Herr Merkel to address UK Parliament.
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Actually I am fluent in German, having lived there for several years. It was a satirical side swipe at the English impression of what Germans are like. Several years ago I was in a pub talking to a couple of Germans. The subject got round to The War. One of the Germans asked why we English always bring up the war, and, to a man the five or six other Englishmen at the bar, in unison, said "Because We Won!". Even the Germans laughed at this.
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Herr Angela Merkel is on a one-day visit to the UK where she/he will address both Houses. As she/he walks in to do her speech will she/he think to her/himself as Chancellor "and all of this could have been mine"?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Das is nicht gut! [no, I can't speak German either]
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Don't mention the war. DD did once, but I think he got away with it...:~
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
German tourist witnesses a road accident. He runs into a shop. Here is the conversation: German: A man has been knocked down by a car. What number do I dial to get an ambulance? Shopkeeper: No, no, no. German: What do you mean, nein, nein, nein?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Actually I am fluent in German, having lived there for several years. It was a satirical side swipe at the English impression of what Germans are like. Several years ago I was in a pub talking to a couple of Germans. The subject got round to The War. One of the Germans asked why we English always bring up the war, and, to a man the five or six other Englishmen at the bar, in unison, said "Because We Won!". Even the Germans laughed at this.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Actually I am fluent in German
Oh really? Several years is enough is it? Anyway, your Germish sucks. :) (And oddly it is always Germans who bring up Hitler)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
having lived there for several years.
Wo hast Du gelebt ? Hamburg ? Dort gearbeitet ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Spoken like a true Alsatian! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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So you mean German language, German Religion and German culture?
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Platte Deutsch though. :)
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Spoken like a true Alsatian! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Not German. Celtic ;)
We would only have taken wales and Scotland with us into the Greater Union of Germanic Peoples is to have someone to make jokes about....
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"We" in the Netherlands don't even have a common religion or culture, and this place is tiny. There's The West (includes the middle), which is generally civilized. The East, which is mostly empty except for some pseudo-Germans. The South which is somehow Catholic unlike the rest of the country - they refuse to pronounce their G's correctly, and they vote for Wilders. The North, divided between separatists (with their own language and culture, stuck a century in the past) and communists (but most of them are students).
harold aptroot wrote:
and they vote for Wilders
I thought the whole place did, but I can believe the Catholics are more right wing.
harold aptroot wrote:
The North, divided between separatists
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: No way! Separatists ? What is there to separate! They will end up with a tiny bit of land that is 90% below sea level! That's nuts. They might speak Fries, but that's no reason.
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Platte Deutsch though. :)
no way... badisch, the only german dialect that is truely worth keeping it ;)
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harold aptroot wrote:
and they vote for Wilders
I thought the whole place did, but I can believe the Catholics are more right wing.
harold aptroot wrote:
The North, divided between separatists
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: No way! Separatists ? What is there to separate! They will end up with a tiny bit of land that is 90% below sea level! That's nuts. They might speak Fries, but that's no reason.
Erudite_Eric wrote:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: No way! Separatists ? What is there to separate! They will end up with a tiny bit of land that is 90% below sea level! That's nuts. They might speak Fries, but that's no reason.
B-but culture, and reduced crime, and not sharing their wealth with the oppressors, and protecting the purity of bloodlines.. They like to discuss that shit on stormfront and other places like that, they're not actually doing anything as far as I know.
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I don't like their wines, but I do work in Germany.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Where abouts? I work there part of the time, in a very dull town. Very very dull.
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no way... badisch, the only german dialect that is truely worth keeping it ;)
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WTF is basisch?
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WTF is basisch?
Erudite_Eric wrote:
WTF is basdisch
FTFY It's the dialect many mix up with Swabian, but as Baden-Württemberg is a mix of 2 different provinces, the Badisch part (i don't know if there is a english word for that) and the swabian part (Württemberg). And both dialects are completely different for those who speak it. But i see this is to deep into German neighbour rivalries. :-\
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Dalek Dave wrote:
having lived there for several years.
Wo hast Du gelebt ? Hamburg ? Dort gearbeitet ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Aplerbeck in Dortmund
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Erudite_Eric wrote:
WTF is basdisch
FTFY It's the dialect many mix up with Swabian, but as Baden-Württemberg is a mix of 2 different provinces, the Badisch part (i don't know if there is a english word for that) and the swabian part (Württemberg). And both dialects are completely different for those who speak it. But i see this is to deep into German neighbour rivalries. :-\
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Ah, OK, I drive past there when O go home. I forget how young Germany is and really how many almost separate languages it has.
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Ah, OK, I drive past there when O go home. I forget how young Germany is and really how many almost separate languages it has.
Yeah there are a lot, the funniest Thing to see is the south German ppl getting subtitles in tv cause "nobody understands them" :laugh:
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German tourist witnesses a road accident. He runs into a shop. Here is the conversation: German: A man has been knocked down by a car. What number do I dial to get an ambulance? Shopkeeper: No, no, no. German: What do you mean, nein, nein, nein?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Reminds me of the (probably faked) video about the German coast guard I saw years ago. There are two men, an old one and a young one, problably an apprentice. The old man says (in German) to to the young one something like: I need to go to the restroom. Stay alert. As soon as the old man is out of the door there is a voice from the speaker: Mayday, mayday! We are sinking! The young man hessitantly grabs the microphone and says veeery sloowly with an incredibly awful German accent: Hello. Sis is se German coast guard. What are you sinking about?
The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.
