Canadian Reacts to The DUMBEST questions Americans ask Germans

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[@AnNi1492K]

Germany is the English name, we Germans call it Deutschland.

[@GhostFighterKillIt]

und das mit dem germany ist nur die englische variante vom römischen wort für die gegend germania und den dort lebenden leuten den germanen ... englisch ist ne germanische sprache so keine ahnung wo die das auf deren inseln aufgeschnappt haben

[@anashiedler6926]

yes and no. We europeans mostly refer to the USA when we think about Americans. Ghettos, high crime rates, people with miserable education etc. those things are american to us. not canadian. Canada is more an image of peace, very polite people, ice and snow, tranquility and mounties with red vests on horses.

[@Gnaaaarrrr]

I can't confirm that. When someone talks about Americans, I usually think of all North Americans. South Americans always have the suffix South. If I explicitly mean US Americans, then that's what I say. But that's probably a personal view and not an universal one

[@YukiTheOkami]

But i think its only couse in moovies and tv shows thst are made in the usa they refer to them self as america and we get to hear it in this context so we are just as messed ub line the us muricsns over there

[@felixropke9777]

And funny hats, the mounties got funny hats 😄

[@ileana8360]

​@@Gnaaaarrrr Jep, Ezropeans really do not want to insult South Americans and Canadians by calling them "Americans" 😂

[@christophkagermeier6417]

Die us Bürger nennen sich meistens Amerikaner. Wir haben das nur übernommen

[@hape3862]

9:16 Kiddo, we _invented_ the refrigerator! (At least in its current form, there were earlier attempts, but with other technical approaches. The company of the inventor, Carl von Linde, still exists and is world market leader in technical gases.)

[@Bohemian.rhapsody1973]

What’s have to deal with when I tell people I’m from Austria 🇦🇹 „ oh cool you’re from Australia 🇦🇺 „ 😂😂

[@Roberternst72]

13:30 An example of dialects and difference from village to village. The German word for „now“ is „jetzt“. In the Westerwald district of Germany, people say „jetzt“, „itzt“, „itz“, „itzen“ (iirc two villages) or „itze“ (ONE single, small village). in a sentence, that would be „Itze dä mier de Fööß wieh“ (village dialect), „jetzt tun mir die Füße weh“ (colloquial written German), „now, my feet hurt“.

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Hi CANADA !We know you are not America!A Globe with Light and a World map in every house/child room😊Giant Countryi love it ❤

[@felixropke9777]

To find out why there are so many names for germany in different languages we have to take a look into ancient history. More than 2000 years ago a tourist from rome called Gaius Julius Caesar came along with some though buddys to conquer France, what they called Gaul at that time. During that trip he came to the river Rhine and remarked on the other side of the river there were some suspicious, angry looking guys and they were not gauls. He thought: "Never mind, lets call that country over there Germania magna and this strange, angry looking guys are the Germans basta. Now I've got no time for that, I've got a meeting at Alesia." Well, that angry looking people never called themselves germans. They were devided in many different tribes like Chatten, Sueben, Angeln, Allemannen, Teutonen, Vandalen, Friesen and so on. But Julius invention Germania prevailed in some cases and Germany developed in the englisch language. The Gauls however had some, let's cal it contact with the tribe of the Allemannen and so they called the land with the angry looking people after them and so the word Allemagne developed and other forms of it like Allemania for example. But what about the angry, suspicious looking people themselve. Well the word Deutsch and from that Deutschland came from the old german word thiutisk ( danish Tyskland for Germany) and later the word diutsch what means "belonging to the people". The tribe of the Teutonen also gave their piece in and said full of confidence the language that is spoken in Germania is Teutonic, so out of this words, and noone wanted a name for a language that sounds like a cheap cocktail like gintonic, the word Teutsch and Deutsch developed. Finally Deutsch prevailed,

[@onlyfoes]

And Germany isn't even unique there. The former home country of my parents for example has also different names/spelling in different languages. And the 'original' of course can only be the one in the mother tongue. Different words in different languages for the same thing, never heard of that one before! I'm getting confused over people who are confused about things like that. But then again most (at least younger ones) Americans heard one and the same language their whole life, so maybe that's why the idea of calling a country/city different names in different languages is kinda new? to them, while to me for example it's pretty normal/obvious.

[@martinstock]

The English names for Germany and German cities are in first place: old Germany after Germania as the Romans called the region (not exactly identical with modern borders) Munich because the city was mentioned first as "Munichen". Which became only later to München in German. Cologne because the city was founded as "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium". In some languages (Italian, Spanish) it is still called Colonia (the full name was always unpractical long). In German it became Coellen, Cölln and lately Köln (official only since 1919). The real "crime" by the English speakers was committed later. They were actually aware that there is a language the Germans called "Deutsch" and which they called "Dutch". But they gave it to the wrong language/country. The Dutch call their language "Nederlands". Which is in German "Niederländisch" and means literally: (from the) low lands in both languages. And if comes to the name of the country the English version is "Netherlands" (and not "Dutchland"). While the Dutch call German "Duits". And Germany "Duitsland".

[@motzalo]

4:15 Lima is actually a very big city. There are living about 8-9 million people. In the whole metropolitan area even more

[@Roberternst72]

9:42 …actually, until around 1920 or whenever electric refrigerators had entered the household appliances market, that „dig a hole (or, well, technically a room / cave) deep in the ground“ thing actually WAS the method for keeping food (kind of) conserved and cooled *in comparison to kitchen temperature*. At my alma mater they even found the remains of one such „cool storage room“ (of the former municipal psychiatric hospital which had used the area until 1910) while constructing the groundworks of the new building for the Department of Social Sciences…

[@andreasfischer9158]

Happened to colleagues. ”What language is that you are speaking” ”Well, Swedish.” ”Swedish, is that a language?” ”Indeed, it is.” ”But you think in English, don’t you?”

[@andreapompea3534]

Oh 🤦🤦🤦

[@ileana8360]

If I am fluent in a language, I use to "think" and - when in that country - even "dream" in the respective language. When I am "missing" a word, I usually go back to my mother tongues (Gernan and Croatian) to find the right word. But this question us hilarious. 😂

[@berndgaal7689]

I was at a party in Van. One guy said to me: Wow Germany!!! I know Kopenhagen! Thats a nice city in Germany....or : Is that true? There is a wall between east and west?? I was expecting this from U.S. americans...not from Canadians. But well, there are countless idiots in Germany too. I think this is a global issue. Today I talked to an indian guy who had never heard of Beethoven. And this guy works for ESA (European Space Agency).

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Oh a Globe in your background will be nice too😊Tschüss

[@soundofnellody262]

Canada has quite a good reputation here in germany. While the USA ..well.. 🥴

[@kilsestoffel3690]

Most of these questions aren't necessarily dumb, they are mostly thoughtless. You learn a new thing, have never thought about it, so you ask. Hearing the answer, you immediatly know "yeah, that makes sense"

[@montanus777]

another difference regarding america is the number. from what i hear at least US-americans and canadians tend to call it the americaS (plural!), whereas germans usually refer to it as one continent. i mean yes, technically it's different tectonic plates, but then again so is india and other parts of asia and indians still are thought of as asians.

[@alexanderstrauss4785]

When you meet americans pretending to be canadians in europe..... 😂

[@helfgott1]

its football period european way

[@red_dolphin468]

I think its really annoying that the US uses the term american for its people, although there are 2 continents with this name with more than 15 countries. to which this term american would apply tooo if it would be used the same as europe and european in their mindset. . and by saying germans,scottisch,welsh,dutch,belgian,french ... and so on people are european its like duh your 2 thousand orso years of culture dont matter in your facepuch. like any other country besides the US has a correct name for itself and its citizens. Nort Korea- notern Koreans, Russia Russian, Germany Germans, Poland, Polish, Spain Spainiards .... Canada Canadian, Mexico Mexican, Bolivia Bolivian ... and so on ... only with the USA this method does not exist ... the best equivalent would be US-Citizens or US Statesmen but still you have to use the prefix US to make clear what " kind of people" or which flok-group you mean --- thats annoying . and ignorant . and works only because of the " Atom-weaponry-importance of this Country without correct name xD

[@red_dolphin468]

if you wanna know more about subcultural and dialectic differences within Germany check out a Mapof the year 1000 ish ... of the "Holy Roman Empire" (of german nations) in German its called : Heiliges Römisches Reich deutscher Nationen - there on the map you see the still today subcultural-dialectic differences pretty well.

[@aigleincomments9532]

well, technicly everyone driving on the right side is doing it wrong. and it all goes back to that annoying little frech dude, napoleon bonaparte. :D you see the british used to drive on the left (and all british coloies) and napoleon just hated the british so much. he reversed the lanes for his empire (technicly all of europe)

[@hannesmayer3716]

To be fair, there were American soldiers (and probably still are) that were staioned for many years in Germany, had families and children, but lived in there own world; with American supermarkets, schools and everything. They and their children didn't need to learn German. But, of course, they weren't Germans... Warm beer: No, Germans don't drink warm beer (if they can avoid it), but at least some don't put their beer in the fridge. For them, it's cool enough if it's kept in the basement, or a similiar place.

[@YukiTheOkami]

I think the time zone thing could be avoided if we all used meridian time and then just ass a number for the time zone like +2 or minus 4 😅

[@brigittegleiser-muller2513]

Russians are also Europeans. The European continent extends to the Ural Mountains in the east.

[@YukiTheOkami]

Thing about stupid questuons is At least they asked Instad of assumimg sonething snd being confidently wrong sbout it 😅

[@Zentralrat-der-Schwaben]

German food, well, Döner.

[@winny4765]

German bear is always served cold. If s.o. puts ice cubes in the glasses they will melt and make it a very very thin beverage loosing its taste.

[@PotsdamSenior]

Google "Bierwärmer" please!

[@elricofmelnibone8256]

Aren't there to much hairs in the Drink? I mean you try to drink a bear instead of a beer...😂😂😂

[@olafborkner]

I don't know what kind of society this girl moves in, but the Americans I got to know were all very educated.

[@sonnenscheinsommer4754]

By the way, don't think, that all the lot videos that exist in youtube about Germany give you a realistic picture about Germany. They don't.

[@haukegebhardt3378]

germany comes form germania waht the romans called us deutschland is german

[@helfgott1]

you need to go back to school europe and america are continents