American Perspective on the German Language

a bunch of clips of actors with German accents

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[bartelsjo]

I believe, that most Americans don't know what and where the hell Austria is.

[ValenciaMunich]

Germans are the largest self-reported ancestry group in the United States.

Check it out on Wikipedia (german americans)

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On the british royals you are correct, but nobility needs to get seperated from normal people on a ethnic basis. The french nobility for instance is most likely really decending from partially franks, but not the normal people. Organized Genocides are something new to the earth, and gaul had a population of 11 million before the arrival of Chlodowech.

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the rest is also extremely unprecise. west frankish got already extinct in the 10th century outside of what is today Belgium/Netherlands/Germany due to lack of speakers. The frankish heartland was Lahn/Ijssel/Sieg. As on Britain... it is still uncertain how many people in england are really from the continent in the time of the germanic tribes... the theory of population change is disputed, the relation of english people to continentals is most likely pre-dating the anglo-Saxon invasion.

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@MontyMacGammon You should really research before posting this. The Franks were always a minority in france. Thats also a reason why french people speak a non-germanic language. The decendants of the franks are in the netherlands and in west germany, especially the rhineland. Belgium is to a huge extent also frankish. The only part of france with a part in frankish tribal history is the north-east. The most pure follower to the old saal language is dutch. Riquarian is already bastardiced.

[MontyMacGammon]

Germanic Tribes:

Franken - France

Angelsachsen - UK and North Germany

Westgoten - Spain

Ostgoten - Italy

Vandalen - North Africa

Fact is much Americans have some German in their Blood from Britain or directly.

Fact is the House of Windsor was German before and was called Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. This post is not political it is just History!

MacGammon

[NathanWin]

@nicPA9 sagst du? sag ich nicht, ich bin ein österreicher, der in deutschland lebt und ich merke den unterschied

[Fflloowwful]

@nicPA9

Geographisch :P

[elpau84]

whatever, hes austrian! :D

[paddyi19]

Oesterreich ist sozusagen ein Bundesland das nicht mehr zum Deutschenbund gehoert

[maryuriwood07]

Schwarzenegger isn't even German, he's Austrian

[wolfgangle]

and the english and scandinavians also are ethnic germans, my dear sweet lil boy