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@an-an

11 ай бұрын

Americans pronounce Nike wrong - compare Nike with bike - so which one is right or which is wrong?? 🤣🤣

@L2740G2CG

11 ай бұрын

That’s not the sound of an eagle you are playing. That’s the sound of a red tail hawk… An eagle sounds way different. 🦅

@TremereTT

11 ай бұрын

I realy think we should pronounce Nike not as "Neik" or "Neiky", but just like in religion class like "Nike" as it's the name Greek Goddes of Victory and it should be spoken just as it's actual name.

"Tschüss" was germanized long ago. It was originally the Spanisch "adios", which slowly changed to "adjos", "adschüss", "tschüss". Similarly, "tschö" (heard in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatine) is from French "adieu". "Prost" is from Latin, by the way, originally "prosit", the subjunctive from "prodesse" < "pro-esse", "to be [good] for", "to help".

@marcmonnerat4850

11 ай бұрын

Interessant. In the south and Switzerland, you may hear 'tschüssle', ' tschüssi', 'ade', 'adieu mitenand', 'tschau zäme', 'tchô', 'djeu', etc.

Fun fact - black tie events don‘t really exist in Germany and the whole concept baffles us. I used to work for a director of a big German company, and when he got an invitation that asked for a black tie, he was confused and said he didn‘t even own such a thing. Ties for formal attire are NOT black in Germany

@hansmeiser32

11 ай бұрын

That's why I always got strange looks if I wore a black suit, dark grey button-down shirt and a black tie at work.

@privatevendetta

11 ай бұрын

@@hansmeiser32 That's funeral attire to me.

@Steeler-wg5zo

11 ай бұрын

@@privatevendetta wenigstens kann er 'nen Windsor-Knoten, oder war das so ein 'Ziehschlips'? (einer mit Gummiband)

@JochenHormes

11 ай бұрын

I do not want to make this threat to fance ;-), but black tie/white tie does not only specify the color of your "neck attire". Black tie means a suit or smoking with a black tie (preferably a bow tie) and white tie means a tail suit with a white bow tie.

@MarcGrafZahl

11 ай бұрын

Only at funerals. 😞

Regarding the German pronunciation of Nike: To be fair, English is everything but consistent with its phonetics, so why shouldn't Germans pronounce Nike the same way as "like"? After all, with the exception of one letter it's the exact same word. If you think about it, Americans are the weird ones here for pronouncing two nearly identical words that differently :P

@moonli1551

11 ай бұрын

exactly! there are so many of those too, e.g. bike, the name Mike, to hike etc. It seems pretty logical to me to pronounce it that way

@AnnaDamm

11 ай бұрын

Also: bike, spike, Mike

@picobello99

11 ай бұрын

Nike is a Greek word pronounced nie-kee (German) / nee-kay (English), so neither is right.

@manub.3847

11 ай бұрын

@@picobello99 Sure, but Americans rarely pronounce words in their original form, hence the reference to the pronunciation of other words mentioned above.

@analholes77

11 ай бұрын

Is there any other noun in English or American English with the ike or any other vowel-plosive-vowel combination pronounced, how Nike is pronounced "correctly"? I doubt it.

It's a personal pet peeve of mine when people mispronounce bruschetta, but that might be because im half Italian... But I do believe it's a sign of respect, that we europeans try to pronounce words in a foreign language correctly -especially when visiting that country

@martinmuller183

11 ай бұрын

Especially, when visiting the country. If you can't, then don't even try 😉

@althelas

11 ай бұрын

I'm German and i get miffed when someone says bruschetta instead of brus-cetta and don't get me started on Gnotschi, expresso or zuschini. That are moments I have to keep myself in check, otherwise I jump over the table and shake the other person until they get it right.

@pjschmid2251

11 ай бұрын

As an American I am still uncertain of the correct pronunciation of bruschetta. Is the SCH like the SCH in Schmid or more like SK in skill? The pronunciation of C in Italian seems to shift and I am still uncertain of the rule. The problem is people pronounce it both ways here and many people aren’t really certain which one is correct. It’s not a sign of disrespect it’s just a matter of not knowing.

@Llortnerof

11 ай бұрын

@@pjschmid2251 The ch is basically pronunced like a k. The s is seperate and not part of the same syllable. Phonetically, it's [brus'ketːa]. Same goes for Gnocchi and Zucchini.

@althelas

11 ай бұрын

@@pjschmid2251 it is brusketta like in skill.

Honestly, McCafe in Germany just looks like a slightly more corporatized bakery - which i guess makes sense, because that's their direct competition for coffee and croissants. And it looks nice enough, but I'd never call it actually fancy. And the not-pronouncing-foreign-words-correctly sounds (sadly) pretty stereotypically american.

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Haha, it's interesting to hear the different perspectives based on different cultural norms or maybe personal experiences. I can see why you think McCafe looks like that though! 😊

@Stinkehund

11 ай бұрын

@@PassportTwo tbf, i don't really know how much McD has taken over in your part of the country, but in my shitty little east-german corner with basically no corporate fast food for miles and miles, that McCafe from the pictures would look just like any other bakery-with-seating-area.

@nikaley

11 ай бұрын

McCafé was part of an initiative to steal away customers from Starbucks when the company entered the german market and spread rapidly. To make the brand look more eco-friendly (like the green Starbucks mermaid), they switched from red to green and added brown hues to their restaurants, adding fancier interiors, digital service points, etc. Even the employees’ uniforms look better now. And from what I can remember being said about the “rebrand” back then is that McDonald’s wanted to attract those customers who would come to have a spontaneous coffee with a business partner and spend a couple of Euros on coffee and snacks. Don’t know if they actually hit their targeted market, but they for sure seem to have success with this addition to their portfolio. In the end, people are probably going to spend some more money at McDonald’s, even if it’s just an additional donut sold every couple of customers.

@Llortnerof

11 ай бұрын

Which is probably why it looks that way. Nobody would go otherwise when you can get better at any random bakery.

@eagle1de227

11 ай бұрын

agree !

"Guten Appetit" zu sagen, ist einfach höflich, man respektiert, dass man mit anderen Menschen zusammen am Tisch sitzt und gemeinsam das Essen genießen möchte. Es zeigt, es handelt sich hier mehr als um bloße Nahrungsaufnahme, es ist etwas das man inhoffentlich guter, Gesellschaft tut. To say "Guten Appetit" means respect for the other people at the table, you are going to enjoy a nice meal together, not just eating, to enjoy to savour, not alone but in, hopefully, nice company.

I'm german and live in the US and I just can't stop myself from saying "enjoy" at the restaurant when out with friends ;-). Great video. I appreciate the costume switches!!!

@jessicaausborn

11 ай бұрын

random question: before I moved to the US I was so curious about the Cheesecake Factory. (because, Big Bang Theory). Went once, but was so overwhelmed that I never went back. Maybe I'm a bit of a Sheldon too ;-)

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Haha, I would encourage you to not stop saying "enjoy!" It's fun that you are bringing part of your culture to your friends in my opinion 😊

@jessicaausborn

11 ай бұрын

@@PassportTwo won't stop, can't stop ;-) My friends will have to live with my german quirkiness forever ;-)

@peterdonecker6924

11 ай бұрын

And the Coffee at MDs is was better than overrated Starbucks

The pronunciation thing is a major pet peeve of mine. Basically, whenever I watch a US-made video about the world, the pronunciation of names and places gets butchered, and it feels soooooo disrespectful, sloppy, lazy, pompous, even "colonial" as if no other languages exist other than English. So it was quite eye-opening to hear the "other side of the story", including your explanation that the US isn't as exposed to other languages and dialects as other countries are, so there's certain pitfalls in trying to pronounce names and places in their original languages, and I can understand and accept that. What I cannot accept however is that we Europeans are seen as "arrogant pricks" when we're respectful with our pronunciation.

@moniabolletta8923

11 ай бұрын

On this, I would beg to differ. The United States is a melting pot of peoples (in the last 2015 census we see that the descendants of Germans are even twice as many as the British and Italians are just a few less than the latter), so if we want the possibility of maintaining a broad knowledge linguistics they would have. Nevertheless...

@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233

10 ай бұрын

And there are certain regions of Germany where the pronounciation is very localized.

@gnomeway2

8 ай бұрын

yes!

@lanamack1558

3 ай бұрын

Totally agree. To me butchering pronunciation shows lack of respect.

@lanamack1558

3 ай бұрын

No way would I go to a restaurant in the USA.i couldn't be certain there are no preservatives or other chemicals in the food.

Normally we say "prost" when a new round of drinks are served. Not with every sip

Wearing a black tie in Germany is a sign of mourning because a close relative has passed away.

one thing that i think is "fancier" in america is the dress code for clubbing, it seems like americans get a lot more dolled up than germans particularly women! (and i've always wondered if i'd like the food at olive garden)

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Interesting! As a non-clubber, I can't confirm, but that's definitely something to think about 😃

@MyriamSchweingruber

11 ай бұрын

if you already had authentic Italian food, made by Italians, then trust me, you will NOT.

@mel_ooo

11 ай бұрын

@@MyriamSchweingruber that's what i figured😅 but i'm still curious xD

@Carrylane

11 ай бұрын

@mel_ooo thats true but if u visit Düsseldorf in Germany u will see a lot of people who dresses beautifully..but then again Düsseldorf is a city of fashion with rich people.

I am Danish and in Denmark it is considered unpolite to start drinking wine etc.. without saying "skål", touching the other person's glass with you own glass and looking in the other person's eyes. Even now living with my girlfriend, now wife, for 45 years, we never drink alcohol without the above mentioned procedure. 18 years ago I started working in an international company in Luxembourg and we had 3 company languages, English, German, and French (but we also had Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and more colleagues). When we met in the cantina for lunch we always said "Guten Appetit" or the more casual "Mahlzeit" or " Bon App" if we saw someone eating or preparing a meal. In Danish you would say "Velbekomme" in such a situation, meaning let the meal become you well. When someone is sneezing we say "prosit". In German we now say "Gesundheit", meaning "(good) health!"

@doju4166

6 ай бұрын

In Germany we sometimes say „wohl bekomms“ as well, which means the same as your velbekomme

Nice multiple transitions in the middle of the sentence. That shows how much effort you put into these videos. Well edited, great content: 👍

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for that! Really appreciate it 😊

@VeolonMedia

11 ай бұрын

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@Andreas_42

11 ай бұрын

Yes, this transitions add a whole new layer of complexity. It's more difficult to sound natural when a sentece is cut from different takes. Well done!

Fun fact: "Zum Wohl" and "Prost" mean the same thing. Prost has a Latin origin "Prosit", which translates to "möge es zum Guten gereichen" or "may this help for the good of it" (someone please come up with a better translation...) and "zum Wohl" means that as well.

@sakkra83

11 ай бұрын

Prosit ist die 3. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv von proesse, und in diesem Zusammenhang wird es mit "Es möge nützen" übersetzt. Zumindest wenn ich mich an meinen Lateinunterricht erinnere.... Der ist aber 20 Jahre her, daher korrigiert mich bitte, wenn ich falsch liege.

@sambuka1015

11 ай бұрын

@@sakkra83 Correctamundo

damn. How much effort did you put in the editing? It's insane :D

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Really appreciate that 😃😊

@Goofie_spielt

11 ай бұрын

What do you mean - editing - Donnie simply constantly changed clothes again and again ...😊

After almost 49 years in Germany, it is virtually impossible for me when in the US to walk up to a clerk in a store or call a business on the phone without starting with a „Good morning“ or „Good afternoon“ and (on the phone) saying my name. Nor can I answer a phone with a simple „Hello!“ And it is also a compulsion to say something before starting to eat or drink with friends. That‘s how ingrained this behavior has become for me.

@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233

10 ай бұрын

How ? There are perfektly good one-word greetings in Germany like "HÄ!? " or "WAS ?!? "

@nbarrio

3 ай бұрын

Same here. I come from Spain and have lived in Germamny over 25 years now. That's also why I can not understand, why Germans are supposed to be so rude. I think they are very polite in so many ways.

@tatjanabrand3517

Ай бұрын

It’s only a friendly thing to do this when you are in common. It’s nice to do for happiness and GEMÜTLICHKEIT. Normally you do it the first time when you start drinking anything (not only beer) and eventually a second time - when you be there a long time, eventually more, but not always -, only for being together and have a good time

In Miami it's also VERY important to make eye contact when cheering with a drink.

Ahhhhh, Familie Beimer ❤ Never thought I would see them in one of these videos.

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

I'm slowly trying to catch up on all German pop culture references 😂

@xaverlustig3581

11 ай бұрын

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@Jester-fs8xe

11 ай бұрын

@@PassportTwo Starting with the Lindenstraße is definitely a good thing. Nothing was more German than this show, esp in the 80s

@asmrfriendships8761

11 ай бұрын

​@@PassportTwoI enjoyed the Lindenstraße reference aswell.👍

Never thought about it this way 🤔 I live with my boyfriend and we say Guten Appetit three times a day and Prost every time we drink together. It's just a mutual respect and friendliness thing like saying good morning.

@joannajaworska0000

11 ай бұрын

I think saying "Guten Appetit " or "Prost" is normal in other European countries. In Poland we say "Smacznego" and " Na zdrowie" every time my start our meal together or drink an alcoholic beverage with friends. Same thing I encountered in Chechia, France and Spain. Even in Britain.

I understand how it doesn't fit within the theme of "Things Germans Consider Casual That Are Considered FANCY In America!" but the phrase "Mahl Zeit!" deserves some attention as well.

I guess everyone in the world makes pronunciation mistakes. That being said for me it is a sign of respect for other cultures to try to pronounce words coming from their languages correctly. To be willfully ignorant, not even trying would be incredibly rude in my opinion as if I had the idea that my own culture and language were far superior and showing that by mistreating other languages. But to be honest, everything only goes so far. When I reach the point that I am not confident that I get close enough to the correct pronunciation that it comes over in a positive way, that is a whole other story.

@brinkiTOgo

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree :)

When sombody wants to sound cool, they use a lot of anglicisms.

@TheGogeta222

11 ай бұрын

Sadly

@josefsad1502

2 ай бұрын

​@@TheGogeta222Safe!

very interesting, thank you 😀

Regarding Nike - this is the German Version of trying to pronounce a foreign word English. Correct would be Ni-ke as it is a goddess after all without an English pronounciation

7:33 Even though tschau could come from ciao, tschau is only used to say goodbye, while ciao is used for hello and goodbye

Interesting thoughts on the original pronunciation topic. I am quite sure the fear of getting it wrong plays a big role. I've always understood correct pronunciation as a sign of respect towards the foreign culture the word comes from.

I remember that the first few years when McDonald's appeared in Italy they looked more or less like American MDs, but within at most a decade they all changed, turning into traditional style fast food restaurants or in McCafé. Also because the curiosity for the novelty had passed, practically nobody in the area went there anymore since they were seen as the dirty sandwich shop in which, in addition to the ham sandwich, you can also find the salmonella and E. coli sandwich. Let's say it was evolution for survival...

Where I live you only say zum Wohl at tje beginning when everyone has their drink, similar to the guten Appetit. At a bar you say it after receiving a new beer/drink.

@wakeupcall2665

11 ай бұрын

Isn’t it a fine line, with wine/champagne where you do not clink the glasses together, it is Zum Wohle oder Wohlsein, and with beer/cocktails like whiskey/coke or gin/tonic it is Prost, where you clink the glasses. And Stößchen with friends?

@RainerLP

11 ай бұрын

@@wakeupcall2665 The difference is not realy what drink but in what setting you are in. In a restaurant and in formal settings you just raise your glass and in an informal setting you can of course clink them together. (you might not want to do that with fragile glasses but you can do if you are carefull.) In my example with the new beer: If only one person gets a new beer they might just raise their glass and say zum Wohl and then drink. If everyone or almost everyone gets a new beer you might clink the glasses together either in the middle of the table all at once or induvidualy and then drink when everyone is finished clinking (is that a word?) .

8:54 That one is a tricky one though bc technically, that's a Greek name, so the pronunciation should possibly be like the German name Mieke (with an N instead of an M). Then again, it's a bit like Ibanez. Spanish name that everyone pronounces in an English way owned by a Japanese company. So which way is correct?

It's always fascinating to see known differences from a new perspective. I believe that Germany and the USA simply enforce social cohesion in different ways. The absence of "Guten Appetit!" or "Enjoy your meal!" emphasizes "individuality" in the US. The relatively lower religiosity (especially in Eastern Germany) emphasizes "Individualität" in Germany.

@fairphoneuser9009

11 ай бұрын

Well, the religiousity and puritanism in the US might rather be a power( and traditional) thing than cohesion. The US are quite close to a theocracy.

Mc Cafe started in Australia

interesting observations as usual!

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊 Glad you enjoyed!

black tie almost only at funerals!

@michaelmedlinger6399

11 ай бұрын

Excuse me if I‘m wrong about this, but I think you are confusing „black tie“ with a black or dark suit and a black or dark long tie at funerals. „Black tie“ is what will be worn at formal occasions such as government functions, some weddings (f they are very formal), award ceremonies such as the Oscars. It is formal evening wear with a tuxedo („smoking“) and a bow tie (traditionally black), but I would never think of wearing „black tie“ to a funeral. The one (and only!) time I looked in on „Mainz wie es singt und lacht“ for 10 minutes, just to see what it was all about, I couldn‘t stop laughing at the vision of all these men in „black tie“, but wearing the silly Narrenkappen. Completely incongruous! But being North German, I consider Carnival as a whole to be more than slightly ridiculous.

Some say Mahlzeit instead of Guten Appetit, mainly at work when it's lunch time🤣

Of course in american society you shouldnt show how cultured you are cause the whole world and even americans themselves know how uncultured they are. Makes sense to uphold that stigma :)

Having previously lived in Germany I can understand the Nike problem. Just think about how we pronounce things like bike, mike, pike, strike, Ike etc. We have lots of things in the English language that are strange to non native speakers.

@christineburek4313

11 ай бұрын

And I am wondering how the Greeks pronounce Nike.

@solaccursio

11 ай бұрын

@@christineburek4313 I don't now, but I strongly suspect they pronounce it the right way, since she's a greek goddess. Nee-kay. (here in Italy we say it like the germans, rhyming with Mike or like)

Some foreign brandnames get a totally germanised pronunciation though: Michelin, Colgate, Maggi, Treets for example

@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard

11 ай бұрын

Mirakel WIP (Miracle Whip)

@Chuulip

11 ай бұрын

Woolworth

@j.b.5422

11 ай бұрын

unless when you're talking about michelin stars, probably causing a lot of germans to think that those are 2 different companies that just have similar names

@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard

11 ай бұрын

@@j.b.5422 Reminds me of when I told a friend that Guiness (brewery) owns Guiness World records, he said "No way?" not realising that the answer was in the name allready lol

@111BAUER111

11 ай бұрын

@@j.b.5422 Until 23 i thought that, too. :D

Guten Appetit? Don t forget the greeting "Mahlzeit" at work during lunch time 🙃

Not "stossen"...its "anstossen"🙂great vid.

You might have come across the "Butterkeks" ("butter cookie", a sweet cracker). When Bahlsen introduced them 100+ years ago, they were named Leibnitz-Cakes and the German people *butchered* the pronunciation. So in 1911 Bahlsen gave up and renamed them the way the people were supposed to pronounce them: Leibnitz-Keks. So Keks (cookie) became a whole new word in the German language. I wonder how cookies were referred before though. Probably Biscuit (its French) or Plätzchen.

Perhaps the language thing is as you mentioned in part due to living so close to our neighbors and also going on vacation in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Czechia,… whereas I can imagine that US citizens often get their French from Canada and their Spain from Mexico. 🙂

@madcowpp

11 ай бұрын

I always get my Spain from Mexico. Jokes aside, I completely agree with you. But with globalization going strong, Americans should start to adapt lest they want to invoke the impression of lagging behind.

@Llortnerof

11 ай бұрын

@@madcowpp I'd argue that it's a tad late for that. They'd have to start using sensible units of measurement as well.

Ive never heared a person in my soroundings calling it Neik, only thing ive ever heared was Neiki

When cheering with "prost!" or "zum Wohl" while having a drink in a usual environment is a normal behavior for germans, it can be another thing among friends... There you'll hear often things like "zur Mitte zur T1tte zum S***, zack zack" or "Schluß mit Schnacken, Kopf in Nacken!" Feel free to comment other examples !!

@theHoptimist383

11 ай бұрын

Hau weg die Sch.... 🤭

Never had an Arby's roast beef sandwich. I've always wondered.

Olive Garden is what I always wondered xD

I think, 'Guten Appetit' and 'Prost' is more an anouncement that you start then anything else.

The last restaurant I went to was Garland Café. It is a restaurant that people in Garland, Texas (USA) go to during their lunch hour. I no longer wonder how the food tastes.

I think it’s interesting how some name pronunciations have changed over time in our area. For example, Knipplemier has changed from the K being silent to now being “Ka-nipplemier” and Marquis changing from “Markee” to “Marqwis”. No restaurant to mention….lol!

In Spanish- mostly in Latin American countries, we also say something similar to, 'guten appetit'; we say, 'buen provecho'. Same as, 'prost', 'salud'!

I’m American but have been living here since 1999. I have never been to Chipotle. Each time I’m in the US ( which is not infrequently)I want to try it. HOWEVER, each time I am about to try it, I hear about a case of food poisoning on the national news at a Chipotle somewhere in the US. This has happened so often, I have vowed to never set foot in one. 😂 Personally, I like the Prost/Guten Appetite thing! It shows one appreciates good food/drink with good friends/family.

Little Miss BBQ in Phoenix Arizona

13:16 Every german themed restaurants 😊

In former times we also where asked to take of our hats/basecaps, before the guten Appetit.

Absolutely nothing wrong about not saying "Ciao" in Germany. I am not sure I have ever used that word myself. Of course, you could do worse than "Ciao". For example "Tschüssikowski". Or "Tschö mit Ö".

Mahlzeit is an accepted Alternative to Guten Appetit

You should learn the other sayings they say in Germany when drinking hard liquor: - Hopphopp, rin' in Kopp! - Nicht lang schnacken, Kopp in Nacken! You can't translate that because then the play on words, the rhyme is destroyed.

Prost! Best moment in life! 😂 the enjoyment of a fresh drink :)

@an-an

11 ай бұрын

Or the "fancy" way - "Zum Wohle"!! 😆😆

McCafes started in Australia

In our family, we only say Prost in a more formal setting. At a restaurant for example. And we rarely say Guten Appetit, instead shortening it to a strangely bavaric "an guad'n" or a really short "titt"

Hi. Guten Tag. Servus und Hallo.. is there a Big Kahuna ( the big kahuna burger from the movie pulp fiction ) chain or single eatery in the US? Wie schmeckt der? any good?

Since drinking and eating (and drinking again 😛) are important parts of our culture there are many ways to say cheers or wish someone a good meal, depending of the area, the formality of the event and your age. It maybe even depending what you consume. So, when drinking wine, beer or a softdrink you may say Prost or just clink your glasses and look everybody into the eyes (as you said: Very important even if some people say seven years of bad sex is better than non, but thats for another viedeo 😀), but if you drink shots here in northern germany a "Nich lang schnacken, Kopf in Nacken" (don't talk so much, put your head back) may be more to the point

Wow! An actual, good rhyme! 😄

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

What?? They're good every week (more or less)!! 😂😂

There is a reason for all this Prost and Guten Appetit: You wish your opposite health, securitie, wellness and all the best. It is more than to enjoy your meal. It is more like the good time you all spending together and that there will be much more of these good times. So, enjoy the pleaserefull time with your friends staying together, have a drink (or two or more) and be happy and wish all these friends also health, luck and so on and say „Prost“ and „Guten Appetit „

McDonald’s in the USA is ending the McCafé menu items later this month.

I've always wondered if Cheesecake Factory or Olive Garden are any good. I've never heard anyone say they are, so I've avoided them. Not quite curious enough to walk thru the door: )

There are some notable changes in pronunciation of English words when used in German as well. Some examples: * The open /æ/ sound changes to a slightly closer /ε/: We have trouble keeping "bat" and "bet" apart, or "man" and "men", and the /ε/ is very close to the German ä. * The /εi/ diphthong (like in "day") becomes a closed /e/ like in German "See". You will hear many people say O.K. not like /ou:kεi/ but more like /o:ke:/. * The -er endings are also pronounced in the German way like a weak "a". and many more.

I’ve been to England and Scotland (both twice each), plus I’ve been to Ireland, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium and I’ve never went to McDonald’s (even in the USA, I don’t go although I have gone about half a dozen times in my life). When I was at university, I went to the UK, and I was with others who wanted to go to Pizza Hut - I was shocked that I was able to drink there legally and over indulged so I don’t remember how the food was (or if I was in England or Scotland - I think that it had to be England).

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there is a diner in Rheinland-Pfalz called "Sam Cullmann's Diner" in Kaiserslautern. I love to eat burgers there, but I met an american guy who told me, that at home (in America) it would taste much better 😁

"Guten Appetit" from the ones who dont have their food yet enables others to start eating. Dont know how many do this, we do it though.

Why we say "Nik" instead of "Nikeeeee"? Because "take" isn't said as "takeeee/taki" and "cake" isnt pronounced "cakeeeeeee/caki" and make isn't "makeeeee/maki". ;) Most other words written in the same way with a trailing "e" do not spell out the "e". This is even a rule I was told in school, when first learning English, because in German you read out the trailing "e" in general. (or at least it is always right, even if there might exist a short form without it)

Actually many Germans don’t say Guten Appetit, including us, because a direct translation would be I wish you a lot of Hunger, meaning you would need to be hungry to enjoy the meal. Instead you wait for the Dame des Hauses or if at a restaurant the oldest woman of the group to start eating, before you can

11:14 Prost ist just a shorter form (one syllable instead of two) of the latin prosit which means may it be beneficial.

Actually I wasn't wondering about a specific American restaurant but the famous Mac and Cheese. Is it any good compared to Spaghetti Carbonara or Käsespätzle? Maybe I should try to cook it at home. What type of cheese is used for this?

The thing about Nike is that it's spelled like bike. And why would we think it would be pronounced any different than that? I just learned that it's derived from the greek goddess Nike whose name is pronounced [ˈniːkə] (probably something like knee-kuh in American English) or [ˈniːke] with a long e in roman languages respectively. It really doesn't make sense for a non-native speaker that it's pronounced with an -ey in the end. :D

@xaverlustig3581

11 ай бұрын

There's a Nike temple on the Acropolis in Athens. The Adidas temple hasn't been excavated yet.

@katarinawikholm5873

11 ай бұрын

I think the issue is ”I *just learned* that it’s derived from the Greek goddess Nike”. If you knew from the getgo it was Greek, it’s easier

I've never seen tschau as a foreign word, i would guess it's the same for most people in Germany

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Could be that it has become so common in Germany that it is being adopted as a 'native word.' Although I did check Duden and they did confirm it is of Italian origins like expected 😅

@krunschnew

11 ай бұрын

For me Tschau was always a form of Tschüss. I know Ciao exists but for me that always was a coincident

video. McCafe needs to be able to compete with other cafes. This is not necessary for take away. But I still prefer to go to a café, family-run.

Guten Appetit is quite normal, sometimes you say 'Guten Hunger' or quite unformally to your good buddy 'hau rein'.

Nike is from America and it is written like Mike... Many don't know that this is from the Greek godess of victory. Nike, the godess, is also pronounced on the second sylable.

@cs296

11 ай бұрын

If you take the Greek pronounciation then it should be pronounced on the first

you look so much better with this suit!

@PassportTwo

11 ай бұрын

Well, don't get used to it because it was way too hot under those lights to film in a suit 😂😂 But, thank you! 😊

@ichNanne

11 ай бұрын

@@PassportTwo it's never too hot to be well dressed 😘

When it comes to pronouncing foreign words correctly Germany is really not a model student. They pronounce many French words wrong. Chance like Schanze comes to mind. I think we Austrians are better at that, while of course still not perfect. We Austrians use more French words in general (at least the older generations), like plafond or trottoir.

When we take first, second, or sometimes even third foreign language in school (which I did, I learned English, French and Latin), the teachers very quickly make sure that your pronunciation is correct. They insist on it. When British or U.S. citizens learn a foreign language, pronunciation is not something they focus on. They let students very often get away with saying the words with the thickest accent ever heard, just being happy that the correct vocabulary was used. Not happening in our schools. Here, in language class the so called "mündliche Beteiligung" makes 50 % of your mark, the other 50 % the written stuff, like tests and exams. We very strongly put the emphasis on speaking, and speaking correctly, of course.

@MyriamSchweingruber

11 ай бұрын

Which is the only proper way to teach a language IMHO. And the teacher should be a native speaker. (sadly only very rarely the case in Germany).

I'm really curious how the food at Wendy's tastes :D

most (younger) people I know in germany pronounce nike as "niky". Older folks do mostly rhyme it with like admittedly

If you find the McDonalds in Germany fancy, you should go to a McDonalds in France. I've heard that McDonald's restaurants in France are extremely fancy and even have special dishes because the food culture in France is different than in the USA or Germany. While in the USA or Germany people like to take food to go and rarely eat in a restaurant, in France people like to sit down in a restaurant with their friends and rarely take food to go.

The pronunciation thing will probably have something to do with how often you are in interaction with the original word. For example, Slovak people know how to pronounce Hungarian surnames and a few words without learning it, because we have been in a close contact with the language for a thousand years. But Czechs, who are also very close to Hungary, don't always know and mispronounce them much more often.

I always enjoy watching your videos so much. Makes me realise how extra us Germans can be haha

Always wanted to try White Castle. Just because I've seen it in 90ies movies a lot. One and half weeks in NYC - I only managed to walk past one - only after we just had something to eat. 😢 (This was early 2000s - so no Google Maps to just find them quickly) - but there was a McD every other block in Manhattan 🤦🏻‍♂️ And Taco Bell I'd like to try - just because people either love it or hate it with passion. 😂😂 Wanna see if it's really "that bad". 😊

@davenwin1973

11 ай бұрын

After eating White Castle sliders a lot throughout my life, they're OK, but nothing to brag about. There's no real seasoning on the mini patties. Thry might get small amounts of salt and pepper, but nothing else. The patties are steamed on dehydrated onions that get rehydrated during the cooking. The buns also get steamed (buns not steamed if you get any chicken sliders). Most people order sliders with fries or onion rings. You'll either love them or hate them. As a heads up, if you don't like onions on your burgers, the best the staff can do, is scrape off the onions, but they're not completely gone. They won't cook the patties separate from the onions, because the patties will stick to the griddle, which they don't want happening to the patties. Pickles are added as they're put together, unless you request not to have pickles. If you want ketchup and/or mustard on your sliders, you can request for it to be added on them. You however will need to specify regular yellow mustard, or Duesseldorf mustard. As a heads up, eating enough sliders will make you fart a lot.😅

I've been to McDonald's in Germany and had ice cream that had a German brand. It was really good.

As a German growing up in the 2000s I always wanted to try all those American fast food restaurants that we got to see in movies and TV Shows 😂 stuff like Wendy’s, Applebee‘s, Taco Bell etc.

Ich kenne "Prost" nur mit alkoholischen Getränken.

I missed eating with knife and fork in your list of things considered fancy by Americans! Since I heard about Chipotle for the first time (by a certain American youtuber), I wonder how the food tastes there.

I think the McCafe has two reasons, the Café culture in Germany where you go out and drink a fancy coffee while sitting outside. Second is the other American Import .. Starbucks .. which is the McCafe without Burgers .. so if you want to get people inside for free WiFi and expensive imuplse buyers you have to look at least as fancy as a Starbucks.

Being out with friends and start drinking before everyone saying "Prost" (in certain groups sometimes the icelandic / swedish / danish / norwegian word "skål" is used) is sooooo rude 😂

"Prost" and "Zum Wohl" and looking in the eyes is not formal at all: It makes erverybody happy.

RQotW: cheesecake factory. Great editing! Good topic. I was made fun of in USA when pronouncing German words in German, like Angst, Bratwurst and Autobahn. Been here too long, I guess😂

Most Germans pronounce the famous Swedish dish served at every Ikea „Köttbullar“ wrong and can’t resist to correct them 😂 And I don’t want to start here with Gnocchi or Mallorca …

@olgahein4384

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, but pronouncing Köttbullar in german is just funny. It reminds everyone of "Köttel" which is small poo from small animals, like bunnies.

I am from a small village, so the way I pronounce Croissant isn't exactly like french, but also not as if it was an OG german word. But most often, I think I call it by the german dub name of "Hörnchen"

@analholes77

11 ай бұрын

Kroisant habe ich auch noch nie gehört. Aber ein Hörnchen ist bei uns ein anderes Gebäck. Oft werden die französischen Wörter mit einem deutschen Akzent ausgesprochen, aber doch Recht nah am Original. Oft wird auch die Schreibweise an die Aussprache angepasst wie im Falle des Portmonee.

for your question. I got addicted to a nice streak from Applebees with garlic mash and sauteed mushrooms and a Rainbow lemonade xD though I lived in Canada xD and prefer A&W over disgusting Mc Donalds ( Maccas in Germany & Australia xD )