This might have been covered, if not, can you do a video about the different accents? In the US, depending on the region you will hear different accents. I was wondering if the same is true in Germany. Or if there is a difference between German, Austrian, and Swiss accents.
@LadySeraph Oh yea there definitely is a difference lol. Listen to Arnold speak German. No one talks like that here. He's Austrian. But there are also differences inside of Germany. Most notably from north to south. But also from west (where "standard" German is spoken) to east (Ossis). And there are many many more smaller differences in dialects.
@hardstyle905 I'm sure the Swiss sound different from you guys too. Jim has a very Southern accent. Even the south has various accents though. Jim's from Mississippi, but if you listen to people from the Carolinas, Louisiana, or Texas, they will have different variations of the southern accent. Alex actually sounds closer to the mid-western accent, which is what I speak, but there are some things off. There are also the New Yorker, Brooklyn, Boston, & Jersey accents as well as many others.
i knew this one german kid in HS and he said that in germany their school system was a lot different than in the U S.
i dont remember much but he said something about a gymnasium (or something like that) as a test. and the results of that test would determine if you went to a university or some sort of blue collar trade school.
@CAR18MEN yeah...its a little different....in germany it works like this....as you get like 6 years old you'll go to the grundschule (base school I presume) youll go there for 4 years learning reading and stuff...and depending on how good you are you will be selected to another school. "Gymnasium" the state school with the highest niveau or "realschule" medium niveau" or "hauptschule" low niveau. Depending on where youve learned you get better or less good diplome. (leading to a less paid job)
@Karudu You don't see as many young people with the name John, and it's more of an elderly man's name. I suppose it was just a popular name at the time.
I was surprised about how close Germans stand next to you waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store, how there is no seperate line for people to walk out if they aren't buying anything, and how Germans don't cue at trains and buses but form mobs and force their way onto trains and buses at the same time that people are trying to exit from them.
I like it. Its always funny to get absorbed into the stream of people and have no control over where you want to go. That system is perfectly performed in Italy or France^^
@llukax yea in some cases it is....actually the youth doesnt use the "Sie" form for themselfs but only for adults. as for adults wont use "sie" for the youth "like about 18-20 years old" they will actually call you by "du". but ill hand it over to alex and jim cause its quiet difficult to explain ;)
There is this huge range where some People have many many many Friends and other People have very few or maybe only one true "Friend" and many many many Acquaintances. In Germany, there are more of the latter and it's more commonly accepted to not see People you've met recently as "Friends"
Es gibt eine grosse Palette von Leuten die viele viele viele Freunde haben und anderen Leuten die nur wenige oder auch nur einen "wahren" Freund haben und viele viele viele Bekannte. In Deutschland gibts mehr von der letzteren Sorte und es ist allgemein akzeptiert das man Leute die man gerade getroffen hat nicht als "Freunde" ansieht.
@madman123456 Ja, ich bin genauso wie die letzteren von dir beschrieben und halte das für normal und gut. Meine Lebenserfahrung sagt mir, dass man neu kennengelernten Personen nicht vertrauen sollte, dass man sich Vertrauen VERDIENEN muss und niemals verschenken sollte. Es gibt Bekannte, Kumpel und Freunde. "Freunden" kann man mind. zu 99,9 Periode% (wie macht man das Periodezeichen über die Zahl per Tastatur?) vertrauen, man würde für sie und sie für einen sterben oder ins Gefängnis gehen, usw.
@llukax its very similar in Germany ... you don't have to ask if you can say "du", you only say it, you only say "sie" to somebody if he is much older than you(to be polite) or if its a Person of respect (don't know how it's called in the US) for example a teacher or a cop
@llukax Well, when you say "quick to make friends" , my personal feeling is that when many (not all!) Americans say "friends" they are really just friendly acquaintances. To me, a true friend is someone you could call at three in the morning and ask a favor of if there is an emergency, not simply someone you can joke with at school or at work. That's just my opinion about friendship in America, I don't know what it's like in Germany...
@SubterraneanCitizen1 Same here. That's the exact definition of a friend. But unfortunately with things like Facebook on the rise, where you can "friend" anybody, the word is slightly losing its true meaning as well.
i feel sorry for u guys, now ur going to have to sit and wait while all ur vids take forever to upload. that must suck for the person whose stuck doing it .
suggestions `?
I'd like to see a comparison on bread and such stuff.
CloneWarrior001 1 month ago
they uses sausage for put in asholes no joke
fkwk2y 1 month ago
@fkwk2y hmm nope
Garother 1 week ago
german likes to eat shit
fkwk2y 1 month ago
you sit wrong
NoizeBoiz 2 months ago
@DailyGermany ich kenn denn noch nichtmal
hugo3144 2 months ago
The USA don't have any culture. You cannot call Disneyland, MTV and McDonald's a "culture"!
HerrKolosimo 3 months ago
@HerrKolosimo You can't call BMW and Puma a culture either. The stuff we export isn't our culture.
rczeien 3 months ago
Why are u guys sitting opposite?
BoyznGirlz09 4 months ago 3
i think in US there are many cultures and only one in a kind of superficial way.
Its ok US is a big country.
1. South is conservative but friendly,
2. Northeast is liberal and reserved
3. Midwest is somewhere between the South and West
4. Califonia and Texas have their own cultures
5. Southwest is like Mexicana
6. West like cowboy culture
7. Northwest more liberal than the Northeast and more friendly.
tmmy773 4 months ago
könntet ihr noch andere leute aus den usa fragen, was die über deutsche denken?
mmajlf11 5 months ago
Ist es gewollt, dass ihr beide vertauscht sitzt?^^
Kroenen95 5 months ago
I'd like an episode about common terms of endearment and with whom you use them!
SubterraneanCitizen1 8 months ago
This might have been covered, if not, can you do a video about the different accents? In the US, depending on the region you will hear different accents. I was wondering if the same is true in Germany. Or if there is a difference between German, Austrian, and Swiss accents.
LadySeraph 9 months ago
@LadySeraph Oh yea there definitely is a difference lol. Listen to Arnold speak German. No one talks like that here. He's Austrian. But there are also differences inside of Germany. Most notably from north to south. But also from west (where "standard" German is spoken) to east (Ossis). And there are many many more smaller differences in dialects.
hardstyle905 8 months ago
@hardstyle905 I'm sure the Swiss sound different from you guys too. Jim has a very Southern accent. Even the south has various accents though. Jim's from Mississippi, but if you listen to people from the Carolinas, Louisiana, or Texas, they will have different variations of the southern accent. Alex actually sounds closer to the mid-western accent, which is what I speak, but there are some things off. There are also the New Yorker, Brooklyn, Boston, & Jersey accents as well as many others.
LadySeraph 8 months ago
this show is full of stereotypes actually... but still fun :P
thrillhouse86 1 year ago
WE DO NOT LIKE DAVID HASSELHOFF!!!
IRyoWatanabeI 1 year ago 2
@IRyoWatanabeI
exactly, WE LOVE HIM!
peterpuetz 1 year ago
no colleges teach german any more it sucks
Kmannz21 1 year ago
I've been looking for freeeeeedom....
szeddezs 1 year ago
I'm from Germany and I love David Hasselhoff!
jonsonsam 1 year ago
Hey, since you guys already did the stereotypical American in Europe, how about the stereotypical European in America.
LadySeraph 1 year ago 6
You guys say "cultural insight" but the video title says "cultural inside" lol
special43543 1 year ago 4
whats the differences between german nazis and american nazis, are american nazis harder than german ones....? i am not a nazi!!!
ShadowKeyKnight 1 year ago
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satanicpanda46 1 year ago
David Hasselhoff for next Chancellor of Germany !
Dredgion 1 year ago
i knew this one german kid in HS and he said that in germany their school system was a lot different than in the U S.
i dont remember much but he said something about a gymnasium (or something like that) as a test. and the results of that test would determine if you went to a university or some sort of blue collar trade school.
could you explain???????
CAR18MEN 1 year ago
@CAR18MEN yeah...its a little different....in germany it works like this....as you get like 6 years old you'll go to the grundschule (base school I presume) youll go there for 4 years learning reading and stuff...and depending on how good you are you will be selected to another school. "Gymnasium" the state school with the highest niveau or "realschule" medium niveau" or "hauptschule" low niveau. Depending on where youve learned you get better or less good diplome. (leading to a less paid job)
Karudu 1 year ago
how about you guys do a episode on dating
MrFlyguy1234 2 years ago
I guess they allready did =)
ig0di 2 years ago
gute idee !!!
MissiJesse 2 years ago
They switched sides!? Aagh!
C3P0meetsData 2 years ago 5
Wie wäre es denn mal mit dem thema, was unsere beiden Nationen so übereinander denken, seiens vorurteile etc.?;)
mfg
dernachbar101 2 years ago
why are so many germans named alex?
tonybeir 2 years ago 4
why are so many americans named john
Karudu 2 years ago 5
@Karudu You don't see as many young people with the name John, and it's more of an elderly man's name. I suppose it was just a popular name at the time.
Kapu54 1 year ago
im from germany and i dont know that many of the name of alex...
Ma1992Wi 2 years ago
How about how Germans view Americans and Americans view Germans (i.e. stereotypes)?
RCD503 2 years ago 3
Hi guys,
I was wondering if there's a difference in America's and Germany's attitude towards death?
kingocarina 2 years ago
where's the frog?
snakelemon 2 years ago 32
Hey Leute :DD Love your vids!!
Wäre echt cool wenn ihr mal ein Vid über "Censorship" in im deutschen Fernsehen und dem der Staaten machen könntet!
Take Care, Tschüssi ;D
inusweetyy1305 2 years ago 6
hmm can someone explane where this hole David Hasselhoff thing is coming from???
damnitw 2 years ago
Hasselhoff still thinks that it was his credit for pulling the wall down. With his "great" "song" "looking for freedom". ; )
and i 've heard of an interview where he is a bit peeved, because we german don't appreciate his great deeds good enough.
martin912 2 years ago
oh great and the scorpions think they get the credit^^ little freakish=)
damnitw 2 years ago
search "David Hasselhoff at Berlin Wall 1989" and maybe this is one of that you are looking for... or " David Hasselhoff - Du " (its german)... :-)
prost (cheers) from germany...
mCHbCK 2 years ago
ja dir auch schöne grüße aus deutschland^^
damnitw 2 years ago
Just to point out, in the beginning you have the subtitle, where it says your name, backwards. It says Alex where Jim is and Jim where Alex is.
TsubasaDreams 2 years ago
I was surprised about how close Germans stand next to you waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store, how there is no seperate line for people to walk out if they aren't buying anything, and how Germans don't cue at trains and buses but form mobs and force their way onto trains and buses at the same time that people are trying to exit from them.
KingOfClay 2 years ago
I like it. Its always funny to get absorbed into the stream of people and have no control over where you want to go. That system is perfectly performed in Italy or France^^
martin912 2 years ago
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TomiJoseph 2 years ago
Ihr sitzt aber irgendwie falschrum xDD
BigandFat123 2 years ago 6
u guys should really get more veiws ur vids r awsome
WeNeVeRsToPsCrEMiN89 2 years ago 6
Ah .. diese vergleiche sind immer so geil ^^
vor allen dingen wenn du die ganze zeit englisch sprichts und dann auf einmal was auf deutsch sagst xD
haha
.. ihr seid super !!
rockerheart23 2 years ago
Id like to hear about the difference of making friends in Germany. For example when you can ask to say "Du."
In America we are quick to make friends. And then sometimes we end up not liking those friends. While in Germany its sort of backwards right?
llukax 2 years ago 12
@llukax yea in some cases it is....actually the youth doesnt use the "Sie" form for themselfs but only for adults. as for adults wont use "sie" for the youth "like about 18-20 years old" they will actually call you by "du". but ill hand it over to alex and jim cause its quiet difficult to explain ;)
Karudu 1 year ago
@llukax yep, we germans are backwards ;D
There is this huge range where some People have many many many Friends and other People have very few or maybe only one true "Friend" and many many many Acquaintances. In Germany, there are more of the latter and it's more commonly accepted to not see People you've met recently as "Friends"
madman123456 1 year ago
@madman123456 schreib mir das pls nochmal auf deutsch
TengriLethos79 1 year ago
@TengriLethos79 Jou, wir deutschen sind zurückgeblieben ;D
Es gibt eine grosse Palette von Leuten die viele viele viele Freunde haben und anderen Leuten die nur wenige oder auch nur einen "wahren" Freund haben und viele viele viele Bekannte. In Deutschland gibts mehr von der letzteren Sorte und es ist allgemein akzeptiert das man Leute die man gerade getroffen hat nicht als "Freunde" ansieht.
madman123456 1 year ago
@madman123456 Ja, ich bin genauso wie die letzteren von dir beschrieben und halte das für normal und gut. Meine Lebenserfahrung sagt mir, dass man neu kennengelernten Personen nicht vertrauen sollte, dass man sich Vertrauen VERDIENEN muss und niemals verschenken sollte. Es gibt Bekannte, Kumpel und Freunde. "Freunden" kann man mind. zu 99,9 Periode% (wie macht man das Periodezeichen über die Zahl per Tastatur?) vertrauen, man würde für sie und sie für einen sterben oder ins Gefängnis gehen, usw.
TengriLethos79 1 year ago
@llukax its very similar in Germany ... you don't have to ask if you can say "du", you only say it, you only say "sie" to somebody if he is much older than you(to be polite) or if its a Person of respect (don't know how it's called in the US) for example a teacher or a cop
ThugCologne 9 months ago
@llukax Well, when you say "quick to make friends" , my personal feeling is that when many (not all!) Americans say "friends" they are really just friendly acquaintances. To me, a true friend is someone you could call at three in the morning and ask a favor of if there is an emergency, not simply someone you can joke with at school or at work. That's just my opinion about friendship in America, I don't know what it's like in Germany...
SubterraneanCitizen1 9 months ago
@SubterraneanCitizen1 Same here. That's the exact definition of a friend. But unfortunately with things like Facebook on the rise, where you can "friend" anybody, the word is slightly losing its true meaning as well.
hardstyle905 8 months ago
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU GUYSSSSSSS!!!
MrsBillKaulitz1989 2 years ago 5
Ich hoffs ^^
BigandFat123 2 years ago 3
are you going to upload all episodes again?
ratmtbola 2 years ago 3
Yes!
AlexandJim 2 years ago 17
nice!
ratmtbola 2 years ago 4
i feel sorry for u guys, now ur going to have to sit and wait while all ur vids take forever to upload. that must suck for the person whose stuck doing it .
rayzerTH 2 years ago