Hive! I summon thee! Come forth!

[Blackrat]

Or Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales.

"Arielle, the little mermaid"? Pah! A tragic story if there ever was one...

And there was that story which name (and other details) I can't remember.. It was about a soldier and a special magic lighter that could summon some magical dogs or other magical aid. One of the first scenes has him cutting of a witches head, and later, dogs throw some nobles into the air so they splatter on impact... Brutal.

Was that the one with dogs that had enormous eyes? I have some vague memory of such story...

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Wait.. there's two types of German? Which one is the one that sounds like every word is being yelled at you?

Ich! weiss! nicht! wovon! Du! sprichst!

You shouldn't watch those prôn commercials after midnight. The "Ruf! Mich! An!" from those... ladies is not how we really talk.

Neither do we call out "Mein Leben!" when we're shot by some murderous guy in Castle Wolfenstein...

Or is it just because all you get to hear are Indiana Jones Nazis or the Doctor Who Germans, which are often not even native speakers (at least by the sound of them)?
Or are we really that bad?

Lower German is a little bit like English, which makes it hard for me to speak it anymore (I was never good at it), because whenever I forget the lower-german word, I will default to the English version. Sometimes, it might be close, but often, it's not.
People in my region of Germany (where actually many people still speak Lower-German) are sometimes said to have a certain "melodic" way to speak German. I can't really say if it's true...

 

[Relique du Madde]

Have you ever read the actual Grimm tales, instead of seen Disney versions? Those stories don't just have a darker side, they are actually cruel horror-stories mostly...

Or Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales.

"Arielle, the little mermaid"? Pah! A tragic story if there ever was one...

It's sad when Disney even messes up stories based on real people... Like Pocahontas. A busty 20 year old Pocahontas? Treants? wtf?

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Was that the one with dogs that had enormous eyes? I have some vague memory of such story...

Yes, that sounds familiar, too.

 

[Blackrat]

People in my region of Germany (where actually many people still speak Lower-German) are sometimes said to have a certain "melodic" way to speak German. I can't really say if it's true...

You know, if for nothing else, german has one huge merit as a language. It is best fitted language in the world to use for cussing...

 

[Relique du Madde]

Or is it just because all you get to hear are Indiana Jones Nazis or the Doctor Who Germans, which are often not even native speakers (at least by the sound of them)?
Or are we really that bad?

It's not just Spielberg and Lucas it's all of Hollywood and maybe the BBC and what ever the Cannucks watch.

 

[WhatGravitas]

People in my region of Germany (where actually many people still speak Lower-German) are sometimes said to have a certain "melodic" way to speak German. I can't really say if it's true...

No!

Cheers, LT.

 

[Relique du Madde]

You know, if for nothing else, german has one huge merit as a language. It is best fitted language in the world to use for cussing...

When french girls cuss you out it's strangely erotic.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

You know, if for nothing else, german has one huge merit as a language. It is best fitted language in the world to use for cussing...

Cussing is also not as frowned upon in German as in the US, for example. Though I guess that's more a European vs US thing then German-specific.

I wonder if it all began with the "Tatort" with Schimanski, who liked to cuss. ("Scheisse" being the most common, I think...)

 

[Blackrat]

When french girls cuss you out it's strangely erotic.

Yeah, french just doesn't work. German is the only language better for swearing than finnish. It needs to be harsh. I can't find it now but I saw a list somewhere that counted how many "official" curse words there were in different languages. Both german and finnish was in the top...