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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Remember the rousing version of "Panzerlied" in Battle of the Bulge?

I can't sit through this movie long enough to hear it. Not one of my favourites.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Remember the rousing version of "Panzerlied" in Battle of the Bulge?  The link is an example of what I used to hear until I did a bit of self-study on the German language (IE, this is what German can sometimes sound like to an uneducated American's ears):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29WOoW_oIjg

I don't recall ever hearing a dugong figure so prominently in nationalistic music, Canoerebel. Thanks! [:D]

And this is how English sounds to everyone else: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00

Now try to "translate" it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol

Ah, but it's not authentic frontier gibberish. For that, you need to revisit Blazing Saddles.

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Ah, but it's not authentic frontier gibberish. For that, you need to revisit Blazing Saddles.

[:D]

Rather like the older officer in Hot Fuzz.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Remember the rousing version of "Panzerlied" in Battle of the Bulge?  The link is an example of what I used to hear until I did a bit of self-study on the German language (IE, this is what German can sometimes sound like to an uneducated American's ears):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29WOoW_oIjg

Hilarious! "He found out he can speak half-Japanese." [:D][:D][:D]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

http://www.thelocal.de/gallery/culture/1509/

The German language should probably be mentioned. I think the vocabulary was five or six times as large?

Oh, and don't forget, there are - not one, not two - but SIX ways to use the equivalent of English "the". Depending on sex or plural or what-have-you.

Jeez, French only has three, even.

And let's not forget what Hollywood taught us: that if you were a British or American spy, it was not necessary to actually speak German.

English, spoken with a German accent, would do fine.

(Just like how you can see the Eiffel Tower from every single window in Paris. Or how bed sheets come up to a man's waist, but up to a woman's neck - at the same time.)
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ORIGINAL: Cerran

ORIGINAL: Historiker

http://www.thelocal.de/gallery/culture/1509/

The German language should probably be mentioned. I think the vocabulary was five or six times as large?

Oh, and don't forget, there are - not one, not two - but SIX ways to use the equivalent of English "the". Depending on sex or plural or what-have-you.

Jeez, French only has three, even.

Why? Because F**k You! Thats Why.

Absolutely priceless.. made me laugh [:D]!!

As a german, i can only suggest to watch "Die Hard" in english. All those actors performing as east-german people trying to speak german is quite funny, but i felt of my chair laughing when suddenly on of them spoke in a bavarian dialect. [:D]

Check this out Historiker and see today's German Army.[:D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJoTBlDfVhk

An absolute GEM of a thread. The contributions were great. You should all congratulate yourselves for making these forums as much fun as they are!
What a way to start the day...........
regards to all....

indeed, it turned out great [:)]

[:D]

but afaik there's a special rule limiting Germans frum buying property in Denmark, despite the EU... [;)]

There are a lot of posts here and I may have missed this but don't leave out:

Financially supportive of Greece
Financially supportive of Spain
Financially supportive of Portugal
Financially supportive of Ireland
Financially supportive of Italy

ORIGINAL: Historiker

ORIGINAL: Cerran

ORIGINAL: Historiker

http://www.thelocal.de/gallery/culture/1509/

The German language should probably be mentioned. I think the vocabulary was five or six times as large?

Oh, and don't forget, there are - not one, not two - but SIX ways to use the equivalent of English "the". Depending on sex or plural or what-have-you.

Jeez, French only has three, even.

I see Terminus was the editor for this one. [:D]

Yes, his charme is unique! [:D]

[:D][:D][:D]