EP76: In Germany, We Don't Say... ft.

You know him from TikTok, Instagram, or KZbin Shorts as the guy in the grey tracksuit, the crossbody bag, and the Birkenstocks. Liam Carpenter is originally from the UK but at the age of 18, he came to Germany to pursue a career in basketball. In today's episode, he tells us all about how he went from the basketball court to social media and which of the German stereotypes that he usually makes fun of, he's actually adopted into his own life!
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[@newgabe09]

Liam's such a great actor.. I genuinely forget that both characters are him... (plus the old guy + beehive lady :) Great to see his wife and dad involved now too :)

[@zorabw8948]

I agree with you. So far I have not seen his father. Do you by chance remember which episode he is in?

[@7uzizuizui910]

Liam really the first one who gets how it is in Germany. And nails the German Behaviour.

[@annaduda7260]

Liam wygląda jak rodowity Niemiec😀

[@MichaelLaFrance1]

Liam's nickname in German basketball was "British Airways", because of his rad jumping skills.

[@MrGeorge1896]

Yeah British Airways lost my luggage (too). 😅

[@martinbruhn5274]

I like about Liam, that he does a german accent, authentically. It is so rare to come across a german accent, that is legit and not some Hollywood made up bs.

[@charli4815]

Liam is more german then germans :D

[@annaduda7260]

@@charli4815 genau! He looks like as Deutscher😁

[@indrinita]

This guy and Uyen Ninh are among my favourite German content creators! I keep hoping they'll collaborate, but I always thought they lived too far apart from each other to collab. But actually I'm pretty sure she lives in Mannheim region, which isn't too far from Liam I believe. You guys should totally have her on as well by the way - she's so awesome!!

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

Totally agree! We actually invited her a while ago but she said she didn't feel comfortable doing a whole podcast episode in English. -Feli

[@indrinita]

@@UnderstandingTrainStation oh nice try, that's too bad!

[@voyance4elle]

@@UnderstandingTrainStation oh noooo how sweet. She is so self conscious. I am glad you asked though :D She is my favorite KZbinr

[@Abenahh]

​@@UnderstandingTrainStation aww, please try again after some months, I'm sure she was a bit shy but it seems she is gaining more confidence.

[@toomuchinformation]

​@@UnderstandingTrainStationShe now has her own Podcast with German boyfriend ....in English!

[@MarTin-vo1js]

Wieder eine wunderbare Episode mit einem tollen Gast - ich werde eure Podcasts so sehr vermissen

[@chriswedge9942]

What a nice person Liam is, so good to see the good guys doing well!

[@PeterBuwen]

I appreciate Liam's work very much. I love to have this kind of mirror before me as a german. And another thing that I notice, and that I have suspected before, is that English and Germans are actually incredibly similar in their mentalities. Thank you also for this insight. But I don't end my speech without explaining that I've also been enjoying Feli's videos for years! @Feli: I disagree that only young germans would understand Liam's main character. Maybe young people should not think that stereotypical about older ones. I am getting 59 soon.

[@Winona493]

Could have been my words as well: I am 52 and therefore am the Methusalah of a KZbin consumer, but nevertheless stuck into it. And I understand it. 😂

[@PeterBuwen]

@@Winona493 I'm so glad I am not the only one. 😅 By the way: not the young people but we were the first computer generation. I own a computer since the early 1980s (ZX-81) and move through the Internet since 1992. In that time there was not even a World Wide Web but only text. We created what they use now. In this context it is more than strange that the young ones think we do not understand. 🤔

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

@@Winona493 I think I was more referring to the outfit. :) Not so much the habits of the character. - Feli

[@michaelburggraf2822]

​@@PeterBuwen... Commodore C64 here😂

[@PeterBuwen]

@@michaelburggraf2822 Yes, this one was my second computer. Legendary!

[@arnavthescientist1149]

Oh wow i follow both your channels. It's so nice to see Liam on your podcast. All the best to all you guys. I feel sad that the podcat is ending. Love from India.

[@mirim3586]

Yes, very much enjoyed the episode! Thanks to all three of you! And Liam gets definitely a huge German approval - nothing tops checking the different timeslots of Dinner for one on new years eve!! I do the same! :D

[@holger_p]

I like Liams little smile at the end, cause you really see the process of, thinking, realizing something and finally getting something. It's not this intentionless smile from America, really more the German style. Looking naturally grumpy when you are relaxed, is part of it.

[@miketurin5233]

I’m from Germany and love his videos as he’s spot on with the stereotypes! That’s what we have to deal with daily. 🤣🤣

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

Feli, Josh, Liam, thank you so much for that wonderful episode ! It's really fascinating to get to see a person from a different angle who is popping up at least once whenever I'm opening YT. BTW, it's a bit sad that our sports news are so massively dominated by football as there are really interesting teams and sports people in so many other areas of sports in Germany, eg. in my area there are good teams in handball, volley ball and ice hockey.

[@vilpekkos]

Watch Dinner for One to TV is actually nowadays many countries New Years tradition. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden (since 1976), Denmark (since 1980), Finland and Australia (since 1989). In 1985, the Danish television network, DR, decided not to broadcast the sketch, but received so many complaints that it returned the following year. With this single exception, Dinner for One has been shown on DR every 31 December since 1980. In Norway they watch that every Christmas (source: Wikipedia)

[@Terkina__]

I fall in love with Liam's Shorts a long time ago. It's just super funny. I also watch you Feli pretty frequently. Thank you for the podcast you guys.

[@danipianoarts]

I really enjoyed this conversation. Liam ia a very likeable person and I love his projects and ideas! So great to have such a brilliant and humerous guy living in and enriching Germany!

[@hajotge12]

Dinner for one - 😃 It is the same as for "Life of Brian" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", it is a "Kultfilm". It is less a good movie in itself but only gets good because people get together and find it hilarious.

[@BrendaIrala]

Loved that Liam takes notes about the things he finds interesting ❤

[@st0ox]

59:10 about the club mate situation in Germany. Liam could do a sketch which is based on a real story I experienced, the challenge would probably be to make it actually funny. When I first drank club mate on a trip to a friend in Berlin, I didn't really like it and told my friend it basically taste like sparkling water with a bit of sugar that someone used to put out his cigarette. My friend just said "Keine sorge, daran gewöhnt man sich, deine erste Zigarette hat dir doch auch nicht geschmeckt".

[@DraigCymraeg]

Iam one of Liams Subscribers and iam a German living in the UK and i love how he nailed the Germans 😂

[@tigerspaw8162]

It was so nice to watch! Thank you three!

[@voyance4elle]

The seperating of the trash thing makes my German heart so happy

[@FaulerSackK]

"Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" was shot in Schloss Moritzburg in Saxony! They still do exhibitions there with the costumes and props.

[@foshizzlfizzl]

Liam already became a German treasure 😅

[@dagmaranja888]

1:07:00 Feli, Aschenputtel is not a Cinderella adaption! 😂😂😂 It's the other a way round! And even if that film was a half Czech production, it still is a traditional German fairytale!

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

Ja natürlich ist es andersrum! 😅 Das ist ja eh klar. Was ich damit gemeint habe, ist, dass es eine Version der Aschenputtelgeschichte ist. Und da das im Englischen Cinderella ist, hab ich halt Cinderella gesagt. Wenn ich Aschenputtel sagen würde, müsste ich das erst wieder erklären. -Feli

[@DJCoachCookie68]

Really good interview guys. I really enjoyed this. Well done, thank you! X

[@Why-D]

Cute picture of Liam on wikipedia. "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" had to be dubbed in Germany and Czechoslovakia, as the German actors from the GDR only spoke German and the other only spoke Czech.

[@a12i9]

It's funny that my brain tells me "His English is really good!" because somehow it only knows him as a German with a bad English😂

[@threeofeight197]

I love the Pfand video where he accidentally takes a bottle to England and has to save it and bring it everywhere and gives it its own seat with a belt on the way back to Germany.

[@gunnarkaestle]

1:11:38 "you as a non-German" - Gosh, Liam just got awared a German passport, so he is also German now.

[@h.g.wellington2500]

Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung .. i learned that from Liam😂

[@kilsestoffel3690]

Growing up in the north, I still have my mom's voice in my ears .. When I asked her to drive me to school. I have to admit, it was more about lazyness then the fear of a bit of rain and/or wind.

[@SmartPhoneEvh-ip1si]

Ich auch 😀

[@ileana8360]

Looking forward to Liam's & Valerie's podcast. AND wishing him well for the TV version

[@utaemme7723]

Feli und Josh ihr seid zauberhaft!ihr habt meine lieblings youtuber Aramis und Liam eingeladen! Ursprünglich wollte ich 'nur' Englisch lernen... vielen lieben Dank für Euren Job❤❤❤❤❤

[@coolredpen]

As far as I understand Liam comes from Kent, the garden of England, with some of the best weather in the UK so his comparison with german weather is slightly skewed 😅 The weather is certainly nicer in Northern Germany than it is in Northern England in my experience

[@holger_p]

The gulf stream influence may make the difference, but there is no general definition of "nicer weather" anyway.

[@karinbirkenbihl2053]

We say: There is no bad weather, only bad clothes..😂

[@fairgreen42]

Nice! I enjoyed to "meet the man" behind the reels.

[@yvonnehorde1097]

Thanks for this interview. Liam now is really officially germanized by liking sparkling water and making it his favorite drink! (Smiles..)

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

smile? aren't you doing a slow, self-satisfied smirk?

[@voyance4elle]

Wow a Podcast with Liam and his wife. That definetly interests me!I will absolutely go and listen to it

[@christianelitz5162]

Dinner for one wurde im Studio B des NDR gedreht und 1973 zum 1.Mal an Silvester ausgestrahlt. Das könnte ein Grund sein.

[@valentinbusuioc4054]

even though I see him speaking English in his videos, it's still difficult for me to picture him as anything else than German. He is that good :)

[@chrisk5651]

Best holiday classic - Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol!!!!

[@zakkvanish3668]

I am still amazed by all the differences: In Ireland many shops are open on Sundays. Lidl and Aldi normally "only" until 9PM instead of 10PM during normal working days. But ventilation in Ireland and I think in the UK too is SO WEIRD. Most of the houses have large wholes in the wall only covered by a plastic vent that you can adjust. In every room. It is like it is assumed that people don't understand how windows work. The landlord of a friend actually came by one day, mentioned new building regulations and drilled wholes into the window frame for ventilation. The window can be fully opened and my friend does keep them open a lot.

[@karthikkamathp]

Yess! 🎉 Nice to see Harald Topfer😅

[@Winona493]

Wow! He lived in my hometown Hagen!!! I know that Hagen surprisingly is quite big in basketball, but never got touched to it. I am excited if he tells some stories about his time in Hagen, which - I am taking a guess now - was not the yellow from the egg!😂

[@michaelburggraf2822]

You've probably hit the nail on the head. He might find a hair in the soup. However no reason to let green hair grow on you.😊

[@Winona493]

​@@michaelburggraf2822Nobody can not find a hair in the soup when it comes to Hagen.😵‍💫 But my hair is still blonde. 😂Greetings 😘

[@PolarBear9733]

I would like to see a skit as follows: Es ist sticking- Fenster aufmachen- Lüften- es zieht, du bekommst eine Erkältung - mach zu! Every character comes through opening and closing the window, while Liam goes between suffocating and getting sick.

[@irminschembri8263]

Und Ratiopharm Ulm sind Deutscher Basketball Meister !! :)) Btw happy to watch my favourite vloggers/creators - all three of them ! And I am 73 years old and DO laugh about Liam's hilarious German "stereotypes" or Feli's/Josh's German-American banter ! 😊 (edited for more contents)

[@deku4059]

Uuuuuuulmer

[@irminschembri8263]

@@deku4059 :)

[@Winona493]

Old but gold, that is what fits for you!!! Even your English skills are awesome for your age. Don't get me wrong, but all the people from my parent's generation do not speak a reflection of English as you do nor I do. And when I tell sth about the shorts or anything else what comes from social media, they say: " Ach, geh mir wech mit datt"! 😂

[@irminschembri8263]

@@Winona493 Pst, ich verrate Dir ein Geheimnis: Ich war 40 Jahre lang Englischlehrein an einer Realschule in Ba-Wü und lebe je ein halbes Jahr in einem englischsprachigen Land bzw Deutschland. Trotzdem, danke für die Blumen und Dein Englisch ist auch nicht von schlechten Eltern so to say ! 😊💙👍

[@angelafranzin6792]

@@irminschembri8263 ❤❤👍👍

[@threeofeight197]

I love how Feli calls it soccer now. A true American. ;) 🇺🇸

[@EllisBalance]

Erfrischend unterhaltsam👍😄. Aufschlussreiche Gesellschaftsspiegel zünden global. Jeder erfährt: wer, wie, was bin ich... das macht neugierig und Lust auf mehr. Interessantes Konzept. Viel Erfolg weiterhin bei all euren Projekten! Top Unterhaltung! 💐🌟👏🍻😊

[@Diamantlos22]

”I was gonna ask you about the train system…“ ”How long have you got?“ Brilliant 😂

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

... mind they've avoided it completely !

[@Diamantlos22]

@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl they realized there was no way they would have enough time! Liam‘s German man character smirked somewhere.

[@Sampler19]

Liam should watch Ein Herz und eine Seele on New Year's Eve. That's a real comedy classic and as German as it gets! ;)

[@anni___enemenemuh_]

I really love the New year's eve Episode. I definitely prefer to watch it over dinner for one.

[@Sandhof17]

Jaa, Ekel Alfred 😂

[@karinbirkenbihl2053]

And Weihnachten bei den Hoppenstedts. Die Deutschen machen sich schon lange über sich selber lustig. Liam ist ein würdiger Erbe von Ekel Alfred und Loriot. Only for modern times...

[@chrisk5651]

I’m an American and I have never been to an NBA game. I have been to many MLB games - mostly the Mets and a couple of Yankee games. Also a few minor league baseball games. Plus one NFL game & one NHL (professional hockey) and one professional Lacrosse game.

[@aikidragonpiper71]

As an American from the southern USA we love our sweet ice tea.

[@cestmirberka6994]

Greetings from Czech republic. Liam is great.

[@davidbraun6209]

The place name is written "Bávaro," so the stress would be on the first syllable. Neither the English nor the Spanish Wikipedia articles explained the origin of the name. (There was no German Wikipedia article on Bávaro.)

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

We watch "Dinner For One" - or "90 års Fødselsdag" as we call it - New Year's Eve, because the year your kid also laughs the LAST time, he asks "Same precidure as last year?", is the year the kid is old enough to have Champagne at Midnight! All right, it's an explanation I invented, but I had to come up with something 🙄 when I married a Brit 🤣🤣

[@michaeldmcgee4499]

This dude is absolutely hilarious!

[@jayh3283]

I'm currently drinking the Guayaki Sparkling Cranberry Pomegranate Yerba Mate as I am watching this. I'm actually shock hearing someone else loving Yerba Mate. It's rare when I see other people drink it where I live in the US.

[@19lazyboy91]

We do actually watch dinner for one on new years eve here in Sweden.

[@canuzzi]

Some Germans go too all inclusive as well but more on Mallorca but also south America. But more go on indivdual trips to local hotels\hostals\camping. Backpacking is very popular with younger people but also older ones especially with european rail passes. A lot will do very individual tours (also organized ones, but which go more to local hotels). But also completely organized by themself or with a small local German tour office. They will rent a car at the destination - also camping vans are Very popular with older Germans - while younger ones love to cruise with old Bullies (VW bus). So especially for south america their are a lot of germans travelling individual or in groups which do not say in ressorts.

[@canuzzi]

Basketball got more popular in Germany with Dirk Nowitzki.

[@canuzzi]

And about dinner with one - why people don't get it? It's the same "The same procedure as every year" - looking this every year, makes fun about life in general but also especially self irony about our own life. Für den James gilt halb jedes Jahr: Da mußte jetzt durch!

[@mendrinoz]

Wow. Finally I See him in private. Damn. Thanks so much

[@rsclub2242]

Der Aussetzter war mal wieder ein bestes Beispiel für deutsches Internet: fast genau so lahm wie die Bahn.

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

😂

[@RecklawTheAmazing]

Funny that yall are winding down the podcast rn because I'm moving to Munich next week. Ig this is your way of making me leave the nest to experience it on my own lol

[@nondetection8882]

Just a month after this interview, Germany wins the basketball world cup, beating US (ok not A team but still NBA stars) in semi finals :). German League is OK probably behind Spain, Turkey, France and Italy but they have teams in Euroleague. So quite high level compared to UK :).

[@nancymiller9327]

This was a terrific interview with Liam! I am an American with an adult daughter living in Germany (with German husband and German-American child) and all this content about German, American, British culture is of great interest. Based on what Liam said in the interview, it sounds like he has taken to Germany like a duck to water. His videos are quite clever with a lot of attention to every detail. 👋👋👋👋👋

[@karinbirkenbihl2053]

First, I'm a big fan of all three of you! I'm following Feli for years now and just recently discovered you tube shorts, and never was on tictoc, so Liam is quite new to me. But I watch every video of him that pops up You're talking bout the mate hipe in Berlin, I was forced to drink Matetea in the 70ie, where nobody else knew that stuff. We always had it for our cold bread and Sausage-slice dinner. My friends always laughed at me and said I was drinking Tomaten-Tee, because no one knew it. I have no idea, why my dad bought it and where he got in contact with it, as he never went on a trip outside our southern-Germany region. And by the way, I think mate was disgusting! I never tried again!

[@G.Harley.Davidson]

That one skit when the old man spit out the kanakwurst, the comments said Liam was gonna get kicked out of Germany for that skit! Hahhahahaa

[@Sampler19]

Sad the podcast's ending. Does Josh have a channel?

[@saskia4219]

33:44 Where do I find that podcast?

[@scheiterlaukel]

Until this podcast, I acutally thought, Liam would be German 😂

[@lolafranco9739]

in NY (both Manhattan and suburbs) we have endless amount of teas. green, black, herbals. so surprised to hear you say there isn't any. it is expensive, but we have a ton of it here. but not much matcha unless you're in the latin aisle.

[@NormanTheDormantDoormat]

The herbal and fruit tea thing is huge and pretty cheap. But most importantly is available everywhere in every super market in every city in every state. Different regions also have well-known regional ways to prepare their tea. In every kindergarden, school, hospital, restaurant you can get your meals served with different teas. Not sure if it's really the same everywhere in the us.

[@NormanTheDormantDoormat]

Sadly it is difficult finding statistics about tea consumption that include what in Germany is called "Tee", but doesn't contain the actual tea plant (fruit and herbal teas). A german article put the overall total "Tee" consumption of black, green, herbal and fruit tea at 71 liters per person and year (169 liters of coffee for comparison). But the region of "Ostfriesland" in the north consumes about 300 liters per person and year.

[@HalfEye79]

About the organizing: In certain hobbies, I have a long list of what I'm going to do. So, that others say, I'm a bit crazy. But I still have a bit randomness planned in, so it wouldn't get frustrating.

[@IronIck45]

Funny to see, that Deutschland now September 23 win over usa and made then World Champion. Liam nice contant!

[@RobJP94]

I am a Brit living in France, I would recommend checking out Paul Taylor. He is a Brit living in France and he made a TV show called "What The Fuck France?". I am not suggesting you copy that, but it could be useful to you Liam!

[@bkbuxtewilli6368]

Just for your information: Germany is the current World Champion in Basketball!!!

[@chrisk5651]

I always had thought that English is a very hard language to learn as there are more exception than rules. But while the pronunciation & spelling are crazy so it's hard but it turns out that the grammar is fairly easy much easier than German which has crazier hard grammar.

[@verenap.4680]

"Drei Nüsse für Aschenbrödel" wurde teilweise in Ostdeutschland gedreht. Das Schloss ist "Schloss Moritzburg".

[@GalGavish]

Feli, you really need to come to CA for your beverages ;-) The mate beverages, the tea, the coffee...

[@projectdarkpearl]

Liam is the best ever😎😎😉😉🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪😁😁👏

[@lhpl]

Sorry for just finding this now, very late. Maybe this comment will get lost, and I haven't checked if it's been said but: Perhaps the reason tea is so expensive in the USA is because they tend to dump it in the harbor?

[@ralfbauerfeind8236]

What should I say? This is the first time ever finding this... Looks like I need my coming holiday in full to get in sync... 🤒

[@maribeljarpa9304]

In Southamerica, Liamcarps' videos are very famous even at least by the community who likes learning languages like German. 😂

[@Max-hw7xl]

easiest ways to learn a language is with friends. they wont judge. i learned Dutch via my friends, and now get it fine tuned via my GF when it comes to shaving, in my experience, my GF now shaves less than she was single. i dont shave but were happy smashing our things together. if were watching a movie and i run my hand up her leg, and there is stubble, for me is means she shaved recently. if she had super hairy legs, armpits etc id ask her to shave cause thats a turnoff for me personally. she asks me to have a certain beard, and thats never been an issue, infact i get her to do my beard

[@Sampler19]

58:00 oh no, now i desperately crave for guayaki yerba mate, but can't get any in germany. Mate mate Club and Bionade mate pur are pretty good though, too. As is bad Heilbronner mate as a regular Team.

[@G.Harley.Davidson]

Hey did Josh say Liam was on n Easy German podcast or video? I can’t find it …

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

Yes he was on their audio podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/1YoKB0rSypYCwSpoPeYu19?si=219633c49de54c86

[@G.Harley.Davidson]

Thanks!

[@saskia4219]

I'm happy I found this comment, I also didn't find it. So thanks for the link!

[@menju32]

1:00:00 A german girl tells tells this Engländer that crossing the street by waiting for the green light is the safest way to cross the street. Wunderbar! - But it would have been more worthwhile with popcorn.

[@IIIOOOUS]

Im Schäbischen we don´t say: "Don´t you think it is a bit much for one day to climb 3000 Meters ?" We say "Zugspitz isch au nit viel mehr as Schwäbische Alp. Des isch ja koi Himalaya ." In Swabian we don´t say:"Don´t you think it is a bit much for one day to climb 3000 meters ?" We say "Zugspitze (highest mountain of Germany)isn't much more than the Swabian Alp (Mountain range where Liam lives now with under 1000 meters). It ain´t no Himalayas."

[@DraigCymraeg]

I could have donw with that Muellseparting toy when I went back to Germany 3 Weeks ago lol , rhe amoumt of times i got shouted at by my stepmum , when i didnt seperated the rubbish in the right bins 😂 .

[@Lov17213]

Don’t stop doing these livestreams together. Maybe do them less if you don’t have time, but I hope you don’t stop them altogether.

[@reggiecordial]

Sadly and unfortunately, they decided to stop altogether. Too bad

[@dagmaranja888]

49:00 Come on, Feli! Yes, you can get by in Germany without being able to speak German, but that's not desirable! You are fluent in English as a German, aren't you glad that you can do it? People who live in Germany should make the effort to learn German! Otherwise relationships are not on "Augenhöhe" on equal grounds, are they? Do many Germans nowadays think they don't deserve that others learn their language? Looks like they sadly often have that identity problem. Totally wrong! I regard learning another language as a huge gain in life, a huge chance to widen the horizon! It also trains different areas in the brain that make it easier learn in general! I'm mostly German and my husband is English. When he came to Germany he couldn't speak any German. I remember that "ich habe mir den Mund fusselig geredet" I started to say every useful thing in daily life in German and then in English! Like a parrot! I remember explaining everything, like when you say what, till the cows come home! My husband wanted to learn and had that attitude! The company supplied some German classes and he attended courses to learn German. Anyway, in relatively short time he was fluent in German! Now it takes Germans often a couple of minutes to realize that he is not German! He came over in a group of 30 English people, sadly there are still a couple of them who just get by in German (because many Germans take the effort to speak in English, you know what it's like!) The ones who have a German wife and still speak rotten German, I can only shake my head! On both of them! Unbelievable! I hope I wasn't just ranting. In general I like yours and Liam's videos!

[@Winona493]

Measured at KZbin standards I am an ooold German (53), but I understand Liam's humour a 100%!!! Just saying.

[@christiank8189]

World Market has Club Mate, at least here in Southern California. But Guayaki is definitely my second choice.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

I had an Anglicized German friend who is fortunately longer alive, the reason for her death was cancer.

[@Matthews_Resume]

Wo spricht Ihr ofter Deutsch?

[@MarcWeller]

Can't wait for the podcast, @liamcarps

[@arnodobler1096]

He and his father 😂😂

[@G.Harley.Davidson]

“ Fancy a cupper? “

[@G.Harley.Davidson]

The not shaving me not taking a shower is stereotypical of what we grow up learning about the FRENCH, here in America. No idea how Germany got caught in that stereotype. That’s crazy…

[@forgottenarchitecturalhistory]

If you return to the Dom. Rep., you may want to see Sosúa. It's a beach town where many Jews from Germany, Austria, and other European countries came as refugees in the 1930s/40s. Although most of these people moved on after the Second World War, there's still a German/Jewish legacy there and many German speaking tourists visit.

[@holger_p]

Actually, if you have no relatives to visit, seeing other Germans somewhere else on the globe, is the last intention people have when travelling, it's more like avoiding them at any price. And there are hardly any Jews with relatives in Germany, as you may know.

[@krispresley]

Amazon Germany, a lot of them don´t speak German, let alone English, Sometime It helps to know Russian. "Пакет возвращается"

[@Kloetenhenne]

We actually talked about the Mülltrennung in elementary school. We did it similarly to that Lernwerkstatt, we didn't have those cute bins, though, we had to put stuff in bowls 😂😂 I also don't get the question whether somebody asked about nazis in Germany before he came here.. he is from the UK! Not from the US where nobody knows anything about anything happening outside of their own country.

[@Sampler19]

0:59 wait, what? It not being carbonated was the best thing about guayaki. I can understand very good, though, that you need a substitute for german carbonated mate.

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

Nah it tasted weird 😅 But they still sell the non carbonated version too. -Feli

[@Sampler19]

@@UnderstandingTrainStation A tipp for people who also miss uncarbonated Guayaki: Puerto Mate Bio Mate Zitronengras tastes similar. It's a bit less sweet, though, like lots of German drinks are.

[@holger_p]

Concerning the "Dinner for One". Americans have an obsession with "Sound of music" or "It's a wonderful life (1946)" on Christmas. It's the same kind of tradition. Both movies are rather unknown in Germany.

[@Belgarion2601]

1:03 Feli has adopted a mistake in English that lots of Americans make, saying "lay" (legen) instead of "lie" (liegen)

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

I mean when you speak a language the way the locals speak it, you naturally adapt many "mistakes". :) Just like I often say "anyways" instead of "anyway" or how I sometimes say "there is.." when it really should be "there are..." or how many Germans use the dative case instead of the genetive. These things are also kind of part of learning a language. - Feli

[@Belgarion2601]

@@UnderstandingTrainStation certainly, I'm not trying to criticize the way you speak English, we all know you're doing really well. I think everyone has their "language pet peeves" and this is one of mine 😉

[@Belgarion2601]

At one point you also said "me either" instead of "me neither", which is also very common in the US. This one doesn't bother me, but I think "neither" is easier to say and to understand.

[@UnderstandingTrainStation]

@@Belgarion2601 Yup same thing. I always said "me neither" before I moved here and then noticed how nobody else says that so I eventually adapted the way I speak too. - Feli

[@zak3744]

"Me either" is definitely an Americanism, it trips me up to hear it as an Englishman. But any archaic differentiation between "lay" and "lie", in so far as it once existed, I would say is pretty obsolete on both sides of the pond. I'd be interested to know where you are from and if it *really* seems ungrammatical to you? Have you ever heard Bob Dylan singing: "Lay, lady, lay. Lay across my big brass bed" and it's caused you to mentally stumble and have to reparse the sentence (presumably thinking it ought to be "Lie, lady, lie. Lie across my big brass bed."). Or is it only if you consciously thought about it and wondered what the rule told you it was 'supposed' to be that you'd decide it was a 'mistake'. I'd warrant that the lyric, or other phrases like it, would not even register to the vast majority of people in terms of a potential grammatical issue. (I even wonder in that specific case if more people would actually find "lie, lady, lie" unnatural given the potential confusion with the other verb "lie", i.e. telling falsehoods)