Comments on: Happy Tag der Arbeit Germany

By: Florian Blaschke

Florian Blaschke — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:07:41 +0000

Wenn Deutsche sich rundheraus weigern würden, auf englisch zu sprechen und zu schreiben, wie es die Franzosen mit ihrer eigenen Sprache tun, müßten die Sprecher des Englischen auch deutsch lernen, oder Dolmetscher und Übersetzer (zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze!) einstellen. Deutschlands Wirtschaftsmacht ist groß genug, daß die englischsprachige Welt die Deutschen nicht einfach ignorieren könnte. Und dann wären Deutsch- und Englischsprecher auf gleicher Ebene und Deutsche hätten keinen unfairen Nachteil, weil sie sich nicht gezwungen sähen, sich in einer Sprache ausdrücken, die nicht ihre Muttersprache ist.

(Weil ich aber doch nett bin: If Germans flat out refused to speak and write in English and insisted in German, like the French do with their own language, the speakers of English would have a need to learn German, or hire interpreters and translators (additional jobs!), too. Germany’s economic power is large enough so that the Anglophone world couldn’t simply ignore the Germans. Then, speakers of German and English would be on equal footing and Germans wouldn’t be at an unfair disadvantage, as they wouldn’t feel forced to express themselves in a language that isn’t their native tongue.)

By: Someone

Someone — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:22:18 +0000

Tanja, you forgot the large fraction of Germans who just enjoy the holiday without getting drunk

By: Graf Zeppelin

Graf Zeppelin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:41:53 +0000

nice vid, it says it all.
more beer please!

By: Tanja

Tanja — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:01:12 +0000

It’s sad you didn’t write anything about the 1st of May.

Our nation divides into the people who but an amazing amount of beer in a Bolerwagen and get awfully drunk somewhere on a nice Wiese, and Linksextreme who have street fights with the police in every bigger city (especially Kreuzberg, Berlin, of course). It’s an awesome holidays.

By: Heiko

Heiko — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:06:56 +0000

i love that video. but seriously, for us germans there are no difference between “s” and “th”…..sanks for underthtanding. :-))))

By: Caitlyn

Caitlyn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:30:27 +0000

I love the video XD It brightened my day, as I’m trying to learn the German language by myself. It’s quite hard..

By: Tcherman

Tcherman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:00:42 +0000

Melian, dafür kenne ich auch einige Amerikaner, die unser manchmal nicht so ganz ernst gemeintes Geschimpfe über Amerika in den falschen Hals bekommen

By: Melian

Melian — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:21:45 +0000

roll, I don’t know any, but I know LOTS of Germans who seem unable to understand exaggeration for humorous effect.

By: Badger

Badger — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:55:55 +0000

Seems there is a lot of knowledge about Germany especially with bored english speaking guys,who never have visited Germany. That`s OK, we are amused, go on muckering, have a nice time but drink less Scotch.

By: Rolf

Rolf — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:31:05 +0000

“May 1st in Germany is the “Day of Work”, a national holiday, so nobody goes to work.”

Another interesting fact is, that Germans do work on “Freitag”. They get it all wrong.