True Stereotypes, German Holidays, & Pronunciation - Q&A
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@l.c.8475 4 жыл бұрын
"schieß los" is another expression where the ie ei distinction is really important
@FelifromGermany 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@ralphwien2350 4 жыл бұрын
tears run out of my eys, lol
@kurtrichter1732 4 жыл бұрын
One of my friends likes to quote a line from WWII movies, "nicht schiesen!", but he always makes ie vs ei mistake.
@alfi6745 4 жыл бұрын
scheiss los bruder ^^
@rudigerschneider4835 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@sab605 4 жыл бұрын
My wife is from Dresden Germany. I told her that here in America rules are made to be broken and she said not in this house.
@garrardzero1 4 жыл бұрын
And she clicked her heels.
@rudigerschneider4835 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
UnknownDarkDragon You've got to be kiddin'! If he tells his wife that HE makes the rules in his house and at the same time insists that rules are made ti be broken...he'd be right where he started! Well, anyway, his wife is from what used to be East Germany. He might be better off listening to her...
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
@@garrardzero1 Why would she click her heels???
@hele8893 4 жыл бұрын
Literally my boyfriend and me😅 he is even Italian 🙈 crossing or walking along a street with him, NIGHTMARE😂
@mikehinkle5761 4 жыл бұрын
This kid is SUCH a good ambassador for Germany! Engaging, funny, sweet, informative! And I agree! Which is the better language to relate your emotional feelings? Your OWN! ANY person is able to better communicate that intricate aspect in their own language.
@mikloscsuvar6097 3 жыл бұрын
Engaging, funny, sweet. Uhmm. This is not the German way according to my experience here in Europe. This in that channel is a USA compatible implementation.
@technoscientific2.08 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikloscsuvar6097 totally agree
@Cajundaddydave 4 жыл бұрын
The other day I was explaining to my wife who is 100% German, that each of the colors in the German flag represent a German trait and blue is for their sense of humor. She laughed after an awkward pause.
@Daniwild1 4 жыл бұрын
Chuckle!
@eliharman 4 жыл бұрын
German humor is no laughing matter.
@robertzander9723 4 жыл бұрын
Dealing with the US decisions in the last couple of decades raised our senses of humour in so many ways to much higher levels as you believe. The last election was like watching comedy show.
@Daniwild1 4 жыл бұрын
@@robertzander9723 Like a nightmare if you lived here. I have to get tested for COVID 19 and I live in a city of 21,000 people, hours from any other city in rural Oregon.
@robertzander9723 4 жыл бұрын
@@Daniwild1 i guess that's why Americans have that sense humour, sometimes it's the only way to deal with the situation you've got into otherwise you are going nuts!!
@garytoft7415 4 жыл бұрын
Felicia, I have a amusing story about the entrenched German heritage in Cincinnati. I'm a Cincinnati native and many years ago I was traveling in the Washington D.C. area. When I didn't hear what the cashier had said to me, I replied with "Please?". Apparently, this response revealed to the cashier that I was from Cincinnati and she immediately asked, "What part of Cincinnati are you from?" I was informed that using the word "please" when you didn't hear the person speaking to you was a result of the German practice of using "bitte" under the same circumstances.
@davehag5 4 жыл бұрын
You are so upbeat and positive. It is so good in these trying times.
@harrisdave 4 жыл бұрын
Her English is outstanding. Just barely a trace of an accent. Very impressive. One thing cracked me up, though, is that nearly all the nouns are capitalized in the closed-captioning. Very German, indeed.
@Paladin776 3 жыл бұрын
Volkswagen is funny for me. I lived in Germany for 3 years and loved every minute of it. I returned to the US, got out of the Air Force about 35 years ago and got into public safety. To this day, I pronounce Volkswagen in the German way and that confuses the hell out of other officers on the radio. :D
@extremchiller410 2 жыл бұрын
is it posssible to show me how amerikans pronoumce VW
@AR2kris 4 жыл бұрын
When I went to Munich a few years ago, (by myself), and went to Hans Im Gluch. It one of the best burgers I've ever had.
@alexsupertramp4907 4 жыл бұрын
*Glück
@AR2kris 4 жыл бұрын
@@alexsupertramp4907 yea, my alt codes wouldn't work. I tried though.
@maximilianmustermann5763 3 жыл бұрын
@@AR2kris if you don't have special characters available, you can substitute the Umlaute ä, ö and ü with ae, oe and ue. Don't substitute with a, o and u because these are completely different vowels and are pronounced differently. It's absolutely legit to write "Hans im Glueck", because "ü" actually stands for "ue" (same for ä=ae and ö=oe). The dots above developed from an abbreviated writing of the "e"
@Jigsaw407 3 жыл бұрын
Yup, German here. I hate being spontaneous! If I've had my sights set on a nice weekend on the couch, chilling, watching movies etc. the last thing I need is friends calling out of the blue if I'd like to come visit. It's not that I don't like my friends. I love them, but I need to be prepared for that. :D Give me a heads up one or two weeks in advance when you wanna hang out! :D
@eliflippa7750 Жыл бұрын
I also hate it (I'm also german)
@johnalden5821 4 жыл бұрын
For travelers in Germany, be aware that there are bike lines on the sidewalks in the major cities. Also be aware that if you stand in one of them, you will hear a ringing sound, which lets you know that you are seconds away from being run over by a bicycle. It took a couple of days for me to develop a second-nature awareness of where the bike lanes are (either that or just look down, as they are marked pretty clearly). So that's a rule in Germany: don't stand in the bike lane, even if you're waiting to cross the street.
@cathydombrovske9235 3 жыл бұрын
Had that same experience! Important rule indeed!
@rhornung740 4 жыл бұрын
She has great English skills. Very, very difficult to hear any German accent or annunciation. Especially impressed since she has only three years in the States.
@WisdomFolly 4 жыл бұрын
She still has trouble with her hard "s" instead of soft "s". Not a criticism just an observation. I am married to a woman who came here as a child who doesn't have an accent but also does not like to speak German because she thinks she will sound like a child (although she can understand it perfectly well). I only discovered her a few days ago and already am hooked and I might have already fallen in love if I were not already married and more than twice her age!
@Myrtone 4 жыл бұрын
@@WisdomFolly "She still has trouble with her hard "s" instead of soft "s". Not a criticism just an observation." It doesn't really make a difference to us. One thing not to tell someone with English as their second language is that they need a perfect accent, this is accent shaming. Here is a video of a German, speaking English with a comprehensible accent, being told such things: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJ9nYJyVv8q-XYE.html
@WisdomFolly 4 жыл бұрын
I did not say she needed a perfect accent! I have seldom heard a German speak as well as she does! But it seems like she has tried very hard to perfect her English and I am merely trying to help. I have worked with and been married to Germans my entire life. I am sure she took my observation in the spirit it was intended. I work for BMW and no matter how well I do my job, along with any praise is the phrase, "We can do better."
@Myrtone 4 жыл бұрын
@@WisdomFolly I know you didn't but you did say she has trouble with her hard 's' instead of soft 's', but this actually varies among native English speakers, take a word like 'greasy'.
@jeffswingdancer8302 4 жыл бұрын
Germans study English in school & a large percentage of them speak it. She didn't begin learning when she got here.
@Beamy2000 4 жыл бұрын
Die Nummer mit dem "V" kann aber auch nach hinten los gehen^^ "Reich mir mal die Blumenfase" :D
@uhinger 4 жыл бұрын
... und auf dem Viktualienmarkt sollte nicht gef...., ähem. Auch nicht, wenn Viktor mit seiner Viktoria dabei ist.
@DarinMcGrew 4 жыл бұрын
Regarding accents... When I learned German in high school, we started with recorded, scripted dialogues, with pictures to prompt our memory of what parts of the dialogue came next. Everyone had pretty good accents. After we'd memorized a couple dialogues and were starting to get comfortable speaking, our teacher taught us the alphabet in German ("ah, bay, say, day..."), and taught us how to write the dialogues that we'd previously memorized. Suddenly about half the class went from having a pretty good accent to having a terrible accent: "der Wagon" went from /der VAH-gn/ to /DERR WAA-gun/, and so on. (Thanks for bringing back those memories...)
@hollowayar 4 жыл бұрын
Always great to see these and get a direct insight on another culture. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great videos!
@robertlumsden942 4 жыл бұрын
I like the ending with the hints on how to say stuff. cool.
@ms4911 4 жыл бұрын
The US has more signature dishes than you've mentioned: Chicago deepdish, New England clam chowder, jamabalaya, beignet, po'boys, Philly cheesesteak, biscuits and gravy, California roll, buffalo wings, and many more.
@eddenoy321 4 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas diced rolls are a big thing....
@lakebay972 4 жыл бұрын
Schmidty There’s Texas chili, Texas barbecue and Tex-Mex
@THall-vi8cp 4 жыл бұрын
California roll?! 🤮 Give me real sushi!
@mmosbauer 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Berlin for 3yr while in the AF and I can relate to a lot of what you said. I was yelled at for crossing on the red man. While living there missed Mexican food but once I came back home missed the Italian food.
@MrTJW30 4 жыл бұрын
The "Christmas pickle" is believed to have been associated with Germany because at a point in our history, it was inexpensive to purchase imported glass ornaments (shaped like vegetables) from Germany (and Poland I think). Some people found them a nice way to decorate their Christmas tree. I don't know if it's true but I have read that version some years ago.
@jochengaidetzka5060 2 жыл бұрын
No German have pickles at his Christmastree. That's only american nonsens.
@FlappyBelly 3 жыл бұрын
Oh man that shared hallway thing is true. I live in Frankfurt and my neighbors hate me. I'm the quietest person in the world...but because I personally don't mop it my neighbor gets real mad. Keep in mind I use these 4 stairs about a combined 60 seconds per week. I now pay a person to clean my apartment and stairs...and that still isn't accepted because I don't do it myself.
@kangel1561 4 жыл бұрын
I just found your YT channel and am thoroughly enjoying it! Thank you for your content. :)
@mynameisfriday118 4 жыл бұрын
The incident with the towels and someone going straight to the landlord happens here in the U.S. too. If fact, it's quite common for people to use an intermediary for complaints. Love this channel!
@larrybrown1124 2 жыл бұрын
Well done! I really enjoy your attention to detail. I'm always interested to hear people talk about their heritage and to learn about the differences or similarities to my own experiences. My own heritage is what brought me to your channel. Keep it up!
@victorwelkin9136 3 жыл бұрын
I went to In-N-Out once, with other vegetarians, and they ordered something like a grilled cheese sandwich "animal style". It was pretty good. Their fries were amazing! The potatoes are cut immediately before frying.
@Daniwild1 4 жыл бұрын
Hello again! This is a great video. Thank you for doing this. It is a bright spot. I smiled when you brought up Germans who love to plan. It made so much sense because one of my Aunts who married into the family had a father who was born in Germany and she used to wear the family out on vacations that she hosted because she would plan each day of vacation out so that not one minute was wasted and many sights were seen from morning to night and all hours accounted for. This wore the rest of the family out and everyone needed a vacation from Aunt Julie's vacations! She is a lovely woman though and we all love her deeply and we know she cares. We just wanted her to relax so we could too. I was glad to learn what you shared about German planning and not wanting to waste time so that I could understand that perhaps her Father was this way. I never got to know him well as he was old already by the time I grew up enough to be aware of him and he did not come to many family functions due to heart disease.
@Chualland 4 жыл бұрын
I was living in Southern Germany, Schwaebisch Gmuend when the Berlin Wall came down back in 1990. It was an interesting time to be there.
@HereWeAre101 4 жыл бұрын
I’m from Cincinnati and now I’m living in Colorado for university and I’m currently studying German so I was browsing KZfaq for German content, how fun to find someone from my hometown! I hope they’re treating you well in the Queen City ❤️
@tiffanystarbeck2279 7 ай бұрын
I absolutely love this! it wouldn't be our German Christmas without our treasured holiday Christmas pickle! Every every year it's the last one we put on our tree. My kids always ask me. " Mom, what is the origin of the Christmas pickle?" Heck , I can remember putting this ornament on my tree for 40 years. my children remember and now my grandchild loves it. Also , My mother is Irish, so it was pretty shocking when she married into the family, she tells me that now, of course, it's not that my family wasn't very loving, but she did tell me that there was always very little small talk, And I even remember on my mom's side of the family that everything was a bit more relaxed, but you never bother me because that was just the family that I was born into. I never knew anything different.. My German family is much more serious, they absolutely do love rules, planning, saving money, and very strong in their Catholic faith. I've always been so fascinated by World War III. I have never been to Germany and one day I hope to make it there.. my parents have been many times, but I have never been. The atrocity and whores that occurred I'm sure our very haunting on the German people, But I'm glad that it was taught so well throughout your schooling because it must never happen again ever!! I have so much information that I want to share and so many questions that I want to ask that my head literally wants to explode. I like your channel because you have an American accent and most channels have either heavy German accents or heavy British accents so most of the time I put on the subtitles. so again, thank you for your videos. I scroll down with them and watch them constantly.. 😊
@Saavik256 4 жыл бұрын
Over 15 years ago in Munich I got yelled at for standing on the wrong side of the escalator. We stand on the left. xD
@FelifromGermany 4 жыл бұрын
That happens a lot unfortunately
@martinkaldahl8712 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a man. I'll stand wherever the hell I want to. COME AT ME BRO!!!
@erwinh8692 4 жыл бұрын
Lol years ago in Beijing when I was like 12, I stood on the left and I thought I was on the wrong side and moved to the right and therefore got yelled at.😂
@Saavik256 4 жыл бұрын
@Chad Conley sorry to disappoint you, buddy. Not an American.
@amonshumate4957 4 жыл бұрын
I went in the out doors at WalMart in northern WI by mistake and was really hollered at by two greeters. I asked for forgiveness and now I want to go in the wrong door while I am there.
@The_Dudester 4 жыл бұрын
Felicia. Thank you for helping me. We grew up speaking German at home (English at school), but I didn't realize how much German culture was prevalent in our home. In my present job I am required to engage in small talk and I have been scolded for not being great in it. It was just something we didn't do and for decades I had jobs where it was best not to engage in small talk.
@SammiiLuVTTV 4 жыл бұрын
Aww she is so adorable
@ChesapeakeB1000R 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the breakdown And You are very easy on the eyes as well 🔥🔥
@wildwest5436 3 жыл бұрын
Living in Germany is like one big large Home Owners Association.
@davidcruz8667 3 жыл бұрын
Right?😁😁😁
@MollyFC 3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully there's no Susan's there
@peggydavis6418 3 жыл бұрын
My experience is the Dutch are the same.
@tubamirum007 3 жыл бұрын
OMG!
@brianhilligoss 3 жыл бұрын
@@MollyFC they all ate Karen’s
@sberry00 4 жыл бұрын
You nailed it, Italian Food = Olive Garden here. That is about how far the Italian food choices go here in Oregon.
@historylover8815 Жыл бұрын
Your language tips made more sense then my German teacher’s did. He never taught us how to properly pronounce zs or chs, so I normally just copy what he says for each word. Thanks so much!
@RustyDust101 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, I just watched your Q&A for your 30k subs a few minutes ago. You're now at 39 100 subs. Amazing and kudos.
@MrBVRs1 4 жыл бұрын
First time watcher. You have lived in the US for three years and your English is amazing. It’s obvious that you have worked very hard at this and your annunciation and accent are almost indistinguishable from a born Midwesterner.
@Tosse901 4 жыл бұрын
you do know that everyone in germany starts learning english in elementary school, right?
@Tosse901 4 жыл бұрын
@lurocp8 haven't met anyone under 40 in germany who can't speak english. So of course not everyone can speak English, but the vast majority can.
@Tosse901 4 жыл бұрын
@lurocp8 well, I doubt that you have met tons of Germans under 40 who can't speak english. So what now? We have different opinions I suppose, no need to get angry, my little american friend.
@Tosse901 4 жыл бұрын
@lurocp8 paha, no I really haven't met any german under 40 who can't speak english. So yeah, I don't get why you are so angry about that, as I said in germany you learn english from a very young age. That's just a fact. And I wasn't referring to the "speaking like a Midwestener" part. So no, I wasn't lying. But of course it would be hard for either of us to prove it, don't you think? So your angry allegation is just that.
@Tosse901 4 жыл бұрын
@lurocp8 he said that her English was amazing after only three years in the US, as if that would be something unheard of, but because almost everyone in germany speaks english, it is just normal. THAT was all, and you are the one who's just a little angry, trying to annoy me, so I don't know what's your problem but I also don't care. If you don't believe me, I couldn't care less, have a wonderful evening :)
@tjriz91 4 жыл бұрын
We have always done the pickle thing in my family. When I was younger (and still enjoyed Christmas lol) I loved it! There was always a special gift for the sibling who found it first. Never heard anyone claim that it was of German origin though.
@FiveOClockTea 4 жыл бұрын
I'm German and I heard if it via videos by Americans about Germany, but I really like the idea of it! When I have kids (or when my nephew's older and has siblings) I'll try to get my family to do that as well 😁
@jamesdellaneve9005 4 жыл бұрын
Tijjeroo Woopdidoo yes. That’s a great place. New York has great italian. LA, not so much
@chodelkossss 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not subscribed to many yt-bers but I like the content, language and comparisons, and you switching between English and Deutsch ..well you made me subscribe :D love that you are super positive, smiling with your eyes 👀👍😃
@steph_dreams 4 жыл бұрын
when saying Volkswagen the American way I could see the pain in your face
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
Just imagine a German pronouncing English "W"- and "V"-words the way German "V"s and "W"s are pronounced...
@gramo63 3 жыл бұрын
Braden, that's the same pain you see in a Frenchman's face when a German or American says "Paris."
@salsadip7453 3 жыл бұрын
@@gramo63 thats me when i hear english people say "restrant"
@gramo63 3 жыл бұрын
@@salsadip7453 "restaurant" is a French word -- do you pronounce it the same way the French people do -- with a diphthong at the last syllable? Or the same way the British people do?
@salsadip7453 3 жыл бұрын
@@gramo63 i pronounce it the right way, like the french :P
@Aurinkohirvi 4 жыл бұрын
You could have talked about 🇫🇮 Finnish sterotypes, we share them a lot. Jaywalking frowened upon, no noise late in apartment houses (and really not day time either), no small talk, very straightforward in chatting, relaxed and sporty outfits instead of fashionable or formal, planning ahead. Very familiar. I studied 5 years German in school. Still can't say "Milch" like Germans do. Nope, can't do it.
@gwillis01 4 жыл бұрын
For good Italian--American food in the U S go to the Italian--style neighborhood of Saint Louis, MO called "The Hill" .
@bluegrasskid4835 4 жыл бұрын
I would agree. I am guessing Cincinnati is like Louisville (my hometown) having limited Italian offering but I bet of our host were to visit Chicago, Philadelphia or New York City which all three have large Italian populations, she would be impressed with there Italian.
@roadie193 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Gioias hot salami is my favorite sandwich in STL I think. Anywhere on the hill is great Italian.
@Myrtone 4 жыл бұрын
When compared to Italian food in Europe, is it really that good?
@jasonirwin4631 4 жыл бұрын
@@Myrtone by good do you mean does the food taste good or do you mean authentic. If you are judging by taste that is entirely subjective and based off your previous commitment then you won't like it but more open minded people probably will. If you are judging by authenticity then it varies but food from Italian heavy neighborhoods can get very close.
@Myrtone 4 жыл бұрын
@@jasonirwin4631 It's not clear whether the person in this very video how the person in the video is judging. By the way, any relation to Rosie Irwin? An aspie vlogger who knows German and has spent some time in Germany and Austria.
@albertobozzetto8939 4 жыл бұрын
Hi from Italy , buddy, your English accent is really amazing!
@emomuzz5883 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing with us! :)
@fluffymeisterfresh 4 жыл бұрын
I love how most of the nouns in the English subtitles are capitalized! Some habits are tough to break.
@Myrtone 3 жыл бұрын
It was deliberate.
@thomaspc2 4 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, To get good Italian food in the US, you have to go the New York City area. Chicago Deep dish style is good but I would rather have a Sicilian slice in New York. It is also a thick slice.
@daleharsh6424 4 жыл бұрын
In the 1880s Woolworth stores started selling glass ornaments imported from Germany and some were in the shape of various fruit and vegetables. It seems that pickles must have been among the selection!
@pigoff123 5 ай бұрын
I loved eating at the Hamburger Station and Weinerwald. I stopped on my way home and got a gyro at a small hole in the wall restaurant. It was Turkish. Usually had a few old men in it. The minute I opened the door they all stopped talking and looked at me. The guy shaved the meat off the beehive and made my sandwich. I paid and as I left and the door closed they all started talking again. Happened every time.😊
@michaelt.5672 4 жыл бұрын
About the question of accents: Having a light accent does bring a lot of character with it. But a strong accent (particularly when paired with faulty grammar) can lead to problems. And particularly if you are living in Germany (or any country that doesn't speak your native language) for a prolongued period of time, having faulty grammar and a very noticeable accent will be seen as a sign of unwillingness to put effort behind learning the language and, by extention, unwillingness to integrate yourself into the society. Though people usually realise wether someone is actually new to German, or learned just enough to get by a long time ago and didn't put more effort in.
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
The German city with the most holidays in Bavaria is Augsburg! In addition to all of the other Bavarian holidays Augsburg has it's own city holiday on August 8th.
@ViviNorthbell Жыл бұрын
And it annoyes us north german the most, that we have the least amount of holidays. Just because we are not catholics like bavaria is.
@ericheller553 4 жыл бұрын
My niece graduated from UCLA with a double major with one in global studies. The other was basically German studies. She was an exchange student for a semister and went to live with a family in Bavaria. She made friends with several German students who came to the US conversly. She got a Masters from a private university in Phoenix and now lives in SoCal. She may have an opportunity to relocate to Germany with work. It seemed that she really liked the experiences. I appreciate your Blog. Just thought that I would share.
@diytwoincollege7079 4 жыл бұрын
In America, we try to hide a pickle by the light of the Christmas tree. It's a custom especially after the presents are placed under the tree and you have had a few beers. Happy Holidays! 😊🎅🤶
@andrewwesterman7827 4 жыл бұрын
Feli, your engaging style makes your videos easy to watch, even if some of the content is a bit blah, blah, blah. I had not thought about the language examples you gave, so thanks for that. One negative stereotype in the Anglosphere regarding Germans is that they are humourless and far too serious. However, I got a good laugh out of a couple of Bavarians when I was in Italy when I told them that their German was quite good for Bavarians, after they told me my German was quite good for someone who has not been in Germany for 40 years. Humour is all about context. Germans also seem to appreciate over-the-top humour. My Bavarian neighbour laughs when I say to him, "Stop drinking beer, you lazy bastard and do some work", knowing full well that he works really hard in a typical German way.
@FiveOClockTea 4 жыл бұрын
14:34 I at once had to think of a conversation I had in German with a native English speaker and they wanted to say "Nacht" but said "Nackt" 🤣 One means night, the other means naked 😁
@tonyb7615 4 жыл бұрын
i know, good enough for me
@tonyb7615 4 жыл бұрын
ask dishit, t be tactful if you care. otherwise, just another day
@FiveOClockTea 4 жыл бұрын
@@tonyb7615 I feel like you might've replied to the wrong comment...? If not I am slightly confused
@chrisrudolf9839 4 жыл бұрын
That could be really embarassing if you e.g. work the late shift in a restaurant and tell your coworker "Ich hoffe wir sehen uns morgen Nacht(Nackt)" Accidental sexual harassment by pronounciation ("I hope to see you naked tomorrow" instead of "I hope to see you tomorrow night").
@davidschlecht3016 3 жыл бұрын
What you are doing I think is good way to bring about what is different from country to country is so much alike on what we all want to be loved and accepted in our society. 😀
@dead713 3 жыл бұрын
i just found your channel and i love it. speaking about the christmas pickle that you mentioned in this video. first time i ever heard of it was when i spent christmas with my family in Mainz. i was told it was one of their traditions. i also remember there was a bell that was rung to signal to the children that the Christ Child had arrived bringing presents, not santa claus. i loved seeing my family while i lived there the first time. learned so much from them, including speaking and understanding the language better than taking the German class in high school. but i also found out i speak and understand much better when i as drunk lol.
@crappiefisher1331 4 жыл бұрын
german christmas differences compared to the US: christmas markets, adventskalender, adventskranz, nikolaus on december 6th, the "christkind" brings the presents on x-mas and not santa claus, presents are given on the evening of december 24th instead of in the morning of december 25th when it comes to pronunciation of the german CH: it also makes a huge difference if you tell me or any other german: "Ich habe mir gestern Nacht die Sterne angeschaut" or "Ich habe mir gestern Nackt die Sterne angeschaut" ... on sentences tells me you watched the stars last night, the other one tells me you watched the stars naked yesterday... so yeah, native english speakers: watch out for the proper pronunciation of the german CH.. it can make the difference between telling someone you would love to see them tonight and telling them you would love to see them naked... (Nacht "night" vs. Nackt "naked")
@TM-qj6io 4 жыл бұрын
Need to come to the South Western PA . Lot of Italians here and good Italian food.
@bob_._. 4 жыл бұрын
That's such a cool old fireplace.
@daisyXOXOXO 3 жыл бұрын
Es macht echt Spaß, dir zuzuhören :) Spannende Themen für jemanden, der auch mal einige Monate in den USA gelebt hat...
@randytrashcan 4 жыл бұрын
If you can't find good Italian food over there in Ohio, Saint Louis has a great little Italian district called "The Hill". Check it out if you're ever in the area!
@ilianacolston8070 4 жыл бұрын
You're the second German I hear speaking such good English. I've heard multiple times Germans usually speak at least 2 or 3 languages. Usually German,English and French. I think that is awesome!Germans are smart😊 love your videos and how you don't make them long and boring. Danke!
@simondeobald2524 4 жыл бұрын
At school Germans usually have to learn two more languages - almost always English and then it depends on where you live in Germany or sometimes you can choose. So the other language is (mostly) French, sometimes Russian when closer to the east and in some schools you can choose Spanish. Quite often a third language is an old language like Latin, which is more learned in order to understand the evolution and connection of languages and less to be spoken. Other languages might be possible but they are less usual.
@jamescook6564 2 жыл бұрын
"Glüwine" Christmas wine, served warm like coffee with cinnamon
@russellparker3298 4 жыл бұрын
I got a pickle ornament at the Christmas market in Cologne this Christmas, hid it in the tree as soon as we got back to Oregon.
@hillc2 4 жыл бұрын
Really good Greek food in Germany!! And I miss Fasching!!! So much fun!!
@NHL633 4 жыл бұрын
As for holidays in Germany, my favorite was New Year. It was celebrated with fireworks. All holidays should be so lucky.
@davidcruz8667 3 жыл бұрын
We do that in America also.
@SK-qc6fb 2 жыл бұрын
...was in the Army in Frankfurt, New Years Eve in Sachsenhausen, lots of big firecrackers, lots fun, all the US soldiers would throw them at one another!
@guineanord 3 жыл бұрын
My grandparents on my mothers side are from Germany, Grandfather was from Darmstadt, Grandmother was born in Uppsala Sweden but moved to Germany when she was very young. When I was 16 I could hold a conversation in German, but now at 38 I might only be able to understand a little here and there.
@keithponchillia421 4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video hope there is more on the way. I think it’s great that you live in my home state of Ohio I hope you are enjoying your Midwest experience.
@geraldjohnson5679 4 жыл бұрын
You can get good Italian food in St. Louis MO. The Hill area.
@markgerard5585 4 жыл бұрын
Milo's and Imo's Pizza👍
@palmarisetplantaris 4 жыл бұрын
In the North of Germany we say " Moin" or "Tach"....never ever "Servus". When you say "Servus" in the North, we think you are a "Batzi" (Bavarian). We think there are strange people in Bavaria. We don´t wear "Lederhosen" and Dirndl"... sometimes we wear "Friesennerz" (a yellow raincoat)!!!
@rudigerschneider4835 4 жыл бұрын
There are some stereotypes that are bavarian but not german... 😉
@Professor_Koopa 4 жыл бұрын
and in my area, you are more likely to say "glück auf" or just "Tach"
@angelafriedemann6722 4 жыл бұрын
palmarisetplantaris "Servus" is not really a Bavarian greeting... Bavarians would say "Grüss Gott" oder "Grüass di". And Bavarians do NOT wear Dirndl or Lederhosen every day. Fischköppe do not smell like fish either...or do they?
@haisheauspforte1632 3 жыл бұрын
@@angelafriedemann6722 Wir Norddeutschen denken doch auch nicht, dass man in Bayern täglich seine Lederhosen anzieht. Aber die meisten Norddeutschen hatten noch nie im Leben eine Lederhose bzw. ein Dirndl an und hassen daher dieses Vorurteil. Es ging ja nur darum, dass das eher bayrisch ist und nicht für ganz Deutschland gesagt werden kann. Und servus ist aus norddeutschen Sicht seeehhr süddeutsch, und auch in Bayern durchaus geläufig. Grüße aus Kiel :)
@anton2513 3 жыл бұрын
Wieso sand Leid für di komisch in Bayern. Greiz warst du scha amoi heruntad ha ?
@joshuas193 2 жыл бұрын
Noise ordinances are commonplace in the US as well, as are nosy neighbors.
@gamingwithstrats6702 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome vids, 👍🏽
@marcsmith2708 4 жыл бұрын
I think living in a culture that constantly turned people in for breaking a rule would drive me nuts. I'm all about following the "rules" but when you have so many rules that it's impossible to know them all it becomes a problem. Like when you left your towels outside to dry for a couple hours... Sounds like living in a community full of busy bodies! I completely relate to being prepared and practical though. I have worked with several different Germans (that live in Germany!) over the years and I will say they have always been some of the best to work with!
@TheTruth0492 4 жыл бұрын
As a Mexican-American, I am Honored that you love my people’s food
@eleazaralmazan4089 4 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@stevenskorich7878 3 жыл бұрын
Mexican food is stellar! I even like Taco Bell. I can still recall the chicken mole I had at La Roca in Nogales in 1983. I'm sure the lady I was with has something to do with the fondness of the memory, but the chicken mole was not insignificant!
@pigoff123 5 ай бұрын
My mom used to embarrass me all the time. One time we were at the bus stop. A girl had her coat tied around her waist. She was shivering in the cold. My mother yelled at her and told her she would be warmer if she put her coat on.
@MichaelScheele 3 жыл бұрын
American cities with larger Italian-American populations like New York City, Boston, and Chicago, have good Italian restaurants, bakeries, and sometimes gelaterias. Outside of those areas, it can be difficult to find good Italian restaurants, etc.
@busterschannel4794 4 жыл бұрын
Just a tip , stay away from chain restaurants eat where the locals eat and support your local small businesses.
@cathydombrovske9235 3 жыл бұрын
Whenever I'm in another town, no matter what country, I look for where the locals eat! :)
@elh.7726 4 жыл бұрын
This girl's smile is too much for me...lol
@travisgibson2960 Жыл бұрын
Love your perspective on life. And am I wrong? Or is she is so the cutest!😀
@wescraven2606 4 жыл бұрын
This was a really good video.
@matthewbratton3825 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty and smart and very pleasant young lady. Greetings from Cleveland.
@lucabartolucci919 4 жыл бұрын
Anyway Servus is a latin word for slave, it was common to say i'm your slave as a form of respect for the host. Is the same in italian with the word "ciao" the most common way to say hallo, it comes from the venetian "schiao" that means slave.
@Jixxor 4 жыл бұрын
TIL, thats quite interesting if true. ( I know servus means slave, but whether or not thats where German "Servus!" comes from)
@HalfEye79 4 жыл бұрын
The english words "server" or "to serve" came from that word.
@jameskoralewski296 4 жыл бұрын
I studied 3 years of German in college, many years ago. I enjoyed speaking and learning German.
@plugandplay100 3 жыл бұрын
With the Servus greeting, it's funny that although I lived in Munich (stayed with an older couple) for about 5 weeks, I never heard it nor was taught it at the Berlitz school I went to, but then went to Salzburg (went to the University for 6 months) and learned it there. So I had assumed it was a Salzburg greeting or one for Austria.
@Banned_loI 4 жыл бұрын
A lot of midwest cities have German heritage. I live in Indianapolis, IN and there is still German heritage here. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athen%C3%A6um_(Das_Deutsche_Haus)
@cathydombrovske9235 3 жыл бұрын
A lot in Milwaukee, too.
@timtimtimmay4654 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I could survive that much retentiveness without confrontation lol
@btetschner 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video, I learn much from each one. I certainly have a different opinion on rules.
@christopherkeith6815 2 жыл бұрын
I love Germany 🇩🇪 bought some home made mead from a guy from Munich. It was during Christmas 2018 and spice wine I can’t think of the name of it ? it was amazing ! Glue vine I think .
@BryanO92 4 жыл бұрын
Would it be fair to say that to a European the American obsession with ancestry might feel too much like ethnonationalism, which has a bit of a problematic history in Europe? I know in my experience Europeans seem to think it's a little weird that Americans identify with a culture they are many generations removed from.
@alexsupertramp4907 4 жыл бұрын
I am German and i wouldnt say that is the main reason There are just more people here who find it kind of weird to be proud of heritage especially of far ancestors because it says absolutely nothing about you as an individual Of course there is also that nationalism vibe when being really overly proud of that what makes it a bit problematic
@ellewelle401 4 жыл бұрын
My school choir once traveled to Chile which has a lot of people with german ancestry. Pretty much every time that someone was proudly talking of it those ancestors were Nazis who fled from the Nuremberg trials. Which... is not something we are proud of. Though, generally speaking, anything that has a nationalism vibe (and doesn't have to do with soccer) is pretty frowned upon in Germany. That might be different for other european countries, though. Speaking for myself and a little tongue-in-cheek :-), since US is a country of immigrants, why would it be that big of a deal that a US citizen's ancestors are from Europe? I would be much more impressed to find someone with Native American ancestry, considering how diligently the tribes were decimated over the centuries.
@YouTuneIt 3 жыл бұрын
Ithink to some people it comes of a bit weird to call yourself a German (as an example) because a few generations ago an ancestor or two came from Germany. Even if a large part of the ancestors generations ago came from Germany youre not German, youre American of Kaukasian - German descent, because you have been socialised as such. Some of my American friends living in different European countries at one meeting got into an exchange about being commonly asked at grade school already "what they were" and were totally irritated that the question wasn't about where they lived, were born, their gender, whatever from their actual life but rather what heritage they identified with, as if that was the most defining thing about them. To me the entire concept of being proud (or ashamed) of the heritage you never actually experienced is weird. I mean it can be nice to be connected even a little to something you admire. But i think you should only really be proud of things you accomplished yourself or be proud _for_ someone - often someone closely connected, of achieving something. Which in that sense sort of means respecting them for their achievement. Being proud of someone elses achievement seems to try to lay claim to it as if you had done something for it.
@jjramos46 4 жыл бұрын
Germans are the greatest engineers and have excellent food!
@bluegrasskid4835 4 жыл бұрын
French is the language of love, Italian is the language of song, German is the language of science and English is the language of business.
@bluegrasskid4835 4 жыл бұрын
@James Gertz A professor friend of mine said that up until World War I, Germans absolutely dominated Nobel Prizes in the sciences. But how harsh the allies treated Germany after WWI slowed down German dominance and then Hiltler really harmed German scientific research by blowing off all Jewish and non Aryan discoveries, ie Einstein, allowing the US to catch up. Had WWI never happened, German dominance in the sciences would have probably continued to today.
@kaskl5403 4 жыл бұрын
These standards can be from any country, sometimes following rules is a good thing. Three years of German lessons in US High School as a mandatory language requirement.. Like your videos
@NotMeButAnother 4 жыл бұрын
The language thing can be generalised. In linguistics there's the concept of "phonemes" which basically means "sounds that make for a difference in meaning". The throaty "r" that's similar to the French one and the rolled "r" that you also hear in Italian or Spanish both exist in German (the latter more in the south), but they never make a difference in meaning, they're the same phoneme. "ie" and "ei" are different phonemes. This can be a useful concept when trying to improve your accent in a foreign language. In general I find that while it's very hard to speak German "correctly", making yourself understood on a basic level is actually quite easy.
@BlowShootera 4 жыл бұрын
The chrismaspickle is a thing in the North in Germany how i found out when an American asked me about it and i did some research because I was confused by this question :-) (I'm German, didn't know it either ... what a silly tradition)
@californiahiker9616 3 жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in Germany. I’d never heard of pickle thing until I came over here. And I don’t know anybody over here who does this! Just too weird!
@SK-qc6fb 2 жыл бұрын
I love the Christmas Pickle tradition, lots of fun for the kids!
@optimuscprime 4 жыл бұрын
I have some German ancestry. Supposedly a Hessian that came over during the revolutionary war. I think he kept his head though.
@dennisdunton6530 4 жыл бұрын
@@Konleb you have obviously never heard of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
@peterdawson2403 3 жыл бұрын
In the North East U.S. the is either dropped or pronounced example car is pronounced cah.
@davidorazine8239 4 жыл бұрын
Come to Massachusetts (NY, NJ, CT and RI as well) and you will have easy access to good Italian food.
@hudster80 4 жыл бұрын
When I was stationed in Germany in the early 2000’s, it was very cold outside, so I started my car and went back inside. One of the locals went in my car and turned it off, and told me that I was not allowed to do that...oops!
@BlowShootera 4 жыл бұрын
Weird that the US has a bad climate footprint. hmmm were those this come from. ;-)
@AB-vm2nz 4 жыл бұрын
When I was on a military exercise in Canada all American participants put the car keys behind the sun shield, when they are parking in front of the motel. Once we came back drunk to the motel, opened the cars, take the keys, opened the window a little bit, locked the door and throw the keys back in the car... hey, now I’m sorry for that, but we where young and dumb and drunk. 🤗
@gregwatson4629 4 жыл бұрын
When I was in the US Army & stationed in the southern part of Germany in the 80s, the greeting "Grüß Gott" was commonly used. Has that fallen out of fashion?
@FelifromGermany 4 жыл бұрын
That's a rather formal greeting in the South. It's still used but it's rather polite
@donswanson1541 4 жыл бұрын
Same here 1/6inf
@Neelia35 3 жыл бұрын
I am from Germany and I have been living in the US for one year (while working as an Au Pair) and I loved the Asian food in the US and also Olive Garden (Italian), Bahama Breeze, Chili's, frozen yogurt, pancakes and waffles, a spoon full of peanut butter, Starbucks coffee cake, Greek food and the salads at Wendy's :D
@arlarl7176 Жыл бұрын
The best german sentence ever: "Wenn du jemanden nicht umfahren möchtest, musst du ihn umfahren". If you don't pronounce it right, you're lost. In english it means maybe something like: "If you don't want to run over someone, you have to drive around them." In the first half of the german sentence, the word "umfahren" is stressed on the first syllable ("UMfahren") so that it can be understood right, but on the second half of the sentence the word has to be stressed on the second syllable ("umFAHRen"). The words are spelled the same but mean something completely different.
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