if you think of Germany, what comes to your mind?

[Zebra]

what things or names do you think first then?


i think of good food and music and literature

 

[leftwinger]

Freising, Texas Instruments wafer fab. A top performing site.

 

[lg325]

Giant mugs of beer, sausage and pretzels. Thats the picture that popped up when I see the word German.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

High quality manufacturing.

13 years ago, I bought a digital thermometer that kept telling me I was nearly dead. Went and bought a German-made old-time glass thermometer and still use it confidently.


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[Dogmaphobe]

Being on time

 

[Zebra]

and what from the list?

 

[tyroneweaver]

My FIL was in Patton's third army. He was a first sergeant and had to assume command of the company when the Captain got his head blown off at the Bulge
That's what I think of the Rhineland

 

[Mr Natural]

Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes

 

[tyroneweaver]

what things or names do you think first then?


i think of good food and music and literature

 

[Zavulon]

"The Germans. The herd of evil, stupid and aggressive pigs." No offence, just the first association. May be a bit childish, and oversimplified. Of course, even among Germans there are decent people. May be. May be not.

 

[Zebra]

Heine wrote ...

Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht,
dann bin ich um den Schlaf gebracht.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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Bavarian composer Carl Orff and his opus, "Carmina Burana".

Best music ever composed.

Carl Orff - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Zebra]

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Bavarian composer Carl Orff and his opus, "Carmina Burana".

Best piece of music ever composed.

Carl Orff - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

i like it also very much!

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

i like it also very much!

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We have a competent chorale in my church, but not nearly enough personnel to perform it, nor do we have an orchestra of that size.

I live in a very small town.

Best thing -- the only thing I miss -- about living in Seattle was the annual New Year's Eve performance of this by Seattle Choral Company and Seattle Symphony.

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[The Sage of Main Street]

Mercedes

Hypocritical to Whine About "Not Teaching the Basics"

Why wouldn't its plural be "Mercedeses"?

 

[CowboyTed]

what things or names do you think first then?


i think of good food and music and literature

Lived in the place a number of times...
Thought the Beer was brilliant, Food was very average,... Liked the Bavarians, really good engineers, you can see how they are so good at building machines...

North German a lot more structured people... Follow a plan...

Outside Berlin, East Germans I found to be rude, insular and still having hang up from the East German days... They struggle to trust institutions and don't like foreigners... (this is highly generalist)...

 

[Zebra]

Lived in the place a number of times...
Thought the Beer was brilliant, Food was very average,... Liked the Bavarians, really good engineers, you can see how they are so good at building machines...

North German a lot more structured people... Follow a plan...

Outside Berlin, East Germans I found to be rude, insular and still having hang up from the East German days... They struggle to trust institutions and don't like foreigners... (this is highly generalist)...

I like foreigners ...


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[Zebra]

Hypocritical to Whine About "Not Teaching the Basics"

Why wouldn't its plural be "Mercedeses"?

Being on time

true!

 

[Zebra]

Heine wrote ...

Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht,
dann bin ich um den Schlaf gebracht.

should i translate.?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

should i translate.?

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For those not intelligent enough to look it up, you might.

I found it easily and loved it.


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