I think I focused on what I didn’t like about Japan more than I should have. That was before Covid. Waiting for them to stop wearing masks in public now that they changed the rules.

Her level of English is insanely good; Honestly would say she's a native if I didn't know.

My favourite 2 person😊😊😊

Interesting perspective on dating. I think it really is a general aversion to directness. But also, just ghosts of traditional values around dating. Everyone carries around Puritan guilt.

Good video

When two of my favorite worlds collide!

I need help please how do I change the language in the lingq app🙏

Завжди круті відео у Стіва! Дякую

Good

good

Mr. Steve, I want to learn two languages ​​at the same time, English and German. But there is a problem I face in learning these two languages, which is the problem of similarity in writing, which in turn leads to confusion between English and German vocabulary. Please advise me to solve this problem. Thank you very much.

Steve, when is the video with Language Simp coming out?

Ghosting haha that was a new word for me as well. Poor American lads😄

Life in Germany surely isn't perfect either its in the US. I Think its just important to find a place where you want to live and feel comfortable. Germans definitly take life a bit to serious, its more easy going in North America. There are other Challenges in America and other in Europe.

Ich habe keine Lust mich nicht zu hassen Hab' keine Lust mich anzufassen

Cultural differences should not separate us from each other, but rather cultural diversity brings a collective strength that can benefit all of humanity.

Feli = FAY-LEE (approx.)

Top-loading washing machines are an atrocity.

No hay que generalizar.

Why the American flag? Steve is Canadian not American.

😂cute

How much do you want to bet her American roommates also ghosted guys 😂 funny cause I dated a German girl and she ghosted me 😂

She’s cute

For a so called language expert,the first 2 minutes of the video was kind of awkward.

He is becoming more like Biden each day. Oh, and I miss foreigners who speak English with an accent. Her English was not perfect, but pretty close; and it doesn’t need to be so perfect unless you’re working for the CIA or a similar organization.

Steve, do you speak German? Love from the Bavarian province (Danube).

Her name sounded like Failure...😱.or at least that is how Steve Pronounced her name.!!🙁

Ja, nein rammstein! ❤❤❤❤

he pronounced it like failure 😅

women are very good at ghosting too just saying edit: from what you're saying feli it seems the roles are reversed in germany. ghosting seems way more popular in the female population here. at least in my experience

Its bothering me that he keeps pronouncing her name wrong. I guess don't try if you won't listen to the repeated corrections :/

lol

Warum sie sprechen Englisch?

Dr's hospitals and ambulances do actually cost more in Germany believe it or not. The difference is that the taxes are so high that you pay far FAR more in places like Germany Sweden and Canada in taxes so you don't see the cost at the counter but you pay all year long and twice as much in many cases than if you'd had to foot the bill in the United States. The other side of this is that in America you're going to have to save your money and use health savings accounts and insurances to pay for most of your issues if need be so it really just comes down to planning and budgeting vrs having the government take your money before you see it and then use some of it IF you need it

I am studying german for almost three years but I don't spend many time because unfortunately I don't have but I am trying to.

She bought a house? She must be rich, lol.

lol i be gettin hella ghosted by German girl

I think that guys get ghosted 1000x more than women and probably learn it from women. Let’s be real.

She never stops talking.

Russians: hey Germans we have infinite amounts of the cheapest gas you can use for your industries and also distribute in Europe. Germans: Why? Are you sure? we are suspicious Americans: reject the Russian gas and depend on my expensive LPG... why not? Germans: "why not" has a negative connotation. we like that! :) Two weeks later... Americans: Hey Germans, we are BFF, lets send our homemade tanks to Ukraine Germans: ok, we sent our Leopards, when are you sending yours? Americans:.... (ghosting)

so personal conversation lol @feliformGermany. Morden kids only have few topics to talk and one of these is dating a guy/girl.. Thanks, Steve for wrapping up early.

J ai installé l appli pour me perfectionner en Russe mais les traductions et explications sont en Anglais. J'ai désinstallé l appli aussitôt !