Can Americans only speak English? Stereotypes About The US vs Spain vs Germany!!

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[@henryqu19]

I like how their hair is similar 🇺🇲🇪🇸🇩🇪

[@henryqu19]

Good see Nele from Germany again , she is very friendly and funny 🇩🇪

[@PixelpageYT]

This 👆

[@usefulrandom1855]

She looks radiant today as well!

[@GestressteKatze]

As a German i also agree with what Nele said about those stereotypes about our language. It really hurts me when people who (often times) don’t even speak our language constantly make fun of it and scream it because every language sounds aggressive if you scream it and exaggerate the pronunciation. It can honestly be really harmful, as a teen I hated being German because I thought everybody hated our language. But it is actually a very beautiful language, very deep and poetic and I’m very grateful I’m able to speak it nowadays.

[@GestressteKatze]

@Kurocoon yeah. To me languages like Dutch and even french to some degree have way harsher pronunciation than German. It just comes from the stereotypes overall that people have against Germans from ww2 and it’s really hurtful

[@freezerounds]

It's a strong sounding language for sure, but that's not a bad thing; nor does that mean it's aggressive. It's part of the language's unique identity.

[@kether82]

@@GestressteKatze that's what happens when you send people into the ovens without thinking about consequences, now you pay the price...

[@GestressteKatze]

​@@kether82 not sure if troll, 2 digit iq or no understanding of the concept of time AND historical context.

[@GestressteKatze]

@@caffei. thank you

[@ellenmumper2815]

I've always been impressed that many Europeans know several languages and cross borders easily able to converse. I've lived in other countries than the US and Americans have a reputation of being dumbed-down a bit linguistically because of that.

[@bleuemoone8710]

It is because Europe is so linguistically varied if every us state spoke a different language there would be much more incentive to learn plus English is the most international language so there isn’t much need for Americans to learn other languages unless for cultural interest or plan on living abroad.

[@Alexander-rr6yn]

@@bleuemoone8710 The fact that you guys speak only a language isn’t a positive thing and it demonstrates that the Us is just a fake post colonial country that had to borrow its culture from England. Plus the majority of you guys are not even of english heritage but most probably english speaking germans and irish 😂

[@suivatra123]

It would depend on how you determine one to be American tho. As mentioned in the video many of us have foreign lineage and speak or at least understand a different language or dialect. It is true that we don't travel out of the country as often however so being fluent in many language will not be as popular.

[@Miguel.L]

I’m my experience a lot of people do know at least a little bit of Spanish or even French. Especially if they live in the southwest or Florida.

[@Tripps2564]

@@suivatra123Very true. While many immigrant communities allow for some of many languages to be spoken in the USA and Spanish does have a presence, most 2nd generation Americans speak predominantly English and after 4 generations most chiefly speak English. Any large country (Brazil, Argentina, UK, Canada, Australia, China, Russia) where a single language can serve you well for many miles tend to produce predominantly monolingual populations. I speak basic Levantine Arabic (for heritage) and intermediate fluency Latin American Spanish (cause its useful and beautiful), but as an American I could easily function on English alone. In effect, if knowing a single language is a true option (as in the countries aforementioned above), most folks only speak 1 language.

[@ignacioceladahuerta5273]

I disagree with the Spanish girl about laziness of Spanish, we like to spend time with people or on own ourselves at the outsides, having our free time, but most workers do have very long working times. And not so many people do siesta(nap). Most of us don't have time to, it used to happen on summer time and when working at the hardest and hottest hours, or when being on holiday, but this is not as frecuently as she may thinks

[@Dominik-zy8zm]

There is a difference between u have to work bc u have to provide for ur family like in Spain or more like work extra hard even tho u don’t have to, to build up ur career.

[@zigman3105]

I think she is referring to hard working Mexicans

[@westclau]

Hola hola im Claudia 🇪🇸 Im so happy to be back and be able to meet those fabulous 2 girls~ hope you enjoy it ☺️

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

¡Bienvenido de nuevo! 😃

[@sgjoyder2890]

Holita hola

[@silky0439]

I think the word the ladies were looking for in regards to Spanish people was Passionate. Latin people tend to be very passionate about things and people they care about. I am part Italian and I can speak from experience. What we say and do comes from the heart.

[@moonwint1824]

I totally agree with the Spanish lady. she just point out the best point about the language spoken in America. that can change the racism happening in the world.

[@Adrian4239]

And it is also spoken in Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa.

[@juanjacobomoracerecero6604]

Laziness is a very relative concept. For example: A mechanical workshop opens at 8:00am and closes at 8:00pm. For many people they are very hardworking, they stay 12 hours giving service. Another mechanical workshop opens at 9:00am and closes at 5:00 pm. For many people they are lazy. But, the guys of the first workshop take forever to change an oil filter , while the guys of the second workshop do it quickly. Who are really the laziest?

[@nicoles9077]

The three ladies on the panel seem very nice and personable. I enjoy listening to their discussions.

[@Noah_ol11]

So people from the US who can speak 2 or more languages ​​are all people from other countries living in the US? 🇺🇲

[@mar754]

Pretty much. They either are immigrants or Americans who enjoy learning new languages.

[@usefulrandom1855]

Yeah, that made me laugh when Claudia was saying that. I'm from England and the same could be said here. They should not have needed to specify that it meant people born here with the family for many generations back. I know maybe two people who can speak another language, I'm not in a big city but in a town of about 85,000. Its well-known Brits only speak English, and I bet Claudia would agree, just being PC for the camera I assume.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

I'm not from another country, and I speak multiple languages. Grew up with that.

[@jlpack62]

I think that's the foundation of bilingual speakers, but it's not the only ones. In years past, immigrants didn't want their American born children to speak their family's mother tongue in order to accelerate absorption into mainstream America for their kids. This happened to my parents. As they grew up, my grandparents spoke Polish, Ukrainian and Croatian to my great grandparents, but my parents couldn't speak those languages to either their parents or grandparents. Today there isn't as much presumed shame for being an immigrant and many recent immigrant families are passing down their languages to their children.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

@@jlpack62 : I agree. My grandparents didn't speak as much of their native tongues to my parents, because they wanted them to fit in, and my grandparents spoke about five languages each, but that was in the 1920s; however, my parents still spoke enough of them to teach me, and I grew up hearing them around the house. I speak multiple languages anyway, so for me it's odd to talk to people who only speak one language.

[@saranraj9946]

I also agree with Nele about the stereotypes about German. Actually German is one of the beautiful languages that I have come across. It is not aggressive. Don't spoil the beauty of such a nice language by over exaggerating it. Also, she reminded me of my German friend who speaks English with the same accent.

[@vivalarevolucion9]

Anglo-Germanic cultures are very different from Latin ones. In most Latin cultures, we tend to express ourselves openly and show how we feel... you definitely know when you pissed off an Italian, an Hispanic or a French... no need to read between the lines, less filters for the best and the worse.

[@tomlawhon6515]

I was told by a fellow Kentuckian of an incident that happened when he was in the U.S. Navy stationed at Boston. He was with his friend, who was driving, in a convertible. His friend I believe was also from Kentucky. They were stopped at a stop light and the driver behind them started beeping his horn while the light was still red when that driver apparently thought it was about the time the light would turn green. This is apparently not that uncommon in big cities in the Northeastern United States, but considered very rude and offensive in any Southern state in the United States, or Midwestern state either. The friend turned around took out his service revolver and shot out the headlights of the car behind them. I guess you could say he expressed himself openly, you knew how he felt and you didn't have to read between the lines. My understanding is that although people in Latin countries sound off easily, they do not kill each other at nearly the rate Americans do. In the Southern United States, dueling persisted longer than it did in the North. In Kentucky, the oath of office for the governor contains a sworn declaration that the candidate winning the governors race has not fought a duel nor has been a second for another person who fought a duel. This was to discourage Kentuckians from dueling if they wanted one day to seek high office. It would be seen as a thing that might limit the future of a person with high standing in the state who otherwise might expect to seek the top political office, whereas before dueling might in some situation have been considered necessary to maintain one's status as a man not to be trifled with who had proper concern for his honor. President Andrew Jackson, from the state just South if Kentucky in Tennessee had fought multiple duels before becoming president of the United States. It is often pointed out that people in the American South are more polite than people in the North. One of the things that explains that difference is the for decades long in the South formal dueling persisted, which was usually caused by one person verbally besmirching the others honor, which needed to be done away with in political contests because besmirching the other Candidate's honor is the stock in trade of politicians. America's first Secretary of the Treasury was killed by the Vice President under America's third president because of an insult. Even after Americans were not going through the formalities of dueling in any region of the country, there were a lot more killing over insults in the South than in other regions of America. In such a situation, politeness tends to be bred in by natural selection as well as conscious choice to stay alive. And so you have the irony of a high murder rate and polite language. One year my rural county of population a little over 11,000 had almost as many murders as Japan, the whole country with a out a 100 million people, which in that year had 8 murders. An example of polite language that is common a little farther South than Kentucky where I live is the custom of saying, "Bless your heart". This is a phrase one might say to a child who just fell down and scraped his or her knee. It might be said to a friend who has just related a tale of woe that has elicited your genuine sympathy. But most often it means you poor idiot, you really don't have a lick of sense. Because it can be nice or passive aggressive, the polite thing to do is to act as if you are sure the person who has just blessed your heart did so with nary a critical thought toward you, knowing it is more probably the most judgmental thing a polite Southerner will allow themselves to say. I once heard a native born Israeli who had travelled extensively in the American South response to a Palestinian who had just done an anti-Israel screed deliver to my international group of people who had come to study the whole Israel situation by the Israeli saying, "Bless his heart."

[@vivalarevolucion9]

Thanks for sharing your story, but there's a huge difference between expressing yourself VS being a Karen or violently attacking people. France made of argumentations and strikes "national sports". If you think that American streets are noisy... visit Italian, French or meso/south American cities, you'll get crazy!!! Also, European latin countries are use to have more vacations/days off than others because we love taking time for ourselves. Personally, more I make money, more I cut my working hours to get more time for myself... as I can't live without my siesta. We prefer to work very hard for a short period to get more time for ourselves afterward.... like to finish earlier, get more days off, get longer brakes (the Spanish siesta is way longer than 1 hour... and everything is closed). Workers have families too, and an happy worker is a better worker. However I have 2~3 uncles (+ my dad) who prefer working 7 days/week to take comfortable retreats in their very early 50's (3~4 persons on 16... it's not much). With more time at our disposal, it's not rare to get a late fourth lunch (around 8+ pm... usually a light lunch, but many of my friends make whole big meals... it's probably why I rarely seen skinny old people). Traditionally, our families are articulated around big kitchens. My grandpa have 4 rocking chairs, a big TV (bigger than the one in the living room), a bench in his day-to-day kitchen (+ having a big dinning room when receiving the whole family). We very rarely go in the living room, except for christening, elders benedictions, communions and big holydays (usually there is some sort of "ofrenda" in Hispanic countries, with a bunch of pictures and things to remember the living ones and these who are gone). Sit on their rocking chairs, my uncles loudly yelling about politics, cars and stuff... my aunts are sit around the table, arguing about everything, gossiping or playing cards... meanwhile the kids scream, tease the dog or run everywhere as usual. Then, my grandma take out from her fridge and oven enough food to magically feed an army. Through the loud noises, everyone laughing and having fun. Almost every weekends we visit a member of the family (uncles/aunts, grandpa/ma, grand uncles/aunts etc)... in their kitchen or backyards!! Even my great grand parents/uncles/aunts was use to come in these improvised weekly family parties when they was living. Sadly, these traditions tend to fade away,... people getting more independent. Being Latin is more than a language (whatever Italian, Portuguese, French or Spanish) , it's a complete lifestyle.

[@vivalarevolucion9]

About every years we was used to reunite the whole family... last time it counted about 400 people... and it was only my great grand parents' direct family. If it'd still happening now, it'd surely be way over 1 000!!! I already met cousins that I didn't knew.🤣

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Ah yes, the surrender easily bunch! Jk.

[@marshahovenesian8142]

I think the average American can only speak English unless their families have recently come from a foreign country. Then they will speak the language of their homeland. Yes there are a ton of languages spoken here but if your family has been in this country for generations, chances are you only speak English.

[@polarize4257]

While that is definitely true, a lot of people here find it important to learn Spanish also, especially those that live in southern states that are extremely close to Latin American countries like Cuba and Mexico.

[@BroadwayBound009]

I think it also depends when your family came to America. Depending on the era that they immigrated, during certain time periods it wasn’t favored to speak your native language so some immigrants stopped speaking or passing on the language in order to “assimilate” better and be seen as English speaking America’s and they didn’t want to be see as less or looked down on or judged for being an immigrant. It had to do a lot with the social culture and norms of the decades.

[@nicoles9077]

@@polarize4257 you just proved the point. If your lineage is Spanish or Latino you will be more inclined to speak that language. I know plenty of Chinese Americans who grew up in Florida and don’t speak Spanish, but they speak Chinese. Plenty of black Americans or black Caribbeans born and raised in Florida and Texas who only speak English. I feel if you willingly immigrate to another country you should learn the language. That doesn’t mean you should stop speaking your own language of course. Knowing multiple languages is very beneficial.

[@polarize4257]

@@nicoles9077 except that wasn’t the point i was making? people not connected to hispanic lineage, living in the southern states, are still more inclined to speak spanish than people living in the midwest. a simple observation. they’re more likely to be exposed to the language, they’re more likely to pick it up. that’s the point i was trying to make.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

By the second generation, the mother tongue is pretty much gone.

[@denp54z]

Americans, many can speak Spanish especially in Texas and the rest of the south west not the Broncos speak it totally fluent but you'd be surprised how many workers like in oil fields, construction and plant shutdown/overhaul maintenance workers are both speaking "Americanese , Spanish and Spanglish. I also noticed in Southern Florida many Anglo trying to speak Spanish with Cuban Americans basic stuff for sure but trying. Many part of America are becoming big lingual Spanish/ Americanese. I my State Spanish is becoming more common though we still have the Cajun people of South Louisiana who speak a good bit of " Old French" buy sadly it is a dying language mainly cause it's not a written language and that many not the speaker are old folk with poor education and the young people aren't interested except learning swear words and music and cooking terms.

[@IZaubermausI]

I think the most emotional language is sign language! 🥰

[@anabelereipa7701]

Oh Deutsch... So cool and strong 🇩🇪 Pero también pienso que el Español puede ser muy fuerte y bastante sexy, también divertido así como el Inglés ❤ Also, spanish speaker must learn 2 or 3 languages to travel, living in USA or Europe, for work.. Etc

[@aitornavarro6597]

As an American I clearly see the US girl confuses Hispanic Americans with Spaniards hahaha. Not the same culture.

[@inotoni6148]

Ok, I also lived in Spain/Catalonia for a few years (I'm from Germany). In terms of work, the Spaniards work longer hours but are very inefficient. There is too much talk, there is less structure and there are too many changes in projects. This is a negative point in the industry and does not make Spain particularly attractive for investors. But they are very good at building roads, bridges and railways. They are better than the Germans there. And German is not a harder language than Spanish

[@Miguel.L]

Sounds like Latin America, lots of hours but very inefficient.

[@inotoni6148]

@@Miguel.L Yes, but not in all areas. They can build roads and bridges better and faster than we can

[@ignacioceladahuerta5273]

Exactly, you've appointed it correctly. There's a cultural fact about how important is being visible at your work place for many company CEOs or heads, instead of just being productive, i mean, they'd rather she you from xx hour to yy hour there (generally since before the head gets to the office until after he's leaving) than doing your work properly and efficently, and then going to do your business or improving at any other skills..., whatever... that drives to a some kind of burnout routinary tasks and schedules, what can easly make people make a mental disconnection from the work place and lose their time in absourd things. It's something is changing slowly but it's a big challenge to change such a "tradition" inheritaged mentality brought up since the dictatorship decades

[@hanaemori4885]

Yup, that’s the problem we have. Long hours vs quality hours, quantity over quality.

[@austinsontv]

German sounds strong compared to other languages due to the guttural nature, as well as the generalization Americans are taught through our history classes. Basically, the only German most Americans have experienced comes from the mouth of a 1940's leader, and he spoke harsh to make sure his 'followers' wouldn't doubt his strength that he wanted others to perceive. In all reality, Dutch (in my opinion as a native Plattdeutsch Rüßdeutsch) sounds waaaay more harsh than German, but I also speak Dakota(Sioux) and THAT language can sounds even more harsh than Dutch at times. As for 'Americans only speak English,' I agree to an extent. It's all about the location, school funding, and demographic of certain areas. Take for example my home state Nortb Dakota, there's a large rural demographic of native German speakers, but in the larger population areas, English is often the norm, with the rare Spanish speaker(well, not so rare now, but in the 90's and 00's the most authentic Spanish was spoken at Taco Bell). Its kinda sad that English is the Lingua Franca , on account of the original language of the land is Dakota in my home town. With colonization, very veery few people know the actual town names, and never will. Bismarck ND used to be called Thaspańla Ožu, or The Place Where The Hawthorne Apples Grow. Without knowing that, people just think all these red berry looking fruit is just food for birds, and not a contributing factor in the nomenclature of not only the city, but also Apple Creek that flows through the town.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Rüßdeutsch? A combination of German and Russian?

[@austinsontv]

@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 Germans from Russia.

[@dona6049]

I heard Sky from United states and cloud from spain. I was thinking that earth was only missing..LOL. Just kidding

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Ha ha .. you're funny, man 😆

[@dona6049]

@@JosephOccenoBFH 😜😝🤪

[@guillermomaita2624]

Andrea is a better representative than Claudia when they talk about Spain. Claudia seems more like the kind of traditional spanish that always criticized her country. Like Napoleon said "Spaniards like to talk bad about their country and its institutions, but they do not allow foreigners to do so"

[@vik1164]

That is because Claudia is from Catalonia, and it's a little bit different.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

@@vik1164 Andrea is also from Catalonia. However, Claudia seems to believe that Spanish Black Legend is true, when we all know it was built up by Dutch rebels in XVII century

[@ch33zyburrito36]

@@BlackHoleSpain depends. In my native Puerto Rico, the Spaniards were hated for much time. Even recently, stereotypes of Spaniards were common place

[@MeanApollo]

That is totally normal. I can criticize my own family, but you dont get to do that. Its natural

[@isabellemenezes387]

Bota um brasileiro pra falar sobre os esteriótipos dos americanos pra ver kkkkk

[@mileycyrusfan197]

Ooh, Claudia's back! haven't seen her in a while!

[@giuliocapobianco5926]

We want a video with all Romance languages (please Italian included)

[@Adrian4239]

And people from Portugal

[@alexandrorocca7142]

They kinda missed the point about Americans and the English language. Of course, immigrants speak other languages, but people who are born to English-speaking parents usually don't learn other languages unless they see it useful for their careers.

[@_mrp_3036]

That stereotype of the south to be more lazy and take siesta is so untrue, it really show the vision of cataluña of southern Spain.

[@ludvigsilva1]

But isn’t Cataluña in the south?

[@albarodriguez1927]

@@ludvigsilva1 Cataluña is in the north

[@Peter1999Videos]

At least Claudia is honest, they LOVE "the Dolce Vita"

[@moosetropolis9991]

A lot of Americans in highschool now are choosing to take other languages, I took 4 years of Spanish and Japanese and it’s amazing how much even knowing one other language unlocks for a persons opportunities in friends and vacation spots and even other job markets and places they can live. I would absolutely recommend to anyone who is on the fence, to learn a language because it really is so worth it.

[@alexmendez9792]

Claudia!!! We missed you!!

[@angelicsailor1st]

I love these three!

[@matildaF]

I feel like people forget that America is not just USA but also countries like Brazil where they speak Portuguese or some part of Canada where they speak French

[@MrJovon321]

No, most know that. It's just common parlance. Shorthand for United States of [America]

[@matildaF]

@@MrJovon321 I get it but then at 1:50 the question is not relevant because not all Americans speak English

[@TheRoloBear]

I think this is a cultural difference. I’ve heard in some countries they teach that there is just the American continent, but in other countries, like the USA, there are the North and South American continents. So for a lot of English speaking people, someone from Brazil would be South American, but not “American”. And if you were to speak about people from both continents they would people from the Americas.

[@matildaF]

@@TheRoloBear hoooo okay 👍

[@isithplays]

It depends on the language. In English, America refers to the US. In Spanish and Portuguese, (Maybe other Latin languages I'm unsure) Refer to America as a whole continent. You cannot say America is a continent in English, but you can in Spanish and Portuguese

[@yomismo8675]

Literally saying that Americans know other languages because they were foreigners before.😂😂

[@denp54z]

As Southern USA person may of , when we can partake in the Siesta too especially in Texas. Of course this depends on your job. I'm retired now and have Siesta almost ever day 98% of the time and if I don't get it I am very grumpy for the rest the day. But I wake early 4:30 to 5:00 so as a morning person I actually need the Siesta (nap time ) but I do love the break it provides . I really think it should be encouraged. So many Americans are like Zombies when 8-9 pm , exhausted and ready for their night bedtime.

[@juangarrido7430]

I think The siesta is correlated with the climate of the area, Spain is the warmest country in Europe and Texas one of the warmest in USA too, right? Try to work with 40-45ºC (104-113ºF) without having a siesta time xD Although I should to say, Siesta is more common between people work in farms or similar and old people. I don't know someone about my age have a siesta.

[@dangercat9188]

A lot of people in America do speak Spanish but it's either hispanic immigrants or Hispanics born and raised in the US or gringos or non-spanish speaking people that are trying or are already fluent in Spanish.

[@javierburgos7]

Spaniards in general are not lazy, even by European standards. You would suck at being an Ambassador of Spain. Also the siesta is not really done that much anymore and it's not a symbol of laziness either.

[@er2206]

No I think German is beautiful and melodic and soft, it depends who speak it I think 😂

[@oscarberolla9910]

I think that this connotation of the German language as a language that sounds aggressive, was made worse by the followers of the man with the mustache with their shouts and vociferations.

[@viavlogs1901]

Welcome back Claudia ✌️

[@kirtigupta9753]

If u are born in India then learning atleast 3-4 languages is a given. Indians are multilingual and lot of them are polyglots too.

[@GoodNewsEveryone2999]

I feel like if my experience is typically American, then you learn other languages but don't often have the opportunity to practice other pure languages so you end up speaking a creole or pigeon version of what is often English mixed with Spanish mixed with French mixed with a wide variety of other languages.

[@Tripps2564]

True. Hence "Spanglish" amongst most 2nd generation Hispanics.

[@Meta_ex]

By Spanish the American clearly thinks "Mexican" *facepalm*

[@jwb52z9]

While it is true that there are generally a number of opportunities in the US for people, if you're not white, straight, at least approaching wealthy, cisgender, male, and at least claiming to be religious whether you are or not, your chances for success are lower than they would be otherwise. The US is also the only first world nation where failing at something can mean you might very well die, be in massive debt, or just miserable for life.

[@thaerenglish84]

Thanks for the information 🙏💗🌹💗

[@justpassingby3409]

I kinda wanna travel to Spain, I’d like to go to Madrid

[@harleyd9857]

This video speaks so much about Americans … I’ll leave it at that.

[@throresen19]

Why people refers as American the people from the United States, I'am Chilean, so 'am also American.

[@gracia9176]

As a Spaniard, I should say that I don't exactly agree with Claudia when she said that Spaniards are lazy people. I mean, we're not lazy, we just have a pace of life that tend to be different to the rest of the European countries (especially in the central and north of Europe). Take a nap or go back to your house to have lunch with your kids or your wife and then go back to work doesn't make you be a lazy person. It's just like us, Spaniards, work the same number of hours that the rest of European people, but we organize our day quite differently from the rest of Europeans.

[@georger.3489]

You guys work even longer than we germans. But I think the stress level for germans at work is higher. Everything has to be done as fast as possible, it´s just work, work, work and hurry, hurry, hurry. Germans are trying to work like machines and going home stressed with a red head 😅

[@luciagarcia1978]

As an Spaniard I sometimes feel lazy. For instance when I start doing a proyect 2 days after I've been informed about it, even though th deadline is one month.

[@Sramda9]

I've worked in Spain (my home country) and in the UK, and I assure you we work way more hours in Spain, in the UK I was leaving my workplace at 6/7 pm but in Spain I've worked up to 10/11 pm. Same with school hours, when I told my friends in the UK that I used to have classes until 5 pm they looked at me as if I grew a second head. We do have longer days in Spain and because of that the time changes for many things, doesn't mean we work any less tho...

[@Meryawey]

Yeah, and i don't get why northern spaniards think that the southerns take more naps. I think that answer to another stereotype of our region that it's usually believed in the north. It's beneficial for the health to take naps, but sadly the majority of the people of Spain don't have time to do it, it doesn't matter if the live in the north or the south.

[@MacGyver5AF]

If any language sound aggressive or not, it has to be compared with another language. If you compare german language and czech language, german will sound tough almost militant and czech would sound soft, fluffy and joyful. But if you compare czech language and slovak language, the czech language would soud strict, tough, and slovak language would sound fluffy, happy and soft....

[@vtr.Lisboa]

If you have English as your mother language. You are a lucky and privileged person. You don't need to learn other languages. That's why many Americans don't bother to learn other languages. The same is true in other English-speaking countries.

[@Adrian4239]

Que pena!

[@drsrsv8884]

Finally a smart person!

[@anndeecosita3586]

I have noticed it’s often discussed about what languages Americans speak or don’t speak but rarely other places. How many non-immigrants in England and Australia are fluently bilingual I wonder. I met a guy from Zimbabwe this week who only speaks English. No African languages. And I have met a TON of people from Latin America who only speak Spanish fluently because I taught ESL classes for years. Plus it’s not mentioned that the reason a lot of people speak English, French or Spanish on this side of the world is because their ancestors were FORCED to.

[@godaistudios]

This is unfortunately accurate. If English is what you grew up speaking, there is a good chance you didn't learn any other languages growing up. Only a few states have foreign language requirements. That said, I have found that learning other languages has served to enrich my experiences. I can speak a little Japanese, lived in Germany for a few years as a child and remember a little, and have also studied Spanish, both in high school and in college. I don't have a great degree of fluency in anything other than English. As they say, use it or lose it. I think if I were to go back to Japan again, I'd likely intensify my studies again. It's fairly easy to get about if you speak English and when you run into foreigners in Japan, they also tend to speak English even if they are from another country - just like the girls here from Spain and Germany. Still, I feel at a disadvantage not growing up bilingual.

[@ludvigsilva1]

Because English is the lingua franca of the moment, but that’s coming to an end. 你好中国！😊🇨🇳

[@auburnellereed]

The American girl saying “Spanish people are some of the hardest working” is referring to Latin immigrants into the USA. This is a typical thing people say because it’s true. She’s lumping the European Spanish people into that, because she has no idea 😂

[@sgjoyder2890]

Yeah hahaha latin american= workers Spaniards= lazyiness Saying that in a funny way, not hating people from spain, they're amazing!

[@angyliv8040]

We’re not lazy sorry….we work a lot

[@markrich7693]

Well there is a thing called auf Deutsch as a someone who knows a little bit of German now and then I do enjoy living in the United States

[@jonathancripe5776]

Finally representation from the southern usa in the us rep.

[@nikaswords17]

Have never seen a german be this indirect and non-confrontational 😅 but maybe it's in the contract

[@xunvenile]

Im german but not every German is very honest, direct and confrontational

[@l.t.1305]

English may not be official at a federal level, but 31 states have English as their official language. All national documents like the Declaration of Independence are written in English. It's official enough. I'm not obligated to learn a foreign language, and I can't stand it when someone comes to the U.S. and expects you to understand what they're saying. And when you don't, they get mad at you. another thing, seeing like five different languages on one bottle of laundry cleaner.

[@Adrian4239]

What a pity!

[@xunvenile]

So, but why do Americans expect Europeans to understand English? Every time when an English speaking person is coming to the shop where I work and my English isn't the best, some of them are mad or expected that I understand them. wth??

[@l.t.1305]

@@xunvenile Are you in the U.S.? If so, then yeah, you should at least be able to read and write basic American English. Why would someone visiting or moving to the U.S. expect an American to know a foreign language? An estimated 17% of people only know a second language Everyone knows that English is the majority language in the U.S. Not official at a federal level, but most states have English as their official language It's a non brainer

[@inotoni6148]

Hey, Nele is back

[@Laihonet]

Que no hablan solo ingles dice jajajajaja y a duras penas lo saben hablar. No va la otra y dice que no jajajajaj anda que no se nota que lo dice para quedar bien.

[@jwb52z9]

It's generally certain segments of the American population that don't speak anything other than English because they don't have a need to learn another language.

[@dailybeats7630]

This terms are not interchangeable. Spanish = People from Spain Hispanic = People that speak Spanish Latino = People from Latino America. -If you are from Spain you are Hispanic but not Latino bcs Spain is in Europe not America but they Speak Spanish. - If you are Latino you are from a country in America that speak a romance language like French ( Haiti) Spanish ( Mexico) or Portuguese ( Brazil). - If you are Hispanic than you are from a Spanish speaking country like Spain, Mexico, Columbia, Puerto Rico, Argentina and so on. But not Brazil bcs they speak Portuguese. Also the culture from Latino countries and Spain is super different, even if we share history and the language, it would be like the U.S & UK. Latino countries alone are super different, with different cultures and traditions and even if we share the same languages we have very different accents & some words mean different things throughout each country.

[@Adrian4239]

Y Guinea Ecuatorial también es hispano porque hablan español

[@dailybeats7630]

@@Adrian4239 si

[@mramisuzuki6962]

You’d be hard pressed to get anyone that is “French” that would call themselves Latin/o/a because Latino is an Americas term for Spanish speakers of almost any denomination, most as ethno-bloc to combat “Americans”. I’ve seen people desperately try to include Italians, French, and even Romanians into Latino, they are just wrong and trying to Trojan horse themselves into a group they are not apart of many times for sociopolitical/anti-American reason.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

@@Adrian4239 In Equatorial Guinea the Spanish language is the only official one, *BUT* in reality the oral tradition is made in dozens of local languages, and Spanish is poorly spoken in everyday life. Hay artículos al respecto en el Instituto Cervantes sobre la realidad del español en Africa y deja bastante que desear.

[@benugomez]

Ur right. I would like to include something else here. Many people in Latin America don't think U.S Americans can be Latinos. The term has a deep cultural, historical and political meaning to us latinamericans. It was mainly introduced to "fight" against the U.S. imperialism

[@HakendaNatan]

good

[@paramtageja6891]

The German girl needs to be more on here

[@Pikachu-ez1rm]

White people aren't the only Americans in the US, so yeah Americans do speak more than one language. Es verdad eso de los españoles, les gusta tomar su siesta y son mas directos

[@nicolasbuffonigarcia705]

no quiero fingir, no me caen nada bien jajaja

[@tubekulose]

Schnitzel is an Austrian dish! Not a German one!

[@PPfilmemacher]

War auch mein erster Gedanke als sie das gesagt hatte

[@tubekulose]

@@PPfilmemacher 🙂👍

[@tubekulose]

@@PPfilmemacher 🙂

[@YujiroHanmaaaa]

German is a Germany language not an Austrian language

[@tubekulose]

@@YujiroHanmaaaa Have you ever listened to a person from Saxony, Cologne, Berlin or Swabia? Trust me: the high-end German is spoken at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.

[@johnson6099]

I wanna see a video with Sky and Shannon

[@Hallfreakyzoid]

The American is SOUTHERN! I feel a bit more represented. 😊 she has a twangy accent

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Some change from hearing Callie's and Christina's accent all the time 😉

[@Lxz3]

I just want to say that quesadillas aren’t from Spain, they’re from Mexico 😅

[@markrich7693]

There’s also that in America as well too

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

I like the German girl… she’s cool. 😉

[@leonidahm2037]

Let's ist cool wen man zwei Sprachen versteht. Ich bin von Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@user-og1nu5pb8c]

Glaub ich nicht... Wieso haste denn so viele Fehler in solch nem kurzen Satz?🤣

[@crazybarley4817]

Von der Grammatik her schonmal nicht xD

[@glendabonita7637]

Clothes are all black 🤩

[@Nikioko]

South Americans mainly speak Spanish.

[@Adrian4239]

For the heritage of Spain

[@Nikioko]

@@Adrian4239 We have also Portuguese in Brazil, English in Guyana, Dutch in Suriname, French in French Guyana and lots of indigenous languages, like Quechua in Peru.

[@nineu9402]

Lazy serás tu chica... Y siesta será en el sur porque yo no hago ninguna desde que era un bebé...

[@denp54z]

German men speaking more authoritarian and to the point rude if you don't understand the culture. Women speak a bit differently it seems , softer and more sympathetic or so it seems.

[@GoodNewsEveryone2999]

Americans often actually have fewer opportunities but believe in more opportunities. So optimistic (and dellusional), YES.

[@tomlawhon6515]

Most native born Americans speak only English but we have some people who can speak an amazing number of languages. One day when I had a long wait at JFK airport, I killed some time standing near the information desk, which was like a tiny kiosk, which was just big enough for the man inside. People kept coming up to him asking him questions in many languages and he answered every person fluently. There must have been a different information desk for English speakers because I didn't hear anyone ask him a question in English. In spite of the wide array of languages the man was being questioned in, I never heard him indicate he didn't understand and I never heard him answer haltingly as if he knew only a little of the language he was using to answer. If a person speaks 20 or 30 languages fluently and wants a career sitting in a little kiosk all day answering questions, I guess you apply at international airports. Although I did see this one example, and my father told me he had one professor who was fluent in 20 languages, and sometimes read directly works of authors who wrote in medieval forms of European languages translating freely as he read, it is a rare ability here or anywhere else, though because America is a big country if you got all of the people in one place who speak 20 or more languages fluently, it would probably be an impressive sized group.

[@Verbalaesthet]

Yeah, as a German it also makes me sad when people exaggerate the sound of German. Like this stupid video where some guy just angrily shouts random words and everyone who doesnt know German believes that this is how we say things. German has some punchy sounds but compare it to East European languages and it sounds soft again.

[@adri2000]

As a fellow German, I totally agree with you, but we should take it with humor so we don't fulfill more stereotypes about ourselves lol

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Feli does a really wonderful video making fun of all the romance languages, and keeping German as soft as it really can be. Deutsch ist nicht so schwer wie Leute denken.

[@usefulrandom1855]

@@adri2000 It's only done because we like you. Englishman here! We wouldn't do it otherwise haha.

[@Verbalaesthet]

@@argonwheatbelly637 Ja, stimmt. Schwer ist Deutsch auch nicht. Total regelmäßige Sprache. Nur Nomengeschlecht und Plural sind ein bisschen nervig ;-)

[@argonwheatbelly637]

@@Verbalaesthet 😁

[@MaticTheProto]

Americans do only speak English tho. Free country Blabla wasn’t an answer

[@Adrian4239]

She should have said that honestly people in the US are not interested in learning another language and worse geography.

[@deadcrow9046]

How boring tbh.

[@koichiLove.]

i am suprise that Kreon shinchan got a world wide viewers

[@AlvaroGonzalez-pj2bg]

Talking from my experience, I would classify Spanish workers in 3 types: - The "I want to live my live and skip work as much as possible" type. Let's be sincere, every developed country has a small percentage of those. My bet is that this tiny amount of people are multiplied by 2 or 3 in Spain. - The "I'm waiting for commands" type. He/She doesn't like his/her job. Or they're in a position where they can skip many of the duties without anyone noticing it. Procrastination is their main goal cause the best thing of their job comes at the end of the day at 5-6PM or on Friday afternoons. This type is magnificently portrayed in the book "Come back tomorrow" from Mariano José de Larra. - The "All-in workers". La crème-de-la-crème. The best of the best. Kinda workaholics. This type of workers increases every year. They believe in what they're doing. They're creative and surprise any other European counterparts for being so versatile and being able to improvise when things go South. But this group is not big enough to fight against the other 2 types, so the results are always dragged down by the burden. Heavily affected by the normalization of salaries, it's not uncommon to see this type earning the same amount of money as the "I'm waiting for commands" type or having good ideas stolen from high ranking types. And taking from the companies perspective, this are my 3 main problems for Spain: - The "Foreman or inside man/woman" type. Thank God Spain is getting rid of this figure, but there are still many out there. The Foreman/s don't have much work to do. They just supervise what's being done and try to get the results the company wants. Sometimes they're requested to show "the whip" so that things remain calmed. You'll recognize this type among people that are half of their time in meetings and half of the other strolling around or smoking outside. The productivity for this figure is close to none, but they get all the bonuses and greetings from their teams. - The "I don't care, it's their job" type or "I paid to get this done". It could be acceptable... if the person speaking would not be the boss, which unfortunately it's the case. No interest at all in following the steps of the project or knowing the people they've hired, they're totally unaware of the problems. People suddently leaving the company, work done poorly or late in time. Many red flags completely ignored lead to a disaster. If there is a lot of rotation, that's not usually a good sign. What could go wrong in this situation, right?. - The "Always understaffed" type. This type has deep roots in Spanish culture. This goes even deeper that Davy Jones's locker for Anglos or Yggdrasil roots for the Nordics. It's better to see it in action with an example that explaining it: - I need to make this project in 100 days. How many people do I need to hire or to move into the project?. - Project manager gets everything in place, has explanation for every step, every person engaged: You'll need 10 people. Here you have the explanation for all of it.... In other countries, they'll have those 10 people ready. But not in Spain. In Spain they'll move/hire 5 or 6 people and give the reply "And we'll see". It's like it was written in the Bible or something: "And we'll see". We shall see what?. The cause of being understaffed?. The long nights awaiting those 5/6 people when they'll see all starting to crumble?. The result not being optimal?. The quality control not being made because there was no time?. Shall we see another 4-6 people being hired the last 5-10 days to try to reach to a doomed date?. I never understood. Of course, many people outside the country borders won't understand this behaviour. But IMO this is behind 90% of the failures... will they start to realize this is happening all the time and finally change?.

[@vooides]

Sólo hay dos tipos de trabajadores. Los que creen que van a heredar la empresa y los que tienen conciencia.

[@ReisterJP]

I can go 2 or 3 days without hearing English and I live in the United States.

[@luizleandrog]

Yeah, she's American

[@anghellitoss]

discurso buenista sobre los gringos, y ellos no son América

[@raistraw8629]

Is the Spanish girl single, asking for a friend ;)

[@hollish196]

I think German sounds more assertive than aggressive.

[@skiptisdale3912]

We think German sounds aggressive bc all they taught us in school about Germany is Hitler, Nazis, and the Holocausts. We never really saw the good and positive aspects.

[@thespankmyfrank]

Exactly. German has been portrayed badly for so long and that's part of why people think that way. I've always loved German though, it's one of my favourite languages and I love the "harsh" pronunciations.

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

They even portrayed Germans as 'Huns' but they are actually a different people.

[@anndeecosita3586]

Maybe for some people but I don’t think that’s why I think that German sounds harsh. My auntie’s first language is Dutch and I get the same vibe listening to it. Same with Afrikaans. we studied Nazis and Hitler but we also studied Martin Luther so I strongly associate Germany with the Protestant Reformation. Also study about the Habsburgs (bless their hearts)

[@GuntherFjord]

No! Here in America (Continent) we speak a lot of languages such as Portuguese, spanish, French a lot!!! America is not a country.

[@planelover737-8]

Trinidad speaks English

[@franciscodiaz7557]

Pues los americanos tenemos varios idiomas oficiales, español, portugués, francés e inglés mas los idiomas nativos. America es un continente no un país.

[@danielhakansson1911]

This may be a biased opinion but I say your opportunities to succeed in life are bigger in Germany compared to the US

[@fatherson5907]

That’s because you’re uneducated and you aren’t able to interpret data.

[@alexbuchan4520]

I want a video that has differences in Oceania countries.

[@Efectos_Secundarios]

American pepole what do you tink about ñ why well i don't know how explain this but i se a loot of pepole of América and Spain what say ñ like i don't know but i tink what its stressful, and i don't know speeak english..... Sooo ¿we can help me if something its bad in this text?

[@silentsmurf]

Claudia gets it 👏 I hate when people generalize Americans only knowing English, they think all Americans are white (even though there are white people who are bilingual children of immigrants as well) They don’t realize how many people there of are different backgrounds who speak their ancestral language here

[@Adrian4239]

Solamente hablan inglés y es la verdad

[@sethsaito8515]

The American girl is so cute

[@Adrian4239]

No

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Miami-Dade County speaks mostly Cuban Spanish and the Little Warsaw/ Portage Park neighborhood in Chicago only speaks Polish.

[@anndeecosita3586]

Actually in some parts of the USA it can be harder to get a job if you don’t speak Spanish and English. I went to Miami and the workers in stores and restaurants, and people walking on the street almost always spoke to me in Spanish. I grew up in SoCal and most people I knew as a kid were bilingual. But then I’m not an Anglo so maybe they don’t approach Anglos speaking Spanish. I went in Miami Walgreens and the signage in the store and the circular ads were in English and Spanish. When I go to certain parts of Texas most of the store signs and billboards are in Spanish. Personally I think it’s strange to have never heard anyone in the USA speak an indigenous language but then I have always been someone with a diverse group of friends.

[@mehdimouss7977]

The american is so nice and her accent is soo attractive ❤ greetings from algeria .

[@HOTPLATEGAMING]

Ich bin asiatischer Amerikaner, kenne aber 3 Sprachen

[@HertWasHere]

Ich liebe Dick 😅

[@ddralz]

"Mi corazón",, "One more quesadilla" jajajajaja la amo

[@valentine93]

But you will get discriminated for sneaking another language