5 Habits I Picked Up In Germany

here's 5 little behavior differences I've noticed about myself since being back in the States

Music:

Andrew Applepie - The Betrayal

[joli]

"Eating all the food of my Plate...for good weather" typical german 😅

[Phipston]

asking a barista or worker at a bakery when their shift's over is considered downright flirting in germany. you would never do this (:D) just for smalltalk. you would either appear flirting or/and a nosey creep.

[peteraugust]

I especially like your point about beeing more comunicative with random people in daily life, because this is so not german. Even if your a native speaker, no obe has real conversation with people they dont know. For example yesterday when I was at a food truck the people in line after me were like "Two saugages an fries".The owner of the truck prepared the food and said "4, 50€".

Thats literally the regular conversation german will have in this situation.

[tanithrosenbaum]

Honestly, we don't do the small talk with store workers or waiters in Germany at all, so you really didn't miss out there.

[karimbockemuehl]

recycling rates per country: #1: Reddit: 98% #2: Germany 66%

[thomasreimer]

You're totally right about the "this" issue. I think it depends on the fact that here in Germany we learn (mainly) the British english at school, at least we've been told so ;) .
What I get is that nowadays it's much more mixed up which is caused either by the internet especially social media which did make the world a lot smaller than it was back in my school days and the fact that it is more common to watch US movies in English. Today even many teachers can't divide between the British or the American English. Same language but still a bit different.

[jul_mule]

Hey Nick, I just discovered your vlog some time ago and had to watch all your videos chronologically – being the orderly German that I am. Good to finally watch them when they are actually uploaded… ;)
I really like your “outside look” on Germany (not really outside anymore) and Schwäbisch Hall where we share the same favourite café. And thanks for the touristy look at your home.
Keep it up, you're doing such a great job!

[herrenschnitzel]

Thanks so much. The subtle change in language use. That was priceless authentic information for me.

[m.d.]

Thanks Nick, I never made my mind about the formal difference of this/that. Interesting! 🤔 Trying to track myself on that/this.

[MarTinDDfx]

Really liked the language parts. Being chatty / enjoying to talk your native tongue again. And the changes in patterns. I stayed in the US for a year. It was "Ich nehme eine Dusche / I take a shower" for a while rather than "Ich gehe duschen..." ;-)

[mcgaffin]

You dont do smalltalk in germany, especially with coffe baristas and so on, you just don't need proper german to buy something. Pointing is enough social contact.

[MickeyKnox]

I can't wait for the moment you're admitting that you're waiting for a green to cross the street as a pedestrian - can't get any more german than this :D

[me]

I enjoyed THIS video immensely. My fiancée is a native English speaker and we're both mixing up grammar patterns all the time to the point where she complained that people at the airport didn't believe she wasn't German, because the way she said things. And I'm often using those German-ish speech patterns you talked about. So it was fun to hear you talk about it.

[KafkasKarma]

It interesting to wach the facination in your mimics at the point where you speak about the changes in your own language. It's perceptible how much you enjoy it. :)

[lenavogelsang]

I am german and I actually got hired for the slightly different way I use the english language. Some american saw my writing, not knowing that I wasn't a native speaker, and she liked the style a lot without being able to pinpoint why...

[Ishana_Intuitive]

Very nice. I think it's important to be aware of waste and how much we really need and not need. So it makes me kind of proud that you could adapt this awareness into your life. I think we owe it to our Mother Earth to take care of her. :).

[maimizuki]

you forgot that we can drive 100km/h(62mph) on most roads outside of towns.
but that explains why you have so many cops controlling traffic

[Headbengr]

Thank you Nick for sharing your perspektive! Greetings from germany <3 :-)

[krisskuli]

I think the reason why Germans say things in a different way is that we have certain structures how we build (German) sentences. And I often notice that I use the exact same structure automatically when I speak English... Which may sound weird to native English speaker. I think it's very hard to get rid of that.

[wisemanspoke]

I’m so glad to see an open minded American to differences and acknowledging THIS:-)