I have heard that the Americans do not like the Germans and the Germans do not like the Americans
But I like the Americans and i'm from Germany.
What do you think when you hear:
Germany, Germans?
Thank you for answers! (...and sorry for my bad English)
2007-10-13 00:28:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Guter tag,
I like the Germans, and after American culture, I feel most comfortable with German (from what I know of it).
In some cases, due to extreme superficiality and shallowness, I feel out-of-place in my own culture. But that is a problem all Western nations are facing.
I love music like Rammstein and old German industrial music. I also love classical music and German is about as good as that gets.
Out of all the Europeans, I like Germans the most. I definitely feel I have the most in common with them of all the Europeans in psyche, cultural preferences, and attitude.
I study Spanish but frequently feel out of place learning it (though I have not stopped because it is a far easier language to pick up)- I would rather be learning German but I will never learn it very well without people to speak it with.
Beyond the war, which I respect WW2 Germany for their stalwartness, dedication to their nation (this is a controversial statement I know, but deal with it)... it saddens me we fought our cousins.
Most of my family quit speaking German during the World Wars. My Great Grandfather (whose father was from Switzerland) fought in the French trenches in WW1, and my Grandfather bombed Germany in WW2. Hitting Munich, one of my family's ancestral homes on his first mission.
I am proud to be American but knowing all this saddens me, just as it did many with recent ties to Germany during the wars.
When I hear Germany and Germans, I think of the ancient home (about half) of my bloodline. I think of a proud people who defended the homeland from Attilla the Hun, from Genghis Khan. I think of the stein I was passed down, I think of bratwurst one of my favorite foods, of the folk songs my grandmother knows in German from her youth.
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My dream when I get some money is to visit Germany, if I could get a job there for a while I'd love to study and learn the language! I don't know if that will ever happen though.
If you cannot tell, I love Germany and wish current international relations were better, if I were in charge I would make sure they were!
I can also tell you, that there are -many- German descent Americans in the midwest (think Chicago area) who are very sympathetic to Germany, and always have been (resented the World Wars). With the language being lost here, the psychological bond has been weakening with every generation though.
By the way, your English is fine. Most natives can't write it properly, it's a difficult language to master. I try to master it, have to look look up words as well as grammar rules all the time, yet still fail.
2007-10-15 09:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by Falcata 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Americans don't really know much about the Germans other than the history books and old films. Most people I bump into don't know that an Audi or a Porsche are German cars. I happen to like German people and had many German co-workers buddies who enjoyed hanging out with me after hours - they taught me how to hold my liquor. I would love to visit Germany some day but it's really expensive for me right now. Plus a few German girls I've met think I'm good looking and I can't argue with that.
2007-10-13 16:34:18 · answer #2 · answered by mrcead 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'm 3/4 German and I want to learn everything I can about Germany and the German people. I've even got a book on German Language and the country to learn more about it. I think it's a great country, and I'm proud of my heritage. Germans not the only heritage, I have Cherokee, Blackfoot, Indian, and French, Dutch, and Scot-Irish (according to my research)
2007-10-13 01:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by jcanime@sbcglobal.net 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I lived about 8 months in Bremerhaven, and a little over 2 years in Augsburg. Must of my contact with the German populace was during Volksmarches, camping and sightseeing. My experience was a very friendly people and an exceptionally clean countryside. My experiences are some of the highlights of my military career. I like krauts (literally, and spackle and ohhhhh the bier-- ein bier bitte')
2007-10-13 03:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Americans claim German ancestry more than any other nation. I like the food, the culture is ok. I'm not going to learn to speak German though.
2007-10-13 00:33:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Mother was a full - blood German. personally like the German Heritage especially the music, food, ethnic costumes, parties, and of course the Ladies.
2007-10-13 01:35:12 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm part German, and I have friends that are 100% German and they have American friends and they all get along. But my first and second husbands, and my father was 100% German, and none of us got along. I called them all dictators.
2007-10-13 00:42:15 · answer #7 · answered by JBWPLGCSE 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If we want to happy?We have to thınk lıke this.Germany&germans is human.We are all the same.You are telling marti is german.I am human fırst.
2007-10-13 00:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by martinsdiamond_tm 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think of my fiance, who is the sweetest guy in the whole world (he was born in Lippstadt and lives in Bielefeld).
Then, I might think of how much more eco-friendly you are, how you iron your jeans and T-shirts, and how lucky you are to have a plural form of the word "you".
;)
BTW -
dein Englisch ist sehr viel besser als mein Deutsch!
2007-10-14 11:57:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋