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CF Germans-How German sounds

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by ferrari77, Jul 29, 2013.

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  1. ferrari77

    ferrari77 Member

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    Pretty silly since not all Germans yell while talking but still a bit funny

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  2. BamBam

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    LOL...the German guy was pretty funny but what's the deal with the redneck with a shotgun?
    Is that how the world views the USA? Thanks for sharing OP!
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  3. bigtexxx

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    lol

    some of the direct English translations of German words don't make them sound any better...

    Flugzeug = Flying thing (airplane)

    Krankenwagen = Sick wagon (ambulance)

    kind of impersonal when translated into English, but whatever it's all subjective anyhow. Plus the women are hot and the beer is good
     
  4. DFWRocket

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    thats pretty darn funny - but only because of HOW the word was delivered by the german guy. In reality, many german words are very close to english because original english is a germanic language (it was derived from german).

    ex:

    GERMAN -- ENGLISH
    wasser -- water
    sohn -- son
    freund -- friend
    trinken -- drink
    bad -- bath
    haus -- house
    Symphonie -- symphony
    schule -- school
    bier -- beer


    heck - some words are even the exact same
    pants -- Pants
    alphabet -- alphabet
    minister -- minister
    musical -- musical
    butter -- butter
    note -- note
    zone -- zone
    film -- film

    Also, if english is your first language...german is the easiest second language to learn.

    English is hard to learn no matter what your first language because the rules are so screwy.

    but..that video is still really funny.
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    Fahrvergnugen
     
  6. Jontro

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    I like to imagine this is how Yung-T and ATW talk on a daily basis.
     
  7. Deji McGever

    Deji McGever יליד טקסני

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    Yeah..but for a native English speaker I think this makes German easier to understand. Completely agree on the women, especially older women. Tel Aviv has a reputation for it's girls, but there's a reason the girls I date are much younger than me. In Berlin, I found women in their 30s and 40s to be amazing.
     
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    seems legit.
     
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    Good post. Some small corrections:

    Symphonie is from Latin and actually originally ancient Greek.

    We don't use the word "pants" in Germany.

    Also, I posted this video in the UNSORTED forum before ;).
     
  10. SwoLy-D

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    I'll throw another curve at you and add the SPANISH words:
    I disagree about "screwy." English sucks. THERE ARE NO RULES. :eek:

    Pronounce:
    twa (too-AH)
    twe (too-EH)
    twi (too-EE or too-I)
    two (TOO NOT too-Oh?) :)confused: WTH?!?!?! )

    Pronounce:
    seen (SEEN - long E)
    keen (KEEN - long E)
    teen (TEEN - long E)
    ween (WEEN - long E)
    been (ben - short e) WTF?!?!?

    SPANISH is the easiest to learn. ALL WORDS follow rules and, if they don't, they need an accent. NO IFs or BUTs about it. :eek:
     
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    This is why I never trusted the Germans. Also after 9/11 and all.
     
  12. KingCheetah

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    ****ing GERMANS -- they can't even talk right.
     

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