Check out PART2 of this video with more English words that Germans use incorrectly! :) ▸kzbin.info/www/bejne/roPTnnegZq-JiLc
@txfreethinker3 жыл бұрын
How about doing a video on German words that can't really be translated into English. For example, I can't think of the German word, but I heard there is a German word for being able to accurately predict what is likely to happen in the near future and plan ahead for it. The guy said there is no solid English translation for that word. Does that make sense? In other words (no pun intended) cool words that should be transliterated from German to English. Thanks.
@txfreethinker3 жыл бұрын
I'm new to your channel, so if you've already done this video, then feel free to just put a link under my comment. :-)
@dhy53423 жыл бұрын
When a new word is created, or borrowed from another language, how is it decided which adjective to use? In the example you gave - computer - why is it der Computer and not die Computer or das Computer?
@txfreethinker3 жыл бұрын
@@moberg06 Maybe, but the guy in the video said it was way more than just prepare and I'm having trouble remembering what he said, but it was real philosophical and sounded interesting. lol
@cevihings3 жыл бұрын
I like the word safe, timer, beemer, handy, Schneider
@AlanTuringWannabe4 жыл бұрын
As a native English speaker I found this incredibly interesting.
@moah9864 жыл бұрын
ja safe
@aaronjames52764 жыл бұрын
Likewise. I did too.
@beneskoo_34 жыл бұрын
@@moah986 hahaha
@stuckclamp4 жыл бұрын
Das hast du TipTop gemacht! 🤣 Das TopTop wird wohl die Uhrgrossmutter einer englischsprachigen Familie noch genutzt haben. Zumindest in der Schweiz ist das noch in Gebrauch.
@neeleneele35254 жыл бұрын
Moah hahahahhahaha
@xtian20104 жыл бұрын
USA: Drive thru Deutschland: Drive in Spain: Mc Auto lol
@m.m.23414 жыл бұрын
Mc Donald's actually doesn't use the word Drive-in. Their brand is Mc Drive in Germany. Drive-in is used by BK for example.
@barbaraelrod23364 жыл бұрын
Haha if you told me you were going the McDonalds Drive in you'd get a confused look and a what's playing. A drive-in to an American is an old school movie theater :)
@michakapica62094 жыл бұрын
Polnad: Mc Drive
@NiclasFredrikson4 жыл бұрын
@@m.m.2341 drive thru sounds much better than drive in at least to me. I dont wanna drive in(to) a store or kinda thingy^^
@christianlibertarian54884 жыл бұрын
Ya' know, back in the day, a drive-in was a fast food restaurant you drove up to, and waitresses served you in your car. They came up with drive thru to distinguish the two.
@Fuerwahrhalunke4 жыл бұрын
"Cutter" hat mich sofort an das Teppichmesser erinnert.
@KupoxChan4 жыл бұрын
Ich hab auch zuerst an das Messer gedacht. Vielleicht sind wir einfach zu alt? xD
@Fuerwahrhalunke4 жыл бұрын
@@KupoxChan Aber ich bin doch erst 24 :(
@mataisspohn95124 жыл бұрын
@@Fuerwahrhalunke Kupo91 sagte doch "einfach zu alt". ;D
@Fuerwahrhalunke4 жыл бұрын
@@mataisspohn9512 aber... :(
@drave4gaming1914 жыл бұрын
Hab auch an das messer gedacht, kommt halt auf den Kontext an...
@snoopenny3 жыл бұрын
I’m 76 and I was a film editor in the late sixties and early seventies, and I heard old timers refer to editors as cutters or film cutter. It probably was only used among among themselves in Hollywood as a slang, but they were called “editors” on film credits. Cutter also had weird connotations, hence the more appropriate word, editor. Cutter also referred to men who cut patterns in garment-industry sweatshops in the late 1900s an early in the 20th Century.
@OokamiKageGinGetsu4 жыл бұрын
German Girl in America - "Have you seen my handy?" Me - "I think I'm on the wrong Tube site."
@x000s24 жыл бұрын
YouHub
@LegendYT14 жыл бұрын
RedTube
@thyyuss2714 жыл бұрын
@SLOWPOKE RODRIGUEZ ិនៅ
@alexsis17784 жыл бұрын
While i can see how it could be used in that sense, I've literally never heard that used like that before. Just a particular job.
@MayhemsMother234 жыл бұрын
Alexsis Engle see I commonly hear it(or read it) as A handy not just handy on its own
@kzflw4 жыл бұрын
I’m German and I use the word “Mixer” for both mixers and blenders. Ain’t nobody got time for the word “Handrührgerät“ 😂.
@I_am_Raziel4 жыл бұрын
True, for both
@supechube_k4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nicklenz70303 жыл бұрын
I know Germans, who use Mixer only for a blender and I know Germans, who use it for both. My impression is, that it is fairly common to use the word Mixer for a mixer.
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
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@cleverlyblonde3 жыл бұрын
@@philipjohn5573 I would but I am busy with my Handrührgerät
@pianoraves4 жыл бұрын
Knowing the word "cellphone", will come in handy in the US
@Bamboo4U24 жыл бұрын
Most of us now use the shorter term, "cell," something that made me cringe in the early '90s when most of us called them "cellular" or "mobile" (tele)phones.
@cbm21564 жыл бұрын
In British English it would be the Mobile.
@Bamboo4U24 жыл бұрын
@@cbm2156 in the U.S., a mobile is something over a baby's crib.
@phynnlessimaging4 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there.
@howardcohen68174 жыл бұрын
I've always thought that the word for a photo of yourself with your phone comes from the word Cell-fy but now I believe that the word 'cell-phone' is really a description of a phone for yourSELF - a self-phone. ('cell' was a word for 'battery' back then). Funny that the older TELEFONZELLE (telephone-booth) which has become extinct is probably responsible for that word not having being used. "Handy" is of course something that is convenient and available to use. In German I've begun writing this with a dipthong over the 'a' as that's how it's pronounced.
@eileenwillms50253 жыл бұрын
My husband’s niece and nephew were visiting from Germany. His nephew kept saying “lust” to me with the name of a place nearby. Since the word in English has a negative connotation I nervously called for my husband to translate. When I found out in German it is used differently. They wanted me to go with them to see the sights. We all had a good laugh and totally enjoyed the day 🙂
@salvadormaciaspulido641 Жыл бұрын
Desire you mean I guess, and that's what Lust means, but if I were to say, I have desire to visit you, or I have desire to go to the movies, is no different than saying or using the word Lust German. but also in German it does depend how you communicate the word, it can also be use as a reference to wanting to have sexual activity. So we can also say that it has to do with Germanic ancestry.
@conlon4332 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say negative, just obviously sexual. But that doesn't have to be a bad thing.
@robertjeffery32374 жыл бұрын
I love this young lady’s diction. So clear and precise.
@hgj20194 жыл бұрын
Even her inflection. It’s really hard to tell she is German until she speaks German!
@nikolaibaas27764 жыл бұрын
She‘s achieved what I tried to achieve my whole life: She speaks english with only a little accent, and you can‘t tell where she‘s from. She could as well be from Holland, Sweden, Poland ect. I always tried to do the same. If I can‘t get rid of an accent in general, I tried to sound „international“
@dawhike4 жыл бұрын
Most Germans are precise. Part of their culture.
@nikolaibaas27764 жыл бұрын
Yes. No none before killed so many people so precisely than we did... It‘s nothing to be proud of, I think!
@RoyceLerwick4 жыл бұрын
@@hgj2019 Yes, back in the late 1970's my Norwegian "cousins" started coming over to visit and though only one generation into citizenship in the US, my father had entirely lost all his Norwegian (though Grandpa spoke 7 languages) my cousins spoke better English than most Americans.
@3ch1dna074 жыл бұрын
My German stepmother would say "private hair" when she talked about her wigs. Needless to say, it was a little disconcerting as an American to hear it described as such.
@MrsReginaFox4 жыл бұрын
😂
@Serenity_Dee4 жыл бұрын
… oh dear.
@gustavmeyrink_2.04 жыл бұрын
Was one of her wigs was a merkin? (According to the Oxford English dictionary a merkin is a pubic wig. A word first used in writing in 1617)
@3ch1dna074 жыл бұрын
@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jaysonwallker16484 жыл бұрын
If I heard that I would think it would be pubic hair!
@kleeblume30124 жыл бұрын
Container ist ein Wort, was mich immer kurz verwirrt. Im deutschen denkt man an einen großen Müllcontainer vor dem Haus. Und im englischen ist es einfach eine Aufbewahrungsbox (tuppadose XD)
@therealzilch4 жыл бұрын
Da in Österreich ist es dasselbe.
@LofthouseCLOUD4 жыл бұрын
tupperdose*
@andrebrodbeck38834 жыл бұрын
wenn ich an Container denke, denke ich zuerst an die großen Hochseecontainer die mit dem Schiff über alle Weltmeere transportiert werden.
@chrisrudolf98394 жыл бұрын
@SHIGARU Kleeblume meinte auch sicher nicht die gewöhnlichen Haushaltsmülltonnen, sondern die großen Dinger.
@rocker12604 жыл бұрын
@SHIGARU images.app.goo.gl/jMNjDCPrDwDJJBnd8 Sowas würdest du als Mülltonne bezeichnen?
@taikurinhattu193 Жыл бұрын
In finland "handy" is used to mean a f*cking idiot (or something similiar), like "Ootsä handy" would not mean "Are you easy to use" or something like that but "Are you a fucking idiot". I honestly don't know where this comes from but it's interesting.
@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei Жыл бұрын
That could lead to some misunderstanding. "Are you a fucking idiot?!" "Maybe... do you want to 'use' me right here?"
@hijmestoffels51713 жыл бұрын
In the Netherlands we say ‘übercool’ for something that is really brilliant.
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
🔺🔺 greetings friend my name Alex John I'm a member of the great Illuminati brotherhood organisation I have something to tell you but I don't know if you can take my advice I want you to join the Illuminati but I know so many people said a lot of things about the Illuminati they said this organisation is requesting for blood no, they are getting it wrong when I first started this Illuminati I was saying the same thing like that but then I realised everything I was saying was not what I think, the Illuminati is friendly they make me get all my achieves that I want in life money, good health, Fame, protection and a lot of more you can even imagine I just want to give you this advice because I want everyone to become a better somebody in future cuz the life we are living right now it's not how it used to be before people are suffering, people are dying so brother if you have anyone that wants to join or you want to join contact us on WhatsApp: 🔺+1 571 487 2384 🔺..
@Jeweliedear3 жыл бұрын
I say that here in states 😂
@robertgary35613 жыл бұрын
In the states we never say brilliant unless we are pretending to be British. :)
@TheSulross3 жыл бұрын
the Brits say something is brilliant and I've heard it so much I've taken to using it like they do now and then - I blame KZbin for all this cultural diffusion mess
@Jeweliedear3 жыл бұрын
Übercool! :) niedlich. I will now too 😂
@BirgitP4r24 жыл бұрын
My wife introduced me to the “ cablesalad “ which I like more than any American description of the bundle of wires under ones desk/behind your computer.
@travissmith28484 жыл бұрын
Darn cable gremlins anyway. No matter how organized you make them after a few days of ignoring them it is a tangled mess again.
@sarreqteryx4 жыл бұрын
a rat's nest, then
@rodneyperry69424 жыл бұрын
I'll have to remember that one. It definitely describes the tangled mess without being negative (who says German is a mean language?)
@companymen424 жыл бұрын
I either call it spaghetti or a Medusa head or just a rat’s nest.
@FairandUnbalanced4 жыл бұрын
I color coded mine with paint pens! After a year and a half, the color is wearing off. I may need to use colored electrical tape or something.
@TheSkinnyZ4 жыл бұрын
German here. I only ever use Cutter when referring to a "Teppichmesser". Never heard or used Bodybag and Timer is definitely not a planner to me and I have never heard anybody use it that way.
@dapu80334 жыл бұрын
I always use the word „Agenda“ for a planner
@shibolinemress89134 жыл бұрын
Ich bin Münchnerin aus den USA 😊 und habe das alles hier schon gehört. Vielleicht ist es ein eher bayerisches Denglisch 😊. Das Video ist gut und hat mich echt zum Lachen gebracht! 😁
@TheSkinnyZ4 жыл бұрын
@@shibolinemress8913 das kann sein. Bayern ist ja sowieso sehr... eigen. Haha!
@GMista-lg3kh4 жыл бұрын
Meine Mutter benutzt "Timer", wir wohnen in Köln.
@MsMusicfan24 жыл бұрын
Das kommt bestimmt auf die Region an. Für mich ist ein Mixer auch ein Handrührgerät und kein Blender :D
@incubusfan1820023 жыл бұрын
After watching a handful of your videos and being enchanted both by the language itself and your delivery of content, I've decided to try my hand at learning German! 5 day learning streak going on Duolingo and really enjoying it!
@idonttireeasily4 жыл бұрын
I’ve lived in America my whole life... I don’t know why I find it fascinating to see someone educating people on something I already know. 😂
@yogurt_balls92434 жыл бұрын
Dude same
@zironagrande4 жыл бұрын
Because not only english native speakers are watching
@ronburden72364 жыл бұрын
@@zironagrande and yanks wonder why we call them vacant.......
@killedbydane41564 жыл бұрын
God please Bless These people with brains. Thanks. She does that to teach either Side. Germans as Well as fools eeeer i mean Americans. Sorry (Not sorry) for that. 🤣
@rvnx_potatoe4 жыл бұрын
Finde ich witzig
@phantomwarrior03134 жыл бұрын
I mean pretty much the German “slang” nowadays is literally German and English combined, basically Denglish.
@Lumosy4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I guess that's because 90% of German Youth are 24/7 active in Social Media like KZbin, which is dominated by the english language. Hence they incorporate more and more into their daily german ^^
@maritinooben92704 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh du hast soooo Recht das ist totally a thing hier in Germany like seriously wer macht das nicht? To be honest ich wünschte Leute würden damit aufhören weil damn es ist sooo annoying... No but honestly I really don't like this, because it is mostly used by people who are not very good at speaking English otherwise and keep using words wrong. It's kinda cringe.
@jaredziegner11594 жыл бұрын
Maritino Oben Das denke ich mir auch jedesmal. Ich kenne eine Handvoll Leute, die ständig diese Anglifizismen verwenden aber nicht wirklich Englisch sprechen können.😏
@phantomwarrior03134 жыл бұрын
Maritino Oben yeah it really is, but the thing is that it’s literally part of their communication now 😪 It really annoys me as a German-American.
@phantomwarrior03134 жыл бұрын
Jared Ziegner es wird von guten und schlechten Englisch sprechenden Leuten benutzt, ich benutze manchmal englische Wörter, weil ich in den Staaten jetzt seit einer Weile wohne und nach einer bestimmten Zeit vergisst man einfach Wörter. Die andere Seite benutzt es einfach, weil es cool ist und modern ist. 🤷♂️
@Electracion4 жыл бұрын
If I'm not incorrect, Smoking meaning Tuxedo may come from the smoking jacket which was a predecessor to the dinner jacket (tuxedo) and was worn while smoking.
@smartmagis4 жыл бұрын
indeed, this is my first thought, too. From the olden days, and I'm guessing entered the German language via the UK rather than the US
@renanmbaggio4 жыл бұрын
That makes sense. I'm from Brazil and the word for tuxedo in Portuguese is also Smoking.
@estebanmorales64873 жыл бұрын
@@renanmbaggio Same in Spanish
@erlaed3 жыл бұрын
Almost certainly entered German by way of French, where the word "smoking" has meant "smoking jacket" since the 1920s (www.cnrtl.fr/definition/smoking)
@tobib.103 жыл бұрын
I saw that in a documentary, it was a huge scandal when someone wore the (informal) smoking jacket a (formal) evening event for the first time. It stuck and went on to replace the frock as formal attire, though.
@oliverkuehn75763 жыл бұрын
My cousin won't believe we don't call it a "Handy" in Canada. She also really didn't believe me when I told her what "a handy" usually refers to in English speaking countries.
@salvadormaciaspulido641 Жыл бұрын
Is a bad use of the word, the real word for that matter is, Mobil Phone, and is used in English as well as in German. The word Handy is because of the word hand, and well why not, since is an artifact that you can carry and make calls from where-ever you are. Mobil: do to mobility. and is just simply a carryable piece of equipment.
@oliverkuehn7576 Жыл бұрын
@@salvadormaciaspulido641 yeah, and in english a "handy" is also something someone can do to you with their hand.
@salvadormaciaspulido641 Жыл бұрын
🤢🤮
@paulhammond6978 Жыл бұрын
@@oliverkuehn7576 Oh, ok. In British english we have a much more widespread slang-type word for that, and also an old-fashioned word that I know that no-one ever uses for real any more that helped me figure out what you all were talking about here.
@prodbysen Жыл бұрын
@@salvadormaciaspulido641it doesn't necessarily derived from the word hand It could have derived from the word handheld Other claims that in 1940 motorola introduced a new radio device the so called "handie-talkie" because the previous model was heavier and had to be carried in a backpack the "walkie-talkie" Then over time it became handie, the term stuck and it became handy But the linguists can't say for sure which version is true
@warp000094 жыл бұрын
You, like so many Germans, speak American English beautifully - with more precision and clarity than a lot of native speakers do. You also have an amazing grasp of "idiomatic expressions", slang phrases that mean something totally different than their literal meanings. It is a joy to hear you say anything in English!
@seannoel86154 жыл бұрын
Agreed, she has a better grasp of the language than me and I was born in Florida XD
@quijybojanklebits87504 жыл бұрын
They learn it early in school and is widely used in german. Hallo ich versthe Deutsch.
@Lumosy4 жыл бұрын
In Germany we start learning English in fifth grade, which means at 9 or 10 years old. Depending on the school form you've chosen, you'll stop learning at 16 or continue until graduation (18 years old+). After this, you'll then have certified C1 language knowledge which is plenty for most settings. This is probably why we have so many good english speakers :)
@warp000094 жыл бұрын
@@Lumosy That's awesome - so many folks in Europe speak multiple languages so well! Here in the states, we're generally pretty terrible at foreign languages... Although I took several years of French in high school here in the states and my dad taught me several words and a few short sentences in German (stuff like "Where is the train station?" because when he went to college, German was the standard "scientific language" that was used for many formal academic papers - so anyone getting a science degree back then had to know it) , most of the separate languages I know are computer languages. -:) I know a lot of them, but do also speak pretty fluent "U.S. English", "Canadian English", Australian English", "British English", and "New Zealand" English" too! -:)
@altepost38054 жыл бұрын
That's because she has no chewing gum in her mouth
@NannyOggins4 жыл бұрын
I’m British and today I learned a new word that I’m going to be using it’s “partnerlook” a great word to describe couples that wear the same clothes, the same cutesy jumpers or identical outfits! Personally I loathe it when people do that, but now I have a useful German/English term for it!
@catlogic79344 жыл бұрын
In English we also say they have on matching outfits. Like when the whole family, including the dog, have on stripedChristmas pajamas. It's dreadful.
@TremereTT3 жыл бұрын
@@catlogic7934 latinos do this to their little children. I think spanish and portuguese too.
@TremereTT3 жыл бұрын
@@catlogic7934 latinos do this to their little children. I think spanish and portuguese too.
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
🔺🔺 greetings friend my name Alex John I'm a member of the great Illuminati brotherhood organisation I have something to tell you but I don't know if you can take my advice I want you to join the Illuminati but I know so many people said a lot of things about the Illuminati they said this organisation is requesting for blood no, they are getting it wrong when I first started this Illuminati I was saying the same thing like that but then I realised everything I was saying was not what I think, the Illuminati is friendly they make me get all my achieves that I want in life money, good health, Fame, protection and a lot of more you can even imagine I just want to give you this advice because I want everyone to become a better somebody in future cuz the life we are living right now it's not how it used to be before people are suffering, people are dying so brother if you have anyone that wants to join or you want to join contact us on WhatsApp: 🔺+1 571 487 2384 🔺.
@Ritercrazy3 жыл бұрын
Or 'matchy matchy' or 'all matchy matchy' is starting to be used. I first heard it on the third Riddick movie.
@MrGoofy424 жыл бұрын
When you said cutter, the first thing that came to my mind was exactly the knife you have shown. (And I'm german)
@melissapereirabaptista20324 жыл бұрын
MrGoofy42 Sameee!
@Agonukaj4 жыл бұрын
Man she said it like "Kata" instantly thought of karate
@mr.countro244 жыл бұрын
Me, too.
@jiggydico75374 жыл бұрын
MrGoofy42 liegt vielleicht daran, dass das Teppichmesser nun mal Cutter heißt. Da waren ja ein paar Behauptungen eh nicht ganz wahrheitsgemäß.
@RP_Williams4 жыл бұрын
Cutter (in English) also means a ship/boat designed for speed.
@coopm0142 жыл бұрын
So I'm from Britain, and I've found out from this video that Germany takes a lot of their meanings for English words from British English. The only one I haven't heard being used normally like how you have described here is "partnerlook" I think it's pretty cool how similar German is to British English and how different we are to America. Love your videos :)
@LunarPenguin422 жыл бұрын
Even funnier if you think about the roots of english. Which are french and german again😂😂 or atleast germanic
@Zircadraeya2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking exactly the same. A bunch of the English meanings for things given there didn't work so well for British English though, so maybe in time British English will be closer to German than to American English 😅
@markadams7046 Жыл бұрын
@@LunarPenguin42 English is classified as a Germanic Language thanks to the Angles and the Saxons who immigrated from the area of what today is northern Germany. England gets its name from the Angles. In fact, I would wager that modern Germans could understand Old English better than Modern English speakers. Old English being the English spoken before the French speaking Norman invasion.
@conlon4332 Жыл бұрын
I'm British and I wouldn't say I've heard all the words she mentioned, but they didn't sound like as much of a leap from meanings I am familiar with as she was implying. Like, I think they'd be guessable with context.
@tehSunBro Жыл бұрын
Pretty easy to ecxplain actually, British english is what is taught in the german school system.
@drstefankrank4 жыл бұрын
"I'm going to a public viewing today, I need to get my my body bag."
@mikestevens49504 жыл бұрын
Genius
@zerebrat10834 жыл бұрын
:DDD
@XY_Dude4 жыл бұрын
That is so sick - I mean cool, I mean....
@tomhermann11674 жыл бұрын
We germans love getting souvenirs
@reinholdwallner22644 жыл бұрын
All your explanations are short and pregnant 😂
@scoundrel70114 жыл бұрын
I don't know why i'm watching this. I am german.
@scoundrel70114 жыл бұрын
@To The Point 2020 Well, I live in Germany, close to munich, and I was interested to hear that cashiers in America don't sit or pack the bought goods for their customers. And that they sometimes bring the goods to the car for elderly people.
@scoundrel70114 жыл бұрын
@To The Point 2020 Well and the thing with the cash. I don't like that people could see what and where i bought something. And i don't like to pay with a kredit card at a little store where i buy something for my breakfast. Thats only some reasons I prefer cash.
@MichaelAndersen_DK4 жыл бұрын
I'm from Denmark, but also watching it. Go figure :D Prost!
@jijivisha28074 жыл бұрын
Nich nur du hahah
@rvnx_potatoe4 жыл бұрын
Same
@arieraaphorst19984 жыл бұрын
An English word we Dutch definitely use wrong is ‘coffeeshop’.
@rakutzimbel45394 жыл бұрын
Well, you often can buy a coffee in our coffeeshops, along with some other, more smokeable things :D
@annabackman30283 жыл бұрын
Cough-ee-shop? 🤔 😉 😂! Bad pun, sorry!
@franznarf3 жыл бұрын
Best way bro
@timmmahhhh3 жыл бұрын
Similarly In the US pool halls often doubled as bookie joints for illegal gambling on horse racing. I have no idea if that is still the case but it is probably much less with online gambling.
@Lily_and_River3 жыл бұрын
@Joe McIlroy yes it's very tricky to the Dutch that there are way less composition words in English.
@chucknorris20953 жыл бұрын
I'm a german living in Australia. I was very confused when someone pointed at a girl saying her dress is so short you can almost see her box.
@michaelmclachlan16503 жыл бұрын
In some areas near Sydney referred to as a Gosford skirt - it's fairly close to The Entrance.
@stevethepocket3 жыл бұрын
_Her dress is up to waterline_ _Bitch is clearly borderline_
@tara_nicole72 жыл бұрын
Lol... snatch is another term in case ur not aware .. hahah !
@lima19444 жыл бұрын
"Handy" for a hand-held phone actually dates back to WW II U S military-speak. Back then, they'd just developed handheld tranceivers, which became known as HTs or "Handy-Talkies". Later civilian versions were called "Walkie-Talkies". Military and Amateur radio operators still call them "HTs" or "Handies".
@tzarcoal10183 жыл бұрын
Walkie-Talkies, gives me childhood memories, those things also exist in Germany and are also called walkie walkie here. I guess most kids in Germany (at least most boys) will know what a walkie talkie is.
@stefanadolfspies3 жыл бұрын
the more you know
@SpartacusColo3 жыл бұрын
Given the long-standing, post-WW II US military presence in Germany, that makes lots of sense. I have heard the term "Handy-Talkies", though not for a loooong time.
@Hitch16123 жыл бұрын
Means something very different in UK slang 😂
@christophermoore94362 жыл бұрын
(1944) An American unit is pinned down behind enemy lines. Hitler’s buzzsaws reign overhead as black smoke haunts the remaining men like a constant shadow. The ground rumbles to life as a patrol of Tiger tanks roll across the fields of a war torn France. They were doomed and alone. From across the land, beautiful and blossoming less than a decade before, they heard a glorious sound, “American! My Willy is busted and I need a handy to try to call for help for some lost seamen”
@goingballisticmotion54554 жыл бұрын
When I was Germany during the last World Cup (2018), I went to a "public viewing" of the German National team. The term lived up to its two meanings that night (RIP German Soccer)
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
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@dario99623 жыл бұрын
True
@ms49114 жыл бұрын
Handy can also mean someone who is good at fixing or repairing as in the term Handyman.
@ronaldsilton6134 жыл бұрын
I just can't figure out where or how the word Handy got to be used for cellphone.
@christschool4 жыл бұрын
How is "handy" sexual? That must be something used by very young people.
@Thorsten_Wiegand4 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldsilton613 One of the reasons was probably, that we already did call a normal cordless phone - Mobiltelefon -> mobile phone, so that name was taken. And "cellphone" just doesn´t translate very well to german. And you have to admit: A cellphone IS pretty handy! --> So by german logic it´s a "Handy"
@KSFWG4 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldsilton613 handy was used as a term shortened for the word handset, a communications device (walkie talkie or handy talkie)
@robertadams80944 жыл бұрын
@@christschool probably short for a hand job .
@fang_shi_tong2 жыл бұрын
Great video, Feli, as usual. I was intrigued to see that “smoking” in German is used to mean Tuxedo or dinner jacket because “smoking” is also used in French in just the same way.
@heathervanos89754 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed how easily you switch between English and German, while maintaining the appropriate accents. I struggle to get the right accent if I switch between one language and another within one sentence 😂
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
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@karlsmith25704 жыл бұрын
"Drive-in" is also used for restaurants where you get served food while you are in your car Such restaurants as "Sonic"
@robertgronewold33264 жыл бұрын
Also a few A&W's.
@galier24 жыл бұрын
Isn't that written Drive-inn ?
@mastermichelle42894 жыл бұрын
@@galier2 I don't think so.
@ScientistMan964 жыл бұрын
@@galier2 Nope. an inn is like a hotel/motel, though we don't call them that anymore. Most just use it in their names, like "Day's inn" or "abc inn and suites"
@YenjiGonko2284 жыл бұрын
I thought Drive-in was when you get out the car to eat inside and eat while Drive-thru was just a Drive-thru.
@sgtwilliams1234 жыл бұрын
I noticed you said “cake dough” when talking about the mixer. It’s actually cake “batter”. Love your videos. Makes me want to take up learning German again. Thanks for the great content.
@Calphool2224 жыл бұрын
Well go ahead and explain why -- there are probably lots of German viewers. In English "dough" is thick, but "batter" is not. So we have pancake batter, or cake batter, but we have cookie dough or bread dough. If a child says "Mom, can I help you with the pancake dough?" or "Can I help you with the bread batter?" they would be corrected (though usually without any explanation, so English speakers often don't even know the difference themselves -- they just learned it was wrong to mix them up).
@stevemawer8484 жыл бұрын
Mixers are also used to er, mix, audio and/or video channels. Mixing desks are cool!
@purplephoenix49694 жыл бұрын
Cake mixture is what we call the uncooked cake stuff (mixture, dough, batter etc.) here.
@chrisrj98714 жыл бұрын
@@Calphool222 - I think batter is more liquid, while dough is more solid.
@Calphool2224 жыл бұрын
@@chrisrj9871 Yes. "Thick" means "not liquid" when referring to a mixture.
@WienGolf3 жыл бұрын
I‘m Austrian and I like to watch videos on KZbin to improve my English. I love your channel because it’s interesting and I can learn from your accent. Weiter so 😘
@SquirrelEatGood4 жыл бұрын
I've only recently found your channel. I was infatuated by how excellently you pronounce your English. Of the eight or nine videos I've seen, the content and production ha e been excellent! Congratulations on your well-deserved success.
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
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@rolyatdrahcir1384 жыл бұрын
In English, “peeling” can also be a condition resulting from a bad sunburn where the damaged outer layer of skin sloughs off in the days following sun exposure. Great job on your videos! You and your topics are both delightful!
@diamondflaw4 жыл бұрын
If you use Reddit, don't go to r/peeling .
@stephenolan55394 жыл бұрын
Peeling can also be what women do at a peeling parlour.
@Aox2baseline4 жыл бұрын
Stephen Olan a WHAT ?????? Please tell me you’re like 80 years old?
@richmcgee4344 жыл бұрын
@@Aox2baseline I'm really curious, what do think Stephen Olan meant?
@PongoXBongo4 жыл бұрын
Peeling isn't really a noun in English. Her example with the fruit would be "peel" without the 'ing'. The suffix "ing" denotes action as with verbs.
@MaCis904 жыл бұрын
Also ich denke bei dem Wort "Cutter" auch eher an das Cutter-Messer / Teppichmesser als einen Filmeditor xD Und ein Terminplaner /Kalender ist für mich auch kein Timer xD
@OceanAurin4 жыл бұрын
geht mir ähnlich, wobei ich in letzter Zeit wieder mehr videos geschnitten hab, darum hat es wie beide bedeutungen für mich
@Apfel-xx5nl4 жыл бұрын
Ich denk a net an einen Kalender wenn ich des Wort Timer hör aber es kann gut sein das es in manchen Bundesländern so heißt oder halt so verwendet wird 🤷🏼♀️
@Sven208914 жыл бұрын
Beim Timer muss ich immer an die Funktion vom Handy denken der runter tickt und dann bimmelt ^^
@diemitdemcaddy68014 жыл бұрын
Und wenn ich shoppen gehe, dann meist im Baumarkt. Ich denke, es bezieht sich immer auf das, was ich gerne kaufe, beim einen Klamotten, beim anderen eben Holz und Schrauben.
@johncatty65604 жыл бұрын
Zu meiner Jugendzeit stand zudem das Wort "Shopping" auch noch für mehr als nur Klamotten einkaufen.
@brianostube3 жыл бұрын
"Beamer" was a great "ice-breaker" on my first visit to Germany 20 years ago. I overheard one of my German colleagues mention she needed to set up a "beamer" for the meeting, and I told her what that meant to Americans. We got a good laugh out of it, and it was a great reliever of natural stress the first time folks from different lands meet face-to-face. I still smile about this memory today!
@markjones15003 жыл бұрын
I'm a native English speaker living in the Netherlands. We use beamer the same way here. It must have been about 10 years before someone told me that's not what they're called in English. Even then I didn't believe them at first. Box is also used to mean speaker in Dutch (as well as, quite mysteriously, to mean a baby's playpen).
@dirkpass30192 жыл бұрын
Maybe a few years ahead (or decades) we'll also say that we must set up a beamer for a meeting, meaning to get there and nobody will then have a notion of a projection device anymore when talking so. 😀
@valerietaylor9615 Жыл бұрын
I thought a Beamer was slang for a BMW.
@aimeedouglas15844 жыл бұрын
Native English speakers can also use the word “safe” to mean definite or for sure. As in, “It’s safe to say that I won’t be at your party tonight”.
@leighkamp94573 жыл бұрын
Yes and you can take that to the bank.
@justaname18373 жыл бұрын
In this example, it can mean definite, yes, but normally we use two words to distinguish between the two meanings. So, nobody would say "That's safe." when meaning "That's certain/sure." because it's ambiguous.
@JayBigDadyCy2 жыл бұрын
The parking example she used made sense. Basically asking is it safe to park somewhere is common.
@davidb22062 жыл бұрын
That's a safe bet.
@AutoReport12 жыл бұрын
That's not the same at all. "Safe to say" doesn't mean "sure to say". It means you're safe from being embarrassed or wrong.
@dominicdannies74824 жыл бұрын
a situation i slipped in as a german: i asked for a fire to light up a cigarrette - sounded like a firefighter desperatly looking for work ;)
@SebastianVfR4 жыл бұрын
Ah, lighter! Good one
@chrisgray78394 жыл бұрын
"Smoking" in German probably came from the English "smoking jacket", which upscale men wore back in the day.
@mapanzer4 жыл бұрын
It was worn and called this way for a reason. Men changed into different, often velvet jackets when they went for a smoke at a party, so as to not carry the tobacco smell to their date.
@MrRoztoc4 жыл бұрын
For sure that is the origin.
@zeletavska4 жыл бұрын
Early highschool Spanish taught me smoking was the Spanish word for tuxedo. Watching the video I had assumed that Germans got it from Spanish not English, but since I can't speak Spanish, it's possible Spaniards got the word from English.
@MrNicopa4 жыл бұрын
I think it’s from French
@tim_schtz4 жыл бұрын
yes, it comes from smoking jacket
@RivieraOrthodontics2 жыл бұрын
My cousin is German and uses the phrase “control” (Kontrolle) to describe the English equivalent of being stopped or pulled over by law enforcement. We were actually pulled over driving back to Munich from Austria one night and the police vehicle parked in front of us after we stopped. I mentioned to him that this almost never happens in the States as police officers here prefer to approach from behind your vehicle. Great video!
@FireballYT2 жыл бұрын
Guess it's mainly because of the dashcam.
@jdrancho18642 жыл бұрын
@@FireballYT Been like that forever.
@spike3082 Жыл бұрын
Also it's safer for law enforcement to approach from the rear as they can use their vehicle as a safety barrier from oncoming traffic as well as in case an occupant of a vehicle has a weapon
@blackpoolram4 жыл бұрын
My friend, when speaking to a German girl at a party was seriously misunderstood when he said, "I'd love to see you again when you've got nothing on."
@gerdhaase54134 жыл бұрын
What's confusing about this?
@gerdhaase54134 жыл бұрын
@Ken F Ah, ok thanks!
@gerdhaase54134 жыл бұрын
@tolo nola Yes, and this is what I was sure is meant.
@gerdhaase54134 жыл бұрын
@tolo nola Thank's, i've already understood. But first time I read this, for me it was clear, that he wants to have sex with her. Later I got the suspicion, that he meant it different.
@bike4peaceRTW4 жыл бұрын
@tolo nola - That's how I interpreted it.
@Y0mash4 жыл бұрын
I'm a native German speaker and that was the first time for me hearing the word "body bag". 😅 Anyway. This video was pretty interesting! 👍 There are so many words where I was like, "Man.. She's right. I also use it like that and never thought about it." for Example the word "safe" or "nice". I use it quite often to be honest.. ^^
@cbm21564 жыл бұрын
The phase coming home in a body bag means you are being returned dead or deceased. It was a term that came into usage during the Vietnam war.
@OverWrite234 жыл бұрын
Same here, I've never heard that before here in Germany.
@bissquitt4 жыл бұрын
CBM 215 is right here, bodybag certainly started as an "empathetic" term to avoid using the word death. "If you do that you are going to die" vs "If you do that you will wind up in a body bag". Americans frequently tend to downplay "negative" language with weird idioms as if its bad to say them. Unfortunately this tends to also apply to anything sexual. (On a "completely unrelated" note, #20 has ...other common uses.) I've rarely if ever have heard it used in reference to the actual bag, but rather "being in one" as a consequence. Safe: between both examples, I think I know where the different meaning came from. The second example is actually a common exchange, and even the same general outcome. "Can we park here?" "It's, safe" would mean literally that your car is "safe" from being towed. The first example I did not understand until I watched it a second time. In the US (I would say) its common to reply to "Are you coming to the party" with "It is safe to say, that I will be at your party" or more literally "If you were to say that I WILL be at the party, you would not be risking being called a liar, so it is therefore safe(not risky) to say that I will be there" Public Viewing: A "viewing" is an informal gathering prior to a funeral, a "public viewing" means you don't need to be explicitly invited to attend. In both cases, I don't think it automatically implies that unless the context suggests it. I would normally interpret it as the second example as an event to view something, or also referred to as "a showing". It seems like "viewing" is used more to suggest a formal setting such as a viewing of a famous painting, where the guests probably donated a lot of money to be there, while a showing, would be more informal. "I'm going to a showing of a movie" or "The house I want to buy is having a showing". Also called an "open house", though I think the difference is again if an invitation is needed. Smoking: "Wearing" + "Smoking" I instantly thought of a "Smoking Jacket" and according to wikipedia that's exactly where the foreign interpretation came from. Almost every one of the terms I would probably understand though, as they mostly seem to be older or less used phrases.
@ritan82044 жыл бұрын
“Bodybag” was used in German to describe a certain type of bag quite a lot from mid-80ies to mid-90ies... not sure about now. To know it, you need to be in the right age group, female and interested in fashion trends :)
@bissquitt4 жыл бұрын
@@ritan8204 I believe what you are referring to would be called a "hand bag" or "purse" currently in the States, though I may be missing some unwritten context.
@Matt-cj8zw4 жыл бұрын
I took German for 4 years when I was in high school and I'm still learning stuff about Germany and the German language, keep up the great work!!!
@Peacefrogg2 жыл бұрын
Hey i’m dutch. We have a lot of the same language confusions. The word smoking comes from smoking jacket, an old name for formal wear, that comes from putting on a nice jacket to protect your expensive dress shirt from sparks when you go into the smoking room. Very fancy, just weirdly abbreviated. I think the word tuxedo is much stranger. It sounds more like a mexican dish, a tropical storm or a colourful accessory then a dress suit..
@cvr5272 жыл бұрын
The word Tuxedo comes from suits worn to a fancy club for rich people in Tuxedo Park New York back in the 1890s. The word tuxedo in Tuxedo Park comes from a Native American phrase "P’tauk-seet-tough" that means something like Home of the Bear. As in the big furry animal. I had to look this up. I would have never known this if I had not seen you comment. A lot of American English place names came from Native Americans.
@salvadormaciaspulido641 Жыл бұрын
When the Crimean War of the 1850s popularised Turkish tobacco in Britain, smoking gained in popularity. After dinner, a gentleman might wear a smoking jacket and retreat to a smoking room. The jacket was intended to absorb the smoke from his cigar or pipe and protect his clothing from falling ash.[1]
@neskire Жыл бұрын
@@cvr527 There is also speculation that the word meant "wolf" or "that creature that shall remain nameless" since to say "wolf" would be to attract one to their village. So, in essence, men who wear tuxedos are in "wolf's clothing". ;-)
@oldben577210 ай бұрын
During the war, Polish soldiers in England were confused by 'No Smoking' signs in railway carriages, thinking they were not allowed to wear a dinner jacket. I've never heard 'tuxedo' used by English.
@pat1cust29 ай бұрын
I pointed that out the "smoking jacket" connection before I saw your comment. The term is used quite often in England, where I grew up. (I'm a Yank but my mother, who died in 2013 -- the last time I visited my sister in the UK was for our mom's funeral -- was English and I spent most of my school years in England.)
@danielmaybee684 жыл бұрын
“Smoking” came from the English “smoking jacket” which describes a jacket often wealthy men would wear when smoking cigars to not to get the smell on their clothes
@rocksolid64944 жыл бұрын
That's an old 'The Mask' expression.
@davidjacobs85584 жыл бұрын
exactly, so it is not formal dress, but more casual dress. What Hugh Hafner used to wear with his bunnies.
@lunanight21514 жыл бұрын
Sometimes here in America smoking can be in the terms of some is really hot such as “ Did you see that person? They where smoking hot!” This is normally used by teens to young adults, normally by males occasionally by females.
@StamfordBridge4 жыл бұрын
In Russian “smoking” is also an article of clothing - the dinner jacket or tuxedo.
@UrsusMajeure4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, “smoking” also refers to a tuxedo jacket in French, which suggests that it must be an archaic English usage that other languages adopted before it disappeared in English.
@royxeph_arcanex4 жыл бұрын
I had a very embarrassing experience with an American female friend before for something very very similar. We went to a bar, she ordered a drink that looked cool, I told her that, and she offered me to try it. Now, in my language, Hebrew, when we want to know if someone refuses sharing food/drinks from the same tools or surfaces directly because of health concerns we ask them: "Are you sterile?". So... I asked her. "Are you sterile". I had no clue why she looked so horrified at first, but later she explained what was wrong with what I said. I was very, very lucky she didn't slap me right away.
@holger_p4 жыл бұрын
Actually, you haven't been wrong, just too unspecific. In another context, you would have been perfectly fine. May be in the preparation room of a surgery ;-)
@JimmyMon6664 жыл бұрын
I ask this on all my first dates. Not surprisingly I don't have many 2nd dates.
@Arsikuous4 жыл бұрын
Holger P. Exactly, it was technically used correctly, buuuut, it definitely could’ve been defined more clearly, like, “Is your mouth sterile?” It still would’ve been a weird way to put it, but the friend would’ve understood.
@jalexwheeler77514 жыл бұрын
Well.. I had a vasectomy.
@richmcgee4344 жыл бұрын
In English the antonym of "sterile" would usually be fertile" - I'm guessing that's not the case in Hebrew? The first can mean "germ-free" as well as "incapable of conceiving children" in English, although only someone with medical experience would be likely to think of the former usage first. "Fertile" can be "good for growing things" (like crops) as well as "capable of conceiving children" - are the Hebrew terms for those concepts different? As I've said elsewhere, English is really prone to using the exact same word for a lot of different things, not always related to one another.
@comput3rman774 жыл бұрын
A "Cutter" can also be a type of ship as in Coast Guard Cutter.
@Alsayid4 жыл бұрын
Or the main thing young people will think of when you say "cutter" is an emotionally damaged young teen girl who makes small cuts on herself (usually her thighs or arms) that leave numerous thin scars.
@KenCostlow4 жыл бұрын
A cutter can also refer to the tool a cigar smoker uses to cut the end of his cigar off before he lights it.
4 жыл бұрын
A cutter is also a Marconi or gaff rigged sailboat with one mast and two sails flown simultaneously in front of the mast, with a mainsail aft of the mast.
@hydrolito4 жыл бұрын
Cutter could also be short for box cutter, Tool used to cut open boxers.
@JohnHolton4 жыл бұрын
It's also a baseball pitch, a fastball that "cuts" in or out, usually at the last fraction of a second. I'm not sure how much baseball you've seen, Felicia, although it's almost part of the culture in Cincinnati...
@SusanLH Жыл бұрын
I found a lot of the explanations you offered for 21st century Americans required less explanation to British English for someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s. Really interesting to see how language changes and develops ... Thanks for the insights.
@stefanb71064 жыл бұрын
As a German, I use the word "Cutter" in German also for the cutter knife. This was actually the first thing I thought about when you mentioned it. Also the word "Mixer" in German is used both for a mixer and a blender. And personally I have never heard of the word "Timer" used as a day planner in German. For me it has the same meaning in German as in English. So definitely there are differences in usage within Germany, not sure whether they are regional or where these come from.
@mikec98102 жыл бұрын
not to be confused with Cutter meaning a type of ship or boat.
@stefanb71062 жыл бұрын
@@mikec9810 That is written "Kutter" though and pronounced differently.
@L4evsk2 жыл бұрын
@@mikec9810 Yeah, for Russians the German "Kater" is so misleading :-)
@MrWolfgang1981 Жыл бұрын
I´m german too and I was just wondering how I could subsitute "cutter". "Teppichmesser" just sounds quite old fashioned.
@ChristopherX30 Жыл бұрын
I imagine that you're from Saarbrucken.
@tomgeorge72813 жыл бұрын
German: downloaden. Southern USA: downloadin’.
@stephanpopp62103 жыл бұрын
@@philipjohn5573 Ich check es nicht.
@claudiakarl27023 жыл бұрын
@@stephanpopp6210 Ist einfach nur Spam
@KGood283 жыл бұрын
😄
@neonsparxx6 ай бұрын
@@stephanpopp6210They're homophone :)
@sandras.35604 жыл бұрын
Erinnere mich immer an meine Englischlehrerin, die uns zeigte wie ein Ober im Restaurant gucken würde wenn man ihm sagen würde:“I become a beafsteak“
@jan-lukas3 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine once said "I want to go to China to become the Coronavirus" (that was in January 2020)
@sandras.35603 жыл бұрын
@@jan-lukas have you seen him ever again? 😉
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
🔺🔺 greetings friend my name Alex John I'm a member of the great Illuminati brotherhood organisation I have something to tell you but I don't know if you can take my advice I want you to join the Illuminati but I know so many people said a lot of things about the Illuminati they said this organisation is requesting for blood no, they are getting it wrong when I first started this Illuminati I was saying the same thing like that but then I realised everything I was saying was not what I think, the Illuminati is friendly they make me get all my achieves that I want in life money, good health, Fame, protection and a lot of more you can even imagine I just want to give you this advice because I want everyone to become a better somebody in future cuz the life we are living right now it's not how it used to be before people are suffering, people are dying so brother if you have anyone that wants to join or you want to join contact us on WhatsApp: 🔺+1 571 487 2384 🔺.
@lionberryofskyclan3 жыл бұрын
@@philipjohn5573 ...
@eicketarkus31433 жыл бұрын
I have already explained these things to German students as well. "I'm on my way to the public viewing. I have my handy and everything else I need in my body bag." is one of my favourite sentences. 😁 Answer: "Oh, nice!".
@dajellis4 жыл бұрын
This is so insightful and well done. I am an American living in Zurich, Switzerland - as well as working for a German company (mostly using English, but occasionally use my ~B1 German) - and run into these misunderstandings from time to time. I was shopping just a week ago in a German Drugstore for some facial scrub and asked for help - and we went back and forth a few times until she said Peeling. I tried to explain that I just wanted to do a gentle scrub, not peel the skin off - but I trusted her and the product works just fine. I learned more than a few things that will help with my colleagues and other encounters. Thanks!!!
@SJPace17764 жыл бұрын
Amusingly in business we would call a "shooting star" a "wunderkind" for a young person going through the ranks quickly.
@mkshffr49364 жыл бұрын
Of course a shooting star often becomes a falling star in short order. :D
@royxeph_arcanex4 жыл бұрын
Same in Hebrew! We often say ילד פלא (yéled péle) which literally translates to "Wonder child"
@chipfreund27774 жыл бұрын
@@mkshffr4936 e.g Bad Company's song Shooting Star
@SenorEscaso4 жыл бұрын
And that same person can be said to have had a "meteoric rise". (Note the "meteor" in there)
@lindasmith63164 жыл бұрын
@@chipfreund2777 I love that...
@robertlawrence90004 жыл бұрын
The "old timer" was in a "body bag" before the "public viewing". 😨 I can imagine an argument of someone asking for a "box" and they are given an empty box that a "speaker" came in. 😂
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
🔺🔺 greetings friend my name Alex John I'm a member of the great Illuminati brotherhood organisation I have something to tell you but I don't know if you can take my advice I want you to join the Illuminati but I know so many people said a lot of things about the Illuminati they said this organisation is requesting for blood no, they are getting it wrong when I first started this Illuminati I was saying the same thing like that but then I realised everything I was saying was not what I think, the Illuminati is friendly they make me get all my achieves that I want in life money, good health, Fame, protection and a lot of more you can even imagine I just want to give you this advice because I want everyone to become a better somebody in future cuz the life we are living right now it's not how it used to be before people are suffering, people are dying so brother if you have anyone that wants to join or you want to join contact us on WhatsApp: 🔺+1 571 487 2384 🔺.....
@addikoch77542 жыл бұрын
Ich habe deinen Kanal heute erst entdeckt und muss sagen, die Videos sind brutal informativ. Du machst das mit einer Leichtigkeit und einem Charme, dass vielen sicherlich nicht klar ist, wieviel Arbeit dahinterstecken muss. I'm impressed.
@MichaelScheele4 жыл бұрын
Casting has two other meanings: 1. The process of making an object by pouring molten material into a mold. An example: "That frying pan was manufactured by a casting process." 2. The act of putting a fishing line into the water. An example, "I was casting my fishing lure into the lake when it got caught on a nearby tree branch."
@bond1j894 жыл бұрын
don't forget 3. A porn shoot.
@hughmungus17674 жыл бұрын
Michael Scheele - There is an additional meaning in IT. When you treat one kind of data as another, you are said to cast it. For example, if I have a text string of "7", I can cast it to an integer, in other words transform it to an actual number, not just a string representation of a number. There's also an additional medical meaning: the rigid material around a broken bone meant to immobilize the bone while it heals.
@timk9874 жыл бұрын
In definition 1. the material need not be molten. Setting-type compounds like plaster or rubber can be castings as well. Also there were record numbers of Americans casting ballots on 11-3-2020. (election day)
@billsmusic49444 жыл бұрын
@@bond1j89 A Porn tryout. You are not a pornstar until someone hires you.
@TracySmith-xy9tq4 жыл бұрын
And now, you can cast a video onto your TV using Roku
@rbrtgrdn4 жыл бұрын
Him: I want a handy! Her: You can have my box. Him: YES!!! Even better!
@MichaelAndersen_DK4 жыл бұрын
Better a box than a container ;)
@BryTee4 жыл бұрын
LOL - definitely urbandictionary slang, but to explain to the Germans if they dont know, both "Handy" and "Box" have sexual slang meanings (as I said go to urbandictionary to look them up). She might not have known that, or just trying to keep this PG.
@piccadelly93604 жыл бұрын
I thought ..what don't understand a word, a few seconds later aaaaaa ( I`m german ) Her: so get out of my box , right now .......
@piccadelly93604 жыл бұрын
If you use words in this way, then "We can handle that" gets another way
@TheCoffeeFiend4 жыл бұрын
Ironically, the German word "Schachtel", which most of the time will be translated as "box" as well, does not only refer to a container, but is a (mildly) degoratory term when used for a woman (usually an elderly one), i.e. biddy or frump. So for a German speaker box in context with a female person rarely will evoke any adult notions.
@innershade96794 жыл бұрын
This has blown my mind! This is how we use safe in the UK 🇬🇧 Safe; altho originally from Jamaica, it has been incorporated into London slang for the use of anyone who knows it meaning 1.hello, 2.goodbye, 3.thankyou, 4.good to see you, and 5.a general word used in celebration. 1. "Safe man" "Safe" 2. "safe dude, c u soon" "safe" 3. "here's that jay u wanted me to roll" "safe" 4. "wassup bro, its been a while" "Safe mate, way to much of a while" 5. "mate i just pulled the finest chicka!" "Safe mate, nicely done!" My favourite German word has to be schadenfreude! We use it in English too because we don’t have a word to describe such a thing. Lol 😂
@eminentstir4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, because - and I'm quoting Avenue Q here - "It's happiness at the misfortune of others!" - "Happiness at the misfortune of others? That IS German!" :D
@akari81684 жыл бұрын
Wait really? (Schadenfreude)
@NiclasFredrikson4 жыл бұрын
thats full on, thanks heaps for sharing it, mate.
@garystanley60973 жыл бұрын
Why is this so fascinating? Probably because the English spoken is so spot on and there are clear explanations to everything.
@PyroMatesYT4 жыл бұрын
german dude in a restaurant in US : I become a beer ! waiter: ???
@habarababara48604 жыл бұрын
Me at a McDonald's in London: i become a Cheeseburger. Cashier asks: You German? Me: No, from Cheeseburgistan
@marcuskhosravi99204 жыл бұрын
When I return to the US I'm going to a German restaurant and ordering bitte eine bit.
@gillscramble4 жыл бұрын
Well if you go "shoppen" (cloth shopping), you may not become a dress. But you may find a dress that becomes you.
@11DJ244 жыл бұрын
@@marcuskhosravi9920 Don't do it, it tastes horrible xD
@marcuskhosravi99204 жыл бұрын
@@11DJ24 yes, but I seriously doubt it's available in the US.
@companymen424 жыл бұрын
I love how her accent shifts back and fourth from German and American.
@Tugela604 жыл бұрын
It is allways german.
@frankupton58214 жыл бұрын
And she can probably spell 'forth'.
@paultaylor53034 жыл бұрын
I love her whole personality she is adorable!!!
@angelabrake56184 жыл бұрын
Very common for most germans!
@marfaxa4 жыл бұрын
or back and fifth
@drewbu4 жыл бұрын
Goth or German: "I wore my body bag to the public viewing last night"
@AlaskaErik4 жыл бұрын
Hello 911...I just had an attempted home invasion. Tell the medical examiner to bring two bodybags.
@derfo20724 жыл бұрын
Did you take your Beemer?.
@ericweeks83864 жыл бұрын
I drove my beemer to the public viewing of a cutter I knew, but my body bag caught on the turn signal.... I didn't hear it rip over the sound coming out of the boxes....
@PaleMist4 жыл бұрын
"Goth" as in "The East Germanic Tribe" or the folks who wear black?
@rich10514144 жыл бұрын
In case germans don't know, a 'body bag' is a bag that dead bodies are put in before being brought to the coroner.
@atlslugger143 жыл бұрын
i remember the first time my german friend told me he needed a handy.... needless to say he needed to explain himself afterwards lol
@wb334 жыл бұрын
Like many others I find your presentations fascinating. What is so great is the presentation. Your straightforward approach without a bunch of fluff is very much appreciated and adds to the enjoyment. Please stay safe. I do hope that your friends and family in Munchen are safe also. I do miss Dahlmiers (sp.)!
@ThatBoomerDude564 жыл бұрын
Yes. Her presentation style is very German. :)
@natf67474 жыл бұрын
@@ThatBoomerDude56 Really? In my experience americans are one of the most straight forward cultures in the world. In fact she mentioned in one of her videos that we get to the point. for us the fun is in the destination and not the trip.
@ThatBoomerDude564 жыл бұрын
@@natf6747 Yes. Many of us do (although not all). And if I wanted to continue my frivolous quip commentary, I'd say that's because a lot of us tend to have a very German style. 😎
@natf67474 жыл бұрын
@@ThatBoomerDude56 Or I would probably say it is as she said. Germany has become Americanized.
@bramkivenko99124 жыл бұрын
Nat F: Many Germans are efficient and spartan. And that's seemingly true of Austrians and the Swiss. Language plays a formative role in how one thinks and German is very direct. Romantic languages tend to be abstract and colorful. Definitely there's a difference.
@o815michi34 жыл бұрын
Moin, I'm also German: Ein Mixer ist bei uns auch ein Rührgerät! Grüße
@gwillis014 жыл бұрын
Instead saying "They are doing the partner look" I as a born and bred American would say "That couple is wearing matching outfits".
@Gamer31724 жыл бұрын
This is a video which has got germany in it. There are only germans in this comment section 😂😂😂🇩🇪👌 Just kidding
@victorunbea84514 жыл бұрын
@@Gamer3172 Invading the comment section eh? I guess old habits do die hard...
@stevez.68054 жыл бұрын
And Americans would think or say how cheesy it is for a couple to be wearing matching outfits...
@missnici15044 жыл бұрын
That's how I would say it as well
@evapho27454 жыл бұрын
As slang in the Midwest America we call them twinkies, like the hostess snack cakes , because there are two identical cakes.
@mikec98102 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video. As a Brit, I found this particularly interesting given the differences between American and British English.If as a Brit you arrange to meet an American friend on the first floor of a building, you will be waiting a long time as your friend will be waiting on the streetlevel floor (ground floor) and you will be one floor up!
@christianlibertarian54884 жыл бұрын
What is interesting is listening to her accent: sometimes slightly German, sometimes MidWestern.
@philipmcniel49084 жыл бұрын
I sometimes wonder how German-influenced the "actual" Midwestern accent is, seeing as the Midwest had a huge influx of German immigrants in the 19th century.
@marythompson5584 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but Midwestern is what the rest of the world views as Standard American.
@johnmerfeld86674 жыл бұрын
I notice same. Very slight on some words I immediately recognize and see other words she pronounces correctly but know are practiced by a German too bc they are a wee bit complicated for a German speaker. I very much like hearing her speak myself. :) Oh, and I do notice a midwestern tone as well which is nice.
@dawhike4 жыл бұрын
My thoughts, exactly! ☺
@Biscuitchris7again4 жыл бұрын
"There's that word again: Heavy. Why are things so heavy in Germany? Is there a problem with your gravitational pull?"
@badandy1024 жыл бұрын
Great Scott
@clatoris694 жыл бұрын
@@badandy102 I'm glad that I'm not the only one to catch that reference!
@bremCZ4 жыл бұрын
Heavy was borrowed from American English.
@skybaby4444 жыл бұрын
It’s the Weltschmerz.
@mudageki4 жыл бұрын
@Ed G Du Hast.
@andreaspsychano68554 жыл бұрын
Good Video, but i cant agree with: timer! I use Timer every time for the"real/english" meaning, and not for a day planner.
@FrDismasSayreOP3 жыл бұрын
My favorite "other use" English words were in Peru. Someone asked me if I was going to do "footing." "Huh?" I found out they meant "jogging." Also, "Quacker" for oats, in general, since all the oats that came early on were Quaker Oats, pronounced "quacker."
@DaDunge4 жыл бұрын
10:00 The Term smoking jacket is actually the old correct word in english too, while Tuxedo comes from tuxedo park and was originally a slang expression for the piece of clothing. The old word survived in almost every non english language and hence the difference.
@poit574 жыл бұрын
As an American, I've always heard "smoking jacket" used to refer to a robe-like lounge jacket. According to Wikipedia, this type of jacket dates back to the 1850's. The article refers to the term "smoking jacket" used in many European countries as a "false friend," or term with a similar name but different meaning/origin. In American and British English, the original term for Tuxedo was "dinner jacket" rather than "smoking jacket." According to that article, tuxedos are a more recent style than the smoking jacket, being introduced in the 1880's versus the 1850's.
@Minty18884 жыл бұрын
For "Partnerlook", people usually just say 'matching' in English, at least in the UK anyway.
@catholicdad4 жыл бұрын
"You be matchin'" in my day.
@catlogic79344 жыл бұрын
In American English, it's probably "matching outfits." But unless they're 7 year old twins, you have to roll your eyes when you say it.
@tiegan71584 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna try using partnerlook
@catholicdad4 жыл бұрын
@@tiegan7158 ikr!
@heybiker3 жыл бұрын
Once two dressed alike people were called bookends. The matching look is like the objects used to hold books upright on a shelf.
@brianarbenz72064 жыл бұрын
In the United States, we borrow from your language extensively. We say something is kaput. We go to kindergarten. We offer gesundheit after a sneeze. Our football players use the blitz. And two of Santa's reindeer are Donner and Blitzen. Something is verboten if it is not allowed. And when it comes to food, we have the delicatessen, wurst, wieners and hamburgers. And my hometown of Louisville has the only Ratskeller restaurant in North America. A brusque person is a weissenheimer. That's our general population. People from German ethnic backgrounds will sometimes pronounce hundred as "hunnert" and ask if you understand something by asking "versthets?"
@cedmaster20004 жыл бұрын
Please explain how football players use the Blitz. Are they running extremly fast or what? We in Germany say Schnell wie der Blitz or As fast as lightning
@spiralghosts4 жыл бұрын
Weissenheimer? Never heard of that. Hmm
@TheCoffeeFiend4 жыл бұрын
Do not worry, borrowing from another language is just a thing of the Zeitgeist. *snickers*
@NotMeButAnother4 жыл бұрын
My absolute favourite German loanword in English is "to abseil". It's really funny to most Germans.
@Tolohtony4 жыл бұрын
@@cedmaster2000 It's when in American football, some people on defense pull off of who they would normally guard and try to overwhelm the offensive line and sack the quarterback.
@eline.de.allerbeste2 жыл бұрын
Me (Dutch) and my (Austrian) boyfriend actually just had a confusion over him using the term patchwork family. I had no idea what he meant, and he said he thought this was a very common English term. I thought that maybe it was just some English word I was unfamiliar with, but now I know where the confusion came from
@paulhammond6978 Жыл бұрын
Never heard the term before, but I guessed the right meaning for it instantly. I've heard "blended family" being the English term for that kind of family made up of step-siblings or other "non-nuclear" family members.
@austenbrown95494 жыл бұрын
People in the US use “cool” for something being “hip” like you said 98% of the time we use it
@electricheartpony4 жыл бұрын
Depends on age group mainly. Personally I have stopped using cool for hip. Using the alternates is much better imo.
@erenthebombjaeger4 жыл бұрын
Lil Huntsman TE I seriously doubt they’re old just look at their pfp or their account lol no offense
@menlomenlo8514 жыл бұрын
I say Groovy.
@ivetterodriguez96284 жыл бұрын
No, no, no... you mean "rad"...
@SoneaT4 жыл бұрын
Cool also isn't the newest word for hip. 😉 Like she said it's used decates and for me it's old fashioned by now. But my kindergarten kid is using it again recently, so I think it's having a recurring trend. 🤣.
@jumpyg12584 жыл бұрын
There's that word again, heavy. Is there something wrong with the Earth's gravitational pull?
@larrylister4 жыл бұрын
Why does your comment only have 11 likes? What is wrong with people?
@shytownmofo4 жыл бұрын
They were raised by wolves, and haven't seen a movie made before the year 2000. That's why.
@ozark47374 жыл бұрын
Doc went back to the future just to comment on a @german girl in america 's youtube video. That's Heavy...
@kj1013aolcom4 жыл бұрын
😂
@uliwehner4 жыл бұрын
@jumpyg1258 you probably meant to say: Is there something wrong with Earth's gravitational pull? ;)
@OrenLikes4 жыл бұрын
"Safe" - same meaning as in German in latin/spanish: "Seguro" - secure - for sure - definitely.
@luishumbertogomeznorena78484 жыл бұрын
Yes in Spanish seguro is both, for sure or also safe, In Spanish we also use smoking for tuxedo, we also use casting and peeling the same as in German, mixer o mezclador in Spanish is also use for alcoholic beverages
@inesolujic25344 жыл бұрын
It's the same in Serbo-Croatian. We use the word "sigurno" which means safe or secure. But it can be used in the same context she described like "are you sigurno going to stop by after 4?" is just asking if you're for sure going to come after 4, not if you're safely going.
@philipjohn55733 жыл бұрын
🔺🔺 greetings friend my name Alex John I'm a member of the great Illuminati brotherhood organisation I have something to tell you but I don't know if you can take my advice I want you to join the Illuminati but I know so many people said a lot of things about the Illuminati they said this organisation is requesting for blood no, they are getting it wrong when I first started this Illuminati I was saying the same thing like that but then I realised everything I was saying was not what I think, the Illuminati is friendly they make me get all my achieves that I want in life money, good health, Fame, protection and a lot of more you can even imagine I just want to give you this advice because I want everyone to become a better somebody in future cuz the life we are living right now it's not how it used to be before people are suffering, people are dying so brother if you have anyone that wants to join or you want to join contact us on WhatsApp: 🔺+1 571 487 2384 🔺..
@jannis.grossmann3 жыл бұрын
as in German, the word for secure is "sicher" (going back to the same root with the English and Latin equivalent), which is used as "for sure" too
@Schmiddie1979 Жыл бұрын
I just stumbled across your channel and am thrilled! Public viewing was definitely a "highlight" 🙂 As a German native speaker from Northern Germany who has worked in an international company for approx. 15 years as well as someone who visited the US several times I have a lot of fun watching your videos!
@thegothicaries5674 жыл бұрын
Sees a German guy in a tux "Guess I could call him 'smoking' hot-" 😂
@hughmungus17674 жыл бұрын
Ravanous Khaos - This sort of jacket is sometimes specifically called a "smoking jacket" in English.
@thegothicaries5674 жыл бұрын
@@hughmungus1767 Interesting. I've never heard anyone use that term. Thanks for the info
@QueenSephy20024 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I told my girlfriend where she could get a smoker, I’m German, she’s American, and she didn’t understand me
@thegothicaries5674 жыл бұрын
@@QueenSephy2002 Awww. That's cute though. 😂
@TracySmith-xy9tq4 жыл бұрын
I think that probably comes from "smoking jacket", which was a particular kind of jacket worn earlier in the 20th century.
@alidoe1154 жыл бұрын
“Oldtimer” 😂😂😂 This term surprised me the most. Haha, this term in America is fine to use between friends, but it is really offensive to actually call an elderly person an “oldtimer”. 😂
@josephstevens98884 жыл бұрын
I don't call long-time male friends "oldtimer", but I will call them an "old dog". ; )
@TracySmith-xy9tq4 жыл бұрын
And some people refer to Alzheimer's disease as "oldtimer's disease". Meant to be funny, but is often offensive.
@discipleoferis5494 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't necessarily call "oldtimer" offensive, but it is irreverent. You might not call your boss "dude", but it's not an offensive term, just a casual one. In certain parts of the country or in certain groups where you must always treat old people with respect then it might be offensive, but that's a matter of politeness rather than offensiveness.
@dirtcop114 жыл бұрын
Or call them an Alterkoker.
@rosco1pug4 жыл бұрын
@@TracySmith-xy9tq Thanks for this one. It's a classic malapropism. In my experience it is used by people who just don't know the word (or more correctly, name) Alzheimer and all it entails. Regret it's a trigger for me, having cared for a parent suffering from dementia
@emeraldibis75104 жыл бұрын
The big one right now during the pandemic is "Homeoffice"
@sickerOr4 жыл бұрын
What do you say correctly in english? :O
@emeraldibis75104 жыл бұрын
@@sickerOr Just "working from home". "Home office" refers to the room in your house you use as an office, not the activity.
@TheMichaelK4 жыл бұрын
When I speak Low Saxon (Low German) I say huuskontoor :) But in German one could still speak about Heimarbeit, Germans just don’t got the balls to use their own words, do they?
@DaringlyLDN4 жыл бұрын
In the UK 'home office' could also be understood as the UK's Home Office - also das Innenministerium.
@HalfEye794 жыл бұрын
Homeo-Office: Arbeiten in Homöopathischer Verdünnung. "Working in homeopathic dilution."
@eziogallicchio47293 жыл бұрын
The adaptation of those same English verbs in computer terminology to our conjugation rules also happened with the Italian: "upgradARE", "downloadARE", "scrollARE". The last one is peculiar because it was already existing as a verb in its own right, meaning to shake or to shrug; so it has now a double meaning, to be understood according to the context: Non scrollare le spalle -> don't shrug your shoulders Prova a scrollare orizzontalmente -> try to scroll horizontally
@lexmole7 ай бұрын
Adopting words in own grammar structure is absolutely standard. Otherwise, one would say "hinderländer" as plural for "hinterland" in Italian. Or in English "kindergärten" as plural for "kindergarten". Imagine one would say things such as "egli sempre downloads software" in Italian. To me that would sound absolutely silly. Nevertheless, I'd still prefer using scaricare over downloadare.
@shanefee73044 жыл бұрын
As a native English speaker living in Germany for the last 5 years I was always so confused by the word "mobbing" because in English no one would ever say it and I was always too embarrassed to ask what it meant 😂😂
@ShitatEverything4 жыл бұрын
"Mobbing" is a term used for bullying. But in some cases "Mobbing" can also mean messing around, when friends say it to each other. For example "Hör mal mit dem Mobbing auf, Jungs" would just mean "guys, stop messing with me"
@keeprollin99114 жыл бұрын
@@ShitatEverything But these people just use ''mobbing'' in the wrong way. Like saying somebody's got depressions when they're just sad. They are using words with a way worse meaning than the words they should use.
@robertgary35613 жыл бұрын
As an English speaker I’d have assumed they mean flash mob
@Bargle52 жыл бұрын
It's also what it is called when a group of birds chase away (or try to) another bird. I often see smaller birds chasing hawks in my area.
@davedavids57 Жыл бұрын
In London English it sounds close to the term being mobbed, which is what happens to famous people when hundreds of fans descend. Or when animals gang up on predators.
@kimuires4 жыл бұрын
I like the German slang for “safe” actually. O3O
@vividbunny71944 жыл бұрын
safecall
@Aiphares4 жыл бұрын
i was so confused when my cousin used that. fuck im old now aparently
@andrebrodbeck38834 жыл бұрын
@@Aiphares safe!!!
@tim_schtz4 жыл бұрын
yes, I like it too, it sounds better than sure in my opinion xD
@1015024 жыл бұрын
I would say the best translation of “partnerlook” is “to match someone” i.e. matching outfits. Love your channel! Thanks for what you do!
@dagneytaggart77074 жыл бұрын
I grew up with this being called 'Twinkies'. It is a reference to the packages snack cakes.
@ICXCTSARSLAVY3 жыл бұрын
I'm an American living in Europe, and I have family and friends in several countries here. Confusingly, EVERY country has their own English terms that they have borrowed and twisted to mean something unique in their own culture. It is often a cause of massive confusion for me to know what is meant, depending where I am at a given time. I have found myself asking people to just use their native words, which then upsets them!
@tookitogo Жыл бұрын
Right? They can’t imagine that their concocted English isn’t self-explanatory to a native speaker.
@acmh7538 Жыл бұрын
@@tookitogo I'm French, and it seems to me that it's not so much that we "can't imagine that (our) concocted English isn't self-explanatory to a native speaker" but rather that we don't have "native words" for what we're speaking of in the first place. That's the principle of a borrowed word. For example, in French "smoking" has the same meaning as in German: a tuxedo, and there simply isn't a "native French" word for that sort of clothing. And it goes both ways: English do use borrowed French words with a different meaning than in French. For example "résumé": it doesn't have the same meaning in French and for English speakers (in French, résumé means summary). So what native English words would you use instead of "résumé"?
@rich33714 жыл бұрын
Your English is perfect - I wish my German was nearly as good
@KenCostlow4 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@richardvonpingel23794 жыл бұрын
Not to mention her accent is very slight and cute.
@nikitazar31774 жыл бұрын
Germans take pride in not having any German accent when speaking a foreign language.
@SpidermanandJeny4 жыл бұрын
@@nikitazar3177 Well then she's representing very well. Her English is very good and makes you easily forget she's not German!
@ardordeleon4 жыл бұрын
@@nikitazar3177 ha, what you talking about girl? germans have a very strong accent in any language
@The-Great-Gonzo3 жыл бұрын
Drive -in was also used for an old hamburger restaurant where you would park, then order your food from the car and a waitress would bring you your food. Sonic is a drive-in.
@davedavids574 жыл бұрын
I am originally from England and I now live in Austria. It's interesting a lot of the things you said were actually correct in English English but not American English. Perhaps that''s because German speakers visit England more? Heavy, too much, nice, drive-in, public viewing, mixer and peeling (typically a peel or a peeling) can be used exactly the same way in London as in German. Safe is a very common London inner city slang when used the German way. It can be used in lots of different ways from describing someone as "safe" synonym for reliable, or saying something like "did you bring the gear? ya bruv, safe." Using the term Shooting in terms of Cameras is not really used but in terms of film it is strangely. You can be shooting a film in the street. Or say they have closed the street for shooting (meaning TV) in English English. Weirdly enough a casting for us is slightly distinct to an audition, I would say a casting is very much more specific than an audition. A casting is all about fitting a person to a role whereas an audition is about finding a person that can create a role. You cast extras you audition your main lead. For Partner Look I would say matching or matching outfits. Love you videos by the way, interesting seeing the world from the other side :)
@mikeseven40664 жыл бұрын
Having learned English in school decades ago in Austria it was explicitly stated by the teacher that it will be British English, mentioning the differences to American English though.
@scollyb4 жыл бұрын
I was about to say the same
@EwanMarshall4 жыл бұрын
A couple of things, smoking comes from a smoking jacket, which was originally a lounge jacket for tobacco smoking in a smoking lounge in medium and high class society. And professional photographers for use the verb to shoot all the time in Britain.
@conlon4332 Жыл бұрын
4:34 Ok, that makes sense actually. Like "it's safe to say". 5:11 That also makes total sense. Something handy is something nearby and easy to grab, like something in your pocket, which yeah, most people keep their mobile phones handy. 5:29 Wait what even is the difference here? Just that it's used as a verb? I guess photoshoot isn't usually used as a verb in English, but shoot can be, meaning taking a film or video of something, so I think the meaning is pretty transferable... if anything I think photoshoot would be clearer than shoot, as shoot has a lot of different meanings.
@candydavis42774 жыл бұрын
Neckholder was a surprise. I’m trying to learn German. It’s a tough language. But I did know the first on your list. Handy. Handynummer 😉
@jeffhands70974 жыл бұрын
Even funnier was the explanation, Felicia described it as a "halter top or halter neck" in English, when the word "halter" means "holder" in German. I guess Americans returned the favor!
@MacGuffinExMachina4 жыл бұрын
Funny how "cool" has never become uncool. even with a lot of moments where it's been watered down.
@TheSorrel4 жыл бұрын
Maybe because "cool" has never been a superlative. Its always just been a step above "neat".
@robertewalt77894 жыл бұрын
“Cool” was popular in the 1960’s along with “neat.”
@legalvampire81364 жыл бұрын
I once read a spoof article 'How to be Hot' that began 'To be hot, you gotta be cool, and to be cool you gotta keep having hot ideas, "
@andrewe20574 жыл бұрын
Yeah, very strange. So many other words for the same thing, like "hip", quickly go out of style when kids hear their parents describing something using that word. That's usually the catalyst, I think. Kids like to adopt their parents' words to use sarcastically when describing something that was "cool back in the day". If anyone other than a senior described something as "the bee's knees," it would absolutely be seen as a sarcastic way of calling it old. It's really crazy that the word 'cool' has lasted so long. I think TheSorrel might be right in that it's mediocrity is what saved it.
@GoofysHatBand4 жыл бұрын
It is because of Fonzi. My Brit friends whine about how much Americans say "awesome". Meanwhile, every other word out of their mouth is "brilliant".
@DelightfulDiscs4 жыл бұрын
Your knowledge, and speaking ability is just amazing to me. So smart and beautiful!