Kinda unfortunate because if Americans understood the Hitler speeches they'd know he's a whiney bitch who sounds just as stupid as Trump with just as much of a victim complex.
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Die in hell. points at shoes
English insults are like "How's your day, love?" and the other lad is positively miffed on account of how you pronounced it.
UND KEINE EIER!
That guy has the thickest accent, which makes the song even funnier to me
I don’t like the stereotype (and it is just a stereotype) of German being a ‘screamy’ language. As a Dutchman who also speaks German, it’s a perfectly pleasant language to me in 99% of the cases (but then I think it’s beautiful anyway, hence why I learnt it). There’s nothing inherently ‘screamy’ about German.
Though I have to admit that when I do hear it being screamed in, it immediately triggers associations with that period in history like I was there myself. I blame movies.
I blame what have done Germany 80 years ago in Europe as the main reason, we are barely getting out of the phase were all people that lives through these times are dead but it is still rembered.
This is exactly what it is. That reputation has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual sound of German. The stereotype, btw is not about it being screamy, but ugly. People claim it sounds ugly and aggressive, for no reason other than Nazis. It's a cultural stereotype that was completely projected onto the language, most notably how it sounds.
I bet most people who believe this have never heard normal German speech, only exaggerated phrases from movies and comic sketches, where Germans are bad guys who intentionally sound threatening.
It could just be that for a lot of people their only exposure to German is that clip from Der Untergang where Hitler gets super pissed and it does indeed sound like yelling in German is way more aggressive than yelling in English - but the other people in the room don't yell back at him and there's nothing aggressive about their speech.
That and the videos of people pronouncing words in different languages and of course ambulance is said in a normal tone while Krankenwagen is yelled because stereotyp funni, but that's based more on how the words look when written down I think.
I don’t like the stereotype (and it is just a stereotype) of German being a ‘screamy’ language.
Yeah it's exactly that: Stereotype and being used to a certain melody in a language. For me (German) Arabic often sounds aggressive for some reason... Farsi and Dari sound pleasent though. I don't understand neither of them...
Even in Germany we consider some other dialects rude or aggressive sounding. For a lot of people Berlin's dialect sounds rude or some people from the north have the same feeling with some dialects from the sound. (For me it's the dialects spoken in the Black Forest).
Language is weird.
Honestly Saxonian ist the worst. I automatically assume I am talking to a Nazi and brace myself. The fact that that I am right in about 1 of 2 cases doesn't really help either
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Lass sofort ein Bier rüberwachsen, sonst setzt's Randale!
Der Schaum sieht jämmerlich aus
I'm German, but I have to hand it to them: The Dutch have by far the best insults of any language.
When the Dutch start cussing:
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Einmal Pommes mit Ketchup zum mitnehmen bitte, aber ohne Zwiebeln
Ne, ich bin die Currywurst und er Pommes rot-weiß.
*Pommes-Schranke
Wer ist Pommes mit Zwiebeln?
Ich, wie gesagt, nicht, aber manche Leute essen alles mit Zwiebeln. Bis zu einem gewissen Punkt geh ich da mit, aber bei Pommes und Obstsalat nicht
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Und ohne Blei.
Its so funny seeing Americans just thinking normal hochdeutsch is hardcore
Just wait until you hear Ze cute Bayrische Dialekt
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It took me a while to realize that my mom (Korean, from Busan area) was on the phone having a conversation and not a heated argument. Literally sounded like screaming at times.
East Asian languages in general (excluding Japanese). My first thought seeing this meme was "this MF never heard Cantonese before?"
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Russian sounds super soft. Childish, almost.
Я тоже так думаю
I can't read Cyrillic.
It means 'I think too' and is with the Latin alphabet roughly: Ya tosche tak dumaio
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Ya tozhe tak dumayu
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i dont like russian government but the russian language actually sounds cool for me
I used to drive for a living and all night long I would listen to podcasts and audiobooks. I really enjoy spy, military, and sci-fi. So I've listened to a ton of spy and military books with Russian characters. Eventually I started trying to impersonate different voices and got really good at the Russian and Scottish voices.
My Scot doesn't really fool anyone, but I've got a few people now with the Russian voice. It also helps that the Russian accent most people know if the one American actors use in TV and film. I'm sure anyone who knew what a real Russian accent sounded like would know instantly.
I'm in Switzerland rn and German really does not sound that aggressive. They actually sound quite kind and sweet.
Polish and Finnish swearing though... That's next level.
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Ich nehme den Saupressmagen in Biersoße mit Kartoffeln und dazu ein Hacker-Pschorr.
Idk man "May you get fucked by a swordfisch" (spanish insult) is pretty hard in my book x)
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See that? You don't. Its not night. You insult in the shadow of an old drunk Mexican.
Italian insults are just funny. Everything is about dicks.
In Poland we have this old joke, where the reveal is that German language is barbed wire.
Don't remember the joke though ;)
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