The Four Germanys That Hate Each Other: Stereotypes Explained (Bavarians, Prussians, Ossis & Wessis)

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• WY

  @wynnschaible · 3 months ago

  "In Berlin the situation is serious, but not hopeless. In Vienna the situation is hopeless...but not serious!"

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• ST

  @StillNotSorry · 3 months ago

  We are not one a nation, we are just 10 different ancient tribes who decided in 1871 that we hated the French even more than we hate each other

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• LA

  @LarsPallesen · 3 months ago

  You can recognize a ChatGPT script on its nonsensical metaphors like &quot;the gaze of a civil servant who enjoys signing documents&quot;. <br>There was nothing Otto von Bismarck hated more than menial administrative tasks, and he didn&apos;t look like a civil servant either.

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• KA

  @Kai-i9l · 3 months ago

  every german region has its own way of saying hello

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• LE

  @Les-d7t · 3 months ago

  Having spent a considerable amount of time throughout Germany for over 40 years on business, and with ancestors who emigrated from northern &nbsp;Germany 125 years ago, my experience has found Bavarians to have a wonderful balance between hard work and enjoying life to the fullest. &nbsp;To gain a better understanding of all the people of this country, visit the small towns.

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• PE

  @peterpim6260 · 3 months ago

  Be assured, it is much less than hate. With a twinkling and some humour,mostly.

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• YO

  @yonimediamaven · 3 months ago

  Hate is too strong a word. There is a lot of regional rivalries and ribbing and teasing, and they can look down at each other, but no hatred.

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• FL

  @fleshen_David · 3 months ago

  We had an East German language student stay with us a year or so later after the unification and he 100%<br>he basically said the same thing as you are here but he was happy it had happened!

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• ED

  @edbecka233 · 3 months ago

  Re the different flavors of the German language...my lineage is Czech/German, and I had three years of German in high school. I was stationed in Schweinfurt for a year. On arrival, the Army had us attend a class on German language, culture and customs taught by a Brit lady who spoke an absolutely horrid version of German due to the stereotypical Brit tone-deaf crossing of ahhs and arrs. Another soldier (whose family spoke German at home) and I kept pointing out her accent-driven mispronunciations, which she deeply resented. We wrote letters to our respective commanders and got relieved of having to attend the class.<br>My wife and I lived &quot;on the economy&quot; with a German family and got plenty of practice.<br>After my return to Texas, any time I would visit Mexico I would mix up my Spanish and German and the Mexicans would look really puzzled and say, &quot;Let&apos;s just use English&quot;

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• GU

  @Gubbe51 · 3 months ago

  Actually the internal differences and conflicts exist in almost all European countries, except Liechtenstein, San Marino, and Monaco.

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• M1

  @M1903a4 · 2 months ago

  When I was studying in Berlin one of my instructors was a woman from Ostfriesland whose first language was Frisian. &nbsp;I loved the sound of her language, which is probably closer to English than German.

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• 風に

  @風に寄せて · 3 months ago

  日本人にとってのドイツ人のイメージは「プロイセン人の精神と行動原理をもち、バイエルン人の服を着た人」

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