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German Coast Guard - Lost in Translation

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Uploaded by on Jul 22, 2006

Improve your english

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  • @terwantom13 that's probably because the Dutch are such fun and don't take themselves too seriously.... Thanks for sharing his info!!

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  • I speak both English and German. This video made me laugh several times :) Obviously the 2 Germanic languages are quite different. I would think German is more "original" and English is a borrowed language. Personally I love German more.

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  • We are singing. "what are you sinking about?". He confuses "sinking" with thinking. that's a German stereotype, most Germans know the difference. I told my Mom about this video. It would be dangerous if it were real, because of the misunderstanding. No one could save the ship captain.

  • captain of the ship: We're screwwwed!

  • I haven't seen this for over a year and it still makes me laugh out loud. I'm a linguist but in Spanish and French, but I love hearing verbal puns in any language

  • @Pascotam both took alot of words from other languages

    English even more...

  • @rurudotorg

    Thanks, that was exactly what I wanted to know :)

  • Absolute classic!!

  • EPIC

    

  • Lol XD Not bad

    But the best german joke is the one with the "bloody steak" XD

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