teawhore 7,667 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 ♡ nyc ♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benKo 3,358 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Judas 4,106 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Omg yes this language had me going mental I'm glad that I got over it (I guess ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,364 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 1 hour ago, benKo said: my native language is german so I might be a bit biased, but I hate these kind of videos. I mean, I agree German definitely is one of the more "ugly"-sounding languages, especially compared to those melodic languages like French, Italian and Spanish, but the words they choose are always the most extreme cases of German cacophony. Also, the German speakers always exaggerate the words to an extent that it doesn't even sound German anymore. Just as an example, the first word "Flugzeug" is actually quite a smooth word, but the way the German speaker in the video pronounces it is very unpleasant and anything but authentic Besides, all those other languages have ugly words as well, like "refrigerator"or "cicatriz" or "pipistrello" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 1 hour ago, benKo said: Excuse Me No Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benKo 3,358 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 11 minutes ago, tomsches said: my native language is german so I might be a bit biased, but I hate these kind of videos. I mean, I agree German definitely is one of the more "ugly"-sounding languages, especially compared to those melodic languages like French, Italian and Spanish, but the words they choose are always the most extreme cases of German cacophony. Also, the German speakers always exaggerate the words to an extent that it doesn't even sound German anymore. Just as an example, the first word "Flugzeug" is actually quite a smooth word, but the way the German speaker in the video pronounces it is very unpleasant and anything but authentic Besides, all those other languages have ugly words as well, like "refrigerator"or "cicatriz" or "pipistrello" I'm also from Germany, but I love these jokes. And I also love our language. Anyone with a common sense should know that we actually don't speak like that. But as these jokes are extreme and satiric, we actually have very funny words for foreign people, a result of the possibility to make words as long as we want and putting different words together. I recently saw a really long sign in Italy with 9 words describing an office wich we germans would just call "....amt". But as long as we also make jokes about all other languages, everything is fine in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambino 24,139 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Just listen to Scheisse and you're good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benKo 3,358 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 6 minutes ago, Marcel said: Excuse Me No Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 13 minutes ago, benKo said: We're German. Germans aren't sarcastic. I, I wish I could be sarcastic, but I'm a unhumorous German. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benKo 3,358 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Just now, Marcel said: We're German. Germans aren't sarcastic. Please don't tell Mutti Merkel. I always try to hide it with VPNs when I'm online. I äm a brave burger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 14 minutes ago, benKo said: I'm also from Germany, but I love these jokes. And I also love our language. Anyone with a common sense should know that we actually don't speak like that. But as these jokes are extreme and satiric, we actually have very funny words for foreign people, a result of the possibility to make words as long as we want and putting different words together. I recently saw a really long sign in Italy with 9 words describing an office wich we germans would just call "....amt". But as long as we also make jokes about all other languages, everything is fine in my opinion. Don't be too sure on that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benKo 3,358 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Just now, Melech said: Don't be too sure on that In this case I don't care for these people anyway or I speak the german they expect from me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
at4v897m4rfw3c 258 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 38 minutes ago, tomsches said: my native language is german so I might be a bit biased, but I hate these kind of videos. I mean, I agree German definitely is one of the more "ugly"-sounding languages, especially compared to those melodic languages like French, Italian and Spanish, but the words they choose are always the most extreme cases of German cacophony. Also, the German speakers always exaggerate the words to an extent that it doesn't even sound German anymore. Just as an example, the first word "Flugzeug" is actually quite a smooth word, but the way the German speaker in the video pronounces it is very unpleasant and anything but authentic Besides, all those other languages have ugly words as well, like "refrigerator"or "cicatriz" or "pipistrello" Thats kinda the definition of a joke I will never understand why people get upset with these kind of videos when its obviously meant as a joke... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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