Germany vs USA - Water

[Windgefluester]

oft ist es auch in amerika so das der Driver wo nur wasser trinkt sein trinken in der Bar (also sein wasser, das ist billig) bekommt er dann umsonst...

[Windgefluester]

OHHHHHHHHHHHH ich vermiss meine Minerallwasser Medium hier in Amerika

[BimBaem]

The Tap Water in germany is also free!!!! Das Leitungswasser in Gaststätten ist gratis, nur das niemand sowas bestellt! Es wird immer Mineralwasser oder Stilles Wasser genommen!

[favea]

Jim is darn cute. I love when he talks German. and these videos make me miss the US a lot.

[YleniasrDream]

in italy its free too :)

[xWellJustMex]

And then in perfect English: "You don't drink that water!" lol

[bennihana123]

Who knew water would be so interesting

[caohanlu]

How much is a 1L bottle of spring water in a major BRD city? High quality ones like Fiji or Eternal?

[MrBerlinerschnauze]

@caohanlu in small shops or gas stations its expensive so 1.50€ circa 2dollar! in big large supermarkets costs the 1,5L waterbottle circa 60cent! ok? or more questions?

[Mugrs]

You can get water without gas without a problem in Germany.

[xTheLameOhx]

i hate carbonated water xD

[MiloDaemon]

Free water? Those Americans are such fucking socialists.

[ClipOriss]

They do say "mit /Ohne Gas" alote in germany. Maybe where he lived it wasn't or he wasn't aware of it, but they do. But it is commoune that they say "stilles Wasser" waht actually means silent water.

[faiserhosen]

@ClipOriss I always learned "stilles Wasser" and "sprudel Wasser." Ich glaub, ich hab es in Wien mal gehört.

[TheRonPut]

St.Pellegrino is a italian mineral water. And if you ask in restaurant you can also get a glass water for free in germany.

[IkeMausx3]

You actually can say "Wasser mit Gas", it's just the way swiss people say it. i think people in southern germany will at least understand it.

[DerJohnqPublicFriese]

Even in Germany they have to give you free water!

[Rooo8]

@DerJohnqPublicFriese but it's certainly not common to ask for free water in german restaurants.

[DerJohnqPublicFriese]

@Rooo8 I always ask for free water in clubs for instance!

[Nobutamotherfucker]

Wirsing.

[JetsToBrazil05]

In Vienna we get our tap water fresh from the Alps :P

[bommelmuetze90]

:D funny video. first point : we get tap water in germany for free as well. we just have to pay for sparkling water. and my second point is .. the name of the river is actually "Kocher" .. it's in Schwäbisch Hall ;) I went there to school. it's a pretty small town :D but beautiful.

[Holzklotz]

Wasser mit Gas kann man auch prima selbst in der Badewanne machen. :D

[Bluthund666]

"Wasser ohne Gas" ist mir absolut ein Begriff, besonders bei Bestellungen. Man hört es allerdings immer seltener.

[HayleeHalogenX]

You don't drink that water.

[dustyOn3]

I love sparkling mineral water and i hate water without sparkling.

[sillyjontag321]

In Wisconsin the parks have bubblers ( waterfountains), pretty much everwhere, and they less popular county parks that don't have playgrounds but are pretty much just long trails have wells that you can pump water out of.

[samacoy]

@sillyjontag321 I've never heard anyone in Wisconsin call it a bubbler. Where do you live?

[sillyjontag321]

@samacoy everyone here calls it bubbler, lol I live in Green Bay, but its because the first "water fountain" was made by Kohler in Wisconsin in but the water would actually just bubble up from the center thus that's why we call them bubblers, even tho they've been changed and don't bubble up. Do you live here? oh and I just wiki'd bubbler too lol guess NSW Australia uses bubbler a lot too

[samacoy]

@sillyjontag321 I live in Wisconsin Rapids, but I'm originally from Kenosha. I noticed a lot of different lingo when I moved from Southern Wisconsin to Central Wisconsin, but never bubbler; everyone I've talked to simply says water fountain. Maybe I don't get out enough.

[sillyjontag321]

@samacoy oh nice I was born in Kenosha :) ooh yeah and I think it may be more of a eastern to northern WI thing.

[fuckFOXpropaganda]

she probably said: moechten sie ein wasser mit "glass".

[Peikko]

In most places in Germany you'll get tap water for free though - if you just ask.

[Twinker98]

sorry for asking, but..uh..well..i'm just wondering

[Twinker98]

i have a question, do you both are friends or something?

[ViVazVo]

I had dutch at school for 2 years. They say "met gas" too.

I read a book "and good is" which say, that american tap water is all with chlorine. And if you get your free water, it is tap water, so it is chlorine water too. Even the ice (blocks) is made of tap water, so the coke with ice will taste like a german swimming pool! In my opinion, the taste of chlorine is really not delicate!

Hope you understand my (d)englisch! Great show! An answer on my post would be great!

[TerraP]

they say gas in italy. Con gas! ;)

[WSAT1945]

imho sparkling water is still freshing up even if its warm thats what i liek the most

[bigbillbob88]

Stop thinking all of europe it the same. In Scotland where i live we drink still water. I have never seen carbanatied water (i cant even spell it thats how little i see it)

[samacoy]

So is it safe to drink the tap water at houses in Germany? Or does it taste weird or something?

[hardstyle905]

@samacoy In houses definitely. I always drink tap water. But some areas have higher calcium levels in the water and people drink less tap water. Generally speaking, tap water in Germany is completely safe for drinking.

[ReezeGoingSenseless]

@samacoy It is Safe to drink, since the "Trinkwasserverordnung" guarantees clean drinking Water by Law.Some Houses even got new Pipes after 2001, to avoid Lead, Copper, etc.

[bommelmuetze90]

@samacoy it tastes good :D well depends in which city you are.. but it's probably better than anywhere else in europe ;) a lot of people in germany drink tap water and you can get it for free everywhere you want you just have to ask. just sparkling water is not for free.

[gutsbiker]

My german wife says to me in english. I want the water with gas, when she wants carbonated water. Being an american living in germany, I find your videos very entertaining.

[GunsOfThePhoenix]

At some restaurants/bars in the US, you can order carbonated/mineral water but, they will usually charge you extra.

[egon262]

I jzst know it from France "avec gaz" or "sans gaz"

[Trustds07]

@AlexandJim : Im living in southwest germany. The swiss people call it: "mit gas,..." or "ohne gas". The swiss people say that. =)

[ThorBeliskner]

2:04 - 2:11 ; That's why we have Hartz4 in Germany, so you can buy anything you need to survive. ;)

Und jetzt brauche ich erstmal ein Wasser mit Gas. xD

[hardstyle905]

@ThorBeliskner Nur dass Hartz4 nicht jeder kriegt, und ganz bestimmte Leute bevorzugt werden...

[believinginthegood]

"You don`t drink that water! It's not safe." :D Genial! Und dann auch noch mit Alex dazu, der sich vor lauter Lachen nicht mehr einkriegt :D

Macht weiter so! (:

[MichellexCupcake]

Could you make a Video about Stereotypes like what do the Americans think of the Germans and what do the Germans think about the Americans ?

[LadySeraph]

@MichellexCupcake Ah! I think that would be a bad idea as it would amount to lots and lots of angry and hateful bashing on a mostly friendly anti-bashing channel. Neither Germans nor Americans have very flattering stereotypes.  D;

[Gehr96]

@MichellexCupcake and what do the americans think the germans are thinking about them and what do the germans think the americans are thinking about them.

sorry for bad english

[MichellexCupcake]

@Gehr96 I don't know haha :D thats why i want the Video :D

[MimiMausii]

I was waiting sooo long for a new episode. You guys need to be more active :) Good episode btw.

[hamburch94]

jaaaaaaaaaaaa man, endlich!!!!!!! ♥♥♥

[CocotheNut]

Yay, new episodes! =D

I didn't even know American restaurants are legally obligated to give you water, learned something about my own country (not the first time from this show!).

But yeah, when I go out to eat with my friends and I'm broke, I just order water, easily saves $2-$5. Sometimes (nice-ish) restaurants put a slice of lemon in it, too.

[tintedwings21]

Oh yea, I remember drinking some carbonated water in Germany when I was a kid. I thought it was a Sprite at first because of the bubbles. XD

[Carwyn79]

Das kommt soweit ich weiss aus dem italienischen oder spanischen. Sin gas oder con gas....so ähnlich heisst das da.

[daKadL]

Eure Videos sind wirklich allesamt klasse! Schau ich mir immer wieder gern an. :)

Wie wär's mal mit einem Video über Zungenbrecher bzw. Tongue Twisters? Würde mich persönlich mal interessieren, was es da so an amerikanischen Zungenbrechern gibt.

[Naenesa]

is a new or old vid?

[classicstarlight]

@Naenesa It's actually an old episode but it is new on this channel "Alex and Jim." It was originally posted on their first channel "Germany vs USA." Still waiting for a NEW new episode. :o)

[daveassanowicz]

It's so true. I was at a Heavy Metal concert in Germany, and they were passing out plastic cups of water to the crowd. I took a big gulp not expecting it to be carbonated. I was like, "Aaaghhh!"

[juliegirl1989]

I'm German and I would always prefer tap water over carbonated water^^ (at least in my hometown)

Oh, and I find those water fountains really disgusting, because I saw people almost "swallowing" them while drinking from them (hello, germs! xD)

And btw, I really like your show :)

[KnitterX]

Maybe Alex picked it up in Italy? Acqua con gas?

[GermanSniperBayArea]

thats so weird drinking fountians are american? very interesting episode!

[RaGaZZa87]

In Italy thay say: acqua con gas :)

[Fallennyte]

"Don't drink that water." We have days like that where we live here in the US.

[damnitw]

But you can say water without gas....you would not say it everywhere in germany but in parts of it its normal

[Schmidt54]

Remembers me of that Simpsons episode... "Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser"

I frankly never heard that phrase here in Germany, maybe it is some obscure slang word. Usually other countries use some sort of "gas"-word to describe the water, we call it Stilles Wasser (silent water) if it is not carbonated.

I did not know the law about handing out water. Seems to make sense to me, but it could be abused easily

[Bart1893]

@Schmidt54 Just little information by the way: exactly this scene from the simpsons was cut out in the german version of this episode!

"Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser" is grammatically horrible and would mean "Krusty splashing the 'gas water' "

That refers to the gas chambers the Nazis had(which also is the reason, why it's cut in the german version)...

I've never heard anybody saying "Bitte ein Wasser mit Gas"; Everyone says "mit Kohlensäure" ;)

Cheers

[romeogirl94]

Es gibt Leute, die " Wasser mit/ohne Gas" sagen ;)

[ihdfswvduzr]

@romeogirl94 echt? :) ich hab das echt noch niiie gehört und ich glaube ich hätte - vor diesem Video - auch echt nicht gewusst was damit gemeint ist hihi

[Kruebit]

The law with Tape Water exist in Germany,too!

[ihdfswvduzr]

@Kruebit it exists....but you really have to say you want tap water, otherwise you'll get sparkling water and have to pay....that's what it's like in Berlin, don't know where you are from in Germany maybe it's different there!?

[Kruebit]

@ihdfswvduzr

Ich bin aus Niedersachsen in der Nähe von Hamburg,nein das ist bei uns auch so das du ausdrüklich sagen musst das du Leitungswasser willst.

[JudyFox11234]

Water is sooo interesting xD

[ralfonzo83]

Don't drink our water, Jim!

[TsubasaDreams]

I'm going to go study abroad in Germany next year for 10 months and these videos are a great help to preparing me!

[MickeyKnox]

@TsubasaDreams you will love it over here :)

[TsubasaDreams]

@MickeyKnox I hope so! The only thing is that I have no idea who my host family is!

[MickeyKnox]

@TsubasaDreams So when will you come to Germany? I guess at first you will get a crash course in "how to behave in Germany" and after that an even much longer course "why germans aren't funny" and probably after that you will get to know your host family :) Have fun :)

[TsubasaDreams]

@MickeyKnox I'll be going to Germany in August 14 and I have a two week language camp in a monastery in Hedersleben. Then, I get shipped off to wherever in Germany my host family is.

[MickeyKnox]

@TsubasaDreams you'll probably get a nice family ... oh and 1 hint - try to speak german for the entire time, even though everybody is going to offer you to speak english with you - you'll come to Germany to study our culture and speaking (and understanding) the language is essential for that :)

[Liebelamour]

America has carbonated water...it's called Seltzer.

[germanfleckgirl]

Hey in spanish it´s "agua con gas" or "agua sin gas"! So Jim maybe picked it up from spanish!

[tsofchilda]

@germanfleckgirl no, it's 'agua natural' or 'agua mineral' and I've studied in Mexico for one year so you can believe me ;)

[germanfleckgirl]

@tsofchilda Yeah ok I am in Ecuador and there you can buy bottels of water on witch stands "agua con gas" or "agua sin gas"! I was here for 9 mounth so you can believe me too! ;)

[tsofchilda]

@germanfleckgirl hahaha auch Austauschschüler? ;) vom namen her denk ich mal du bist deutsch..?

naja gibt wohl doch sprachliche Unterschiede in latino america

[domoarigato7]

Als ich in Deutschland war, ich konnte mich kein Trinkbrunnen finden! Deshalb habe ich Trinkbrunnen echt vermisst und kostenlos Stilles wasser. Für mich wasser mit Kohlensäure ist wie Luft, es ist fast wie ich hab nichts getrunken.

[Prairielander]

At least here in Canada I think people prefer normal water. if you go into a restaurant most pour you water and serve you bread before you order. If you want a drink I think pop is more common or ginger ale over carbonated water. Every shop here has it though and you can order it. Personally Id rather have Canada Dry.

[blonde11584]

A German woman told me that there water comes in glass bottles not plastic bottles like in the USA.

[AustroTieger]

omg Wenn ich in Deutschland das Wort Gas höre da muss ich irgend wie an das 3te Reich denken. Bei uns in Österreich sagt man eben Mineralwasser oder nur Wasser dann bekommt man Wasser mit Kohlenseure. Wenn man "Gratis" Wasser will muss man aber Leitungswasser bestellen aber hin und wieder kommen paar Cent Reningungskosten (was Fair ist) dazu. Viele Lokale verdienen mit Trinken mehr als mit Essen. Dazu kommt das man normal zum Kaffee immer ein Gratis Glas Leitungswasser bekommt !!!

[Guybrush369]

well actually plain water is getting more and more common here in europe and usually you always get tap water for free. But you have to order it. Also where i live there are public water fountains - usually in crowded places and the city center.

But i like how you get water in US restaurants the moment you sit down, also because i often only drink water to my meal.

[mrbr549]

Great vid guys! When I was in Germany nobody was drinking the water because they were all drinking beer.

[twilightFAN26492]

I'm not the only one who says "Tschüßi"?! My day=made.

[Natriumcarbonit]

Great Video. Welcome back ;)

[huehnerfressenponies]

Good to see you two back! I'd call carbonated water "Mineralwasser" in German. The "gas" bit may be the French influence on Alex because as far as I'm aware, you can say "L'eau avec gaz" in French (similarly, "agua con gas" in Spanish). Very informative episode, I didn't know that carbonated water is so unknown/unpopular in the States!

[WWATIKKYUCVGNR]

@huehnerfressenponies I wouldn't say its unknown, but it is unpopular as it costs much more, so its sort of seen as a higher class thing or only when needed like mixing drinks.

[BandoBrit]

I love these videos! I get so happy when I see a new one! =D

[martin912]

of course you get (non carbonated) tap water foor free here in germany....when I'm cycling around, I sometimes pause at a biergarden, restaurant or bar to refill my bottles, and I always get it for free.

[sunNbass]

Moooooooore Episodes!!!!!!!

[yuichituba]

You guys have such a great show. It's always interesting.

[hici61]

yeah he is right, I don't think you can say "Ich hätte gerne ein Wasser mit Gaß" :)

well whatever :) yay new epsiode^^

[LuzerJay]

waitress will ask you with gas if they know you are not german/

[itskonrad]

i love how they're such good friends, bros til death

[Hansmdude]

Welcome back!

Hey Alex, when I was in Germany, my kids were desperate for water without carbonation... after trying to explain this to the German speaking waiters or waitresses they would almost always say, "Ah so, wasser, no gas"

Funny thing is that even the "Stillwasser" has a little carbonation.

[AF095]

Everybody knows what "GAS" in Germany means.. Wanna have a Dampfbad?

[blackrogue6]

awesome

[UnlimitedApathy]

You can get seltzer in the states, I'm not sure if you can get it for free but I know you can get it.

[miiwiiplay]

wow! haven't seen an episode of this in a loong time

[ShelbyMB95]

aww this makes me miss my german class and german teacher, Mr. Ogan already! it was my last day today in his class and now ill never learn german because our school cut it out :( we used to watch some of these videos in class all the time!

[greekitaliangerman]

Awesome a new episdoe Yay! =)

[Megingiard]

whats about mustard men ? will there be any new episodes in the future ?

[DreamsTrance]

I'm from Germany and hate carbonited water, I only drink "stilles Wasser" ;)

[MissiJesse]

mit oder ohne sprudel ? :D

[LaMoiify]

is there a personwatching this who dont speak german ? :)

[wutzernutzer]

@LaMoiify Yes, me! I just find it interesting.

[LadySeraph]

@LaMoiify I don't speak German. =(  Sorry.

[EllySagitarry]

Also ich kenne Wasser mit Kohlensäure, oder eben einfach Wasser mit Sprudel, aber das is glaube ich umgangssprachlich^^ Das "mit Gas" kommt vlt aus dem Italienischen oder Spanischen, denn ich erinnere mich, dass im Urlaub immer auf den Wasserflaschen "Con Gas" stand und dass dann eben Sprudelwasser war ;)

[DiscipleOfRagnos]

Wenn man in Österreich Wasser bestellt, bekommt man normales Leitungswasser, wenn man eins mit Kohlensäure haben möchte, bestellt man ein "Mineral" oder eben "ein Wasser mit Kohlensäure". War zwar in Deutschland noch nie nördlich des Weißwurstäquators, kann mir aber nicht vorstellen, dass es dort so grundverschieden wäre.

[AndreR241]

@DiscipleOfRagnos Hm, doch, bedeutend. In der Regel fragt die Bedienung aber, ob du ein stilles Wasser oder ein Mineralwasser haben möchtest. Mir wäre aus Österreich jetzt aber auch nichts abweichendes bekannt. Zumindest bei meinen unzähligen Reisen in die Steiermark ist mir nichts aufgefallen.

[argh1975]

@DiscipleOfRagnos Ich lebe in Nordrhein-Westfalen, und wenn ich irgendwo Wasser bestelle, bekomme ich immer Wasser mit Kohlensäure.

[PurpleGum94]

als ich in berlin war, hat man unseren 'sprudel' als 'wasser mit gas' bezeichnet O.o

[NoAlexOh]

why you not speak on german^^

[HomerJS24]

Yippppiiieeh! A new episode! Juhu eine neue Folge!

[MyUSReport]

@HomerJS24 nope...still not a new one

[Ma1992Wi]

Doch, man kann es sagen: Wasser mit Gas....aber normal ist es nicht...man sagt "spritzig" oder "mit Sprudel" oder "mit Kohlensäure"...aber in Österreich und der Schweiz sagt man (glaube ich) "mit Gas"

[AndreR241]

@Ma1992Wi In Österreich ist eher die Bezeichnung "gespritzt" üblich, wobei ich mir jetzt nicht sicher bin, ob sich das nur auf Schorle bezieht oder auch auf pures Wasser.

[lerchskat]

Oh, and we have never not had to pay for our water here. Whether you order water with bubbles, or even flat tap water, we have always been charged for it in Germany

[YellowSSS]

When I was in Germany, they asked if I wanted "gas wasser" or "still wasser."

[lerchskat]

I live in Germany now, and if we want water with bubbles, we always say "mit gas"

[YeahShopping]

Love your videos!!!

[yuna866]

tap water in the states tastes nasty. i dunno what they put in the water but to me it taste like chlorine.

[hop208]

@yuna866 they put fluoride in it.

[apiel1139]

@yuna866 it might be the fluoride that your tasting. Also tap water in urban areas in the US taste better, Than the tap water in rural areas?

[75426168]

its pretty hard to get water in europe when you're not at home and you have no money...

[tonybeir]

hahaha love the show!

[SuperAsdfgfdsa]

why don't you make a episode only in German,it would be interresting...

[emkayMK222]

@SuperAsdfgfdsa with english subtitles!!

[ChampMars2008]

I have a question when you order in the staates sparkling water , is this also for free ? 

[1029blue]

@ChampMars2008 Nope, it's usually pretty pricey. Only tap water is free and free refills (on drinks that you already paid for) are usually on sodas and maybe homemade lemonade, but not sparkling water. In fact, sparkling water is pretty pricey and difficult to get when eating out in the US. German sparkling water also often contains minerals, while US sparkling water can just be plain tap-style water with added gas.

[EverySixt]

"with gas" comes from "con gas" in Spanish and "Eau gazéifiée" in French.

[petersupermann]

yay :)