voight [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoMy buddy has been learning German and is now despairing over the realization he has to talk to actual German language speakers. Should have started with Spanish IMHOmessage-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareMy buddy has been learning German and is now despairing over the realization he has to talk to actual German language speakers. Should have started with Spanish IMHOvoight [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareGinAndJuche@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoThe real question is if it’s to avoid hearing how bad our German is because they think it’s worth preserving or because they too hate the language.
minus-squareKimJongGoku [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-210 months agoWe all absolutely hate the language too. The region I’m from has the cringey official slogan “Wir können alles, außer Hochdeutsch.” (“We can do everything, except speak Standard German.”)
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoI don’t think that’s hating the german language, just the snooty prussian version of it, compared to our salt of the earth mountain german
The real question is if it’s to avoid hearing how bad our German is because they think it’s worth preserving or because they too hate the language.
We all absolutely hate the language too. The region I’m from has the cringey official slogan “Wir können alles, außer Hochdeutsch.” (“We can do everything, except speak Standard German.”)
I don’t think that’s hating the german language, just the snooty prussian version of it, compared to our salt of the earth mountain german