Clearing up misconceptions about your country!
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You lucky blue ridge bastard. I agree with you by the way. You know why so many people think we're stupid? It's because our graduation standards are tougher, so not as many people graduate on time (5th year grads are counted as drop-outs).A random person said:
OT: You know, I've noticed several people mention American stereotypes of other countries, so I'd just like to say this. We really don't think about you guys all that much. Hardly at all in fact. We're mostly concerned with our own problems (which are many and high in variety).
Nope. Discworld, The Last Continent. Death asks for some books about the dangerous animals of XXXX (basically Australia) and gets flattened by flying books. He asks for a book about the harmless animals of XXXX, and gets a single sheet of paper with "Some of the sheep" written on it.ottenni said:
Seeing as you didn't get it, you can have some dwarf bread. [http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Dwarf_bread]
Heh, come up to queensland mate. Redbacks, whitetails and funnelwebs, oh my. Kingsnkaes and Blacksnakes and Death Adders oh my. Bluebottles and stonefish and bluering octopi oh my....ottenni said:
all we need now are Lions and Tigers and Bears.
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Oh my.
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Here's the ultimate proof of Australia's deadliness...
[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEeq5qGh8I"]"Come to Australia"[/a]
Let's see, we in Holland:
do not smoke pod all the time, it loses appeal when it's legal after a while, which is exactly the point of condoning it
we don't all watch porn; however most men do
aw who am i kiddin.
do not smoke pod all the time, it loses appeal when it's legal after a while, which is exactly the point of condoning it
we don't all watch porn; however most men do
aw who am i kiddin.
you´re right, i forgot. well, german seems to be harder to learn for native english speaker than english for native german speakers, although i must admit that germans often sound funny because of the way english is taught here. the english you learn here is downright not the way it is used in reality.waterhazard said:This is true but there is also latin to draw upon for englishiamthehorde said:and also why is lipstick counted as masculine in its verb? (I had to do german as a language course for 2 years im in england btw and i found it boring as hell :/)
the lip-stick/lippen-stift is masculine in german because the last noun in a compositary noun is the one that defines gender. it´s "der stift" in germany, although a stick is not a "stift"(pencil) but a "stock/stab/knüppel"(although a knüppel may be also a "club" or a "billet" in english). i know a lot of people that learn german have problems with gender and pronouns. german is a language where all the rules don´t mean that much because it has so many exceptions, i bet it can be quite annoying
EDIT: got ninja´d. that´s just the way it is.
England:
We don't wear top hats
We don't drink tea all the time
We don't all love crumpets
Fish and chips is very common
We don't all call each other 'guvnor'
We don't all call sandwiches 'butties'
We are very big on politeness
We are quite good with vocabulary, save for a disturbingly large percentage of the country
We don't have horrible teeth
We don't wear top hats
We don't drink tea all the time
We don't all love crumpets
Fish and chips is very common
We don't all call each other 'guvnor'
We don't all call sandwiches 'butties'
We are very big on politeness
We are quite good with vocabulary, save for a disturbingly large percentage of the country
We don't have horrible teeth
Ireland
1: We aren't all red heads
2: We aren't all alcoholics
3: None of us sound like Colin Farrell for some reason he puts on an "Irish" accent when he's in a movie.
4: American directors version of the Irish accent needs to die slowly in a fire.
5: We don't hate the British they are pretty cool
6: We dont say "To be sure, to be sure" or "Top o' the mornin' to ya" although i wish we did say the latter because it sounds awesome
Uh that's all i can think of right now, someone tel me a few myth's about Ireland and I'll see what can be done about correcting them, if they need it.
1: We aren't all red heads
2: We aren't all alcoholics
3: None of us sound like Colin Farrell for some reason he puts on an "Irish" accent when he's in a movie.
4: American directors version of the Irish accent needs to die slowly in a fire.
5: We don't hate the British they are pretty cool
6: We dont say "To be sure, to be sure" or "Top o' the mornin' to ya" although i wish we did say the latter because it sounds awesome
Uh that's all i can think of right now, someone tel me a few myth's about Ireland and I'll see what can be done about correcting them, if they need it.
In Britain, most of us don't drink tea in a top hat as we laugh at the poor.
Well, most people don't. I do.
Well, most people don't. I do.
no, it´s cool, i was just asking because i mostly have fond memories of the netherlands and i find you people are really nice. it seemed like a really dumb stereotype to me. but germans can be pretty cocky when they visit other countries because they tend to compare everything to germany and often rant about minor flaws.rokkolpo said:
Thats ok.Jaythulhu said:
Ill stick to Victoria with the Tiger Snakes, Red backs, Coneshell's, Blue-ring octopus, Stone Fish, Red Bellied Black Snakes, Huntsman's, Sharks, Magpies, Kangaroos, Koalas, Platypuses and worst of all fire.
Ok maybe everything does want to kill you here.
damn, you ninja´d me... i was posting this too, sorry, had a conversation while typing so it took too long.Skeleon said:Because the word "lipstick" translates to "Lippenstift", which consists of "lips" and "pen". And "pen" (or "Stift") is a masculine word in German, that's why "lipstick" is also masculine. "Lips" is just an addition that doesn't change the gender of the word "pen".waterhazard said:This is true but there is also latin to draw upon for english
Now you might ask: "Why is "pen" masculine?".
I have no clue. Most things have genders in the German language.
Desk is male, bank is female. Bread is genderless, by the way.
I guess that's just how our language developed and we never changed it.
I beg to differ. Really it's a terrible thing. No I'm not trying to be racist, I'm simply stating my opinion. (Which is mostly the truth)shannon.archer said:
it´s really frustrating. but then again, i´m looking forward to do something i wanted to do since i was a child, so it´s cool. hard times are usually followed by good timesSonicron said:Ah, the transition problem. I never had to deal with that because the Bachelor/Master system was made mandatory in Kiel just when I started my studies about 2 years ago. It's complete shit, but at least I was conditioned to accept it right from the start and didn't have to deal with some of my courses not being available anymore.
And yes, only Äppler is the real deal, screw all the rest!!
funny that you´re from the same area like me. it was really nice exchanging off-topic stuff with you, but now i need to get some rest, i was working since 5´o clock in the morning and didn´t get any sleep. best wishes to you in kiel!
hau rein
-jan