Why is America not speaking German?

Skybird · 10-30-13, 06:19 AM

http://www.welt.de/geschichte/articl...-sprechen.html

Klick the map, the "+". The map is from the US census bureau 2000. The colour code indentifies the single biggest ethnic groups in the various regions.

I knew that people of German descent form a big group of the American population. However, I did not know that there are SO MANY, forming the biggest ethnic group in the US - more than Anglosaxons (around half as many only).

No wonder that our populatation in Germany is shrinking.

We want back our people!

The census data of 2000 showed 49.2 million people said to be of German descent, Africans: 41 million, Irish: 35.5 million, Mexicans: 32 million, English: 27 million.

The article also says that in the Civil War, almost one quarter of the North's army was German, 516 thousand men - of which 210 thousand even had been born in Germany. And 1794, the House of Representatives voted only with a slight majority against the proposal to have all legal texts and official declarations published and announced not just in English, but German as well.

Okay, from next week on I introduz German language courses in zis forum, inclusive ze confusing grammar and korrekt zackiges pronounciation and all zat. Time to free ze world from zis terrible spitting sound zat is ze "th" ! It's "z", is zat so difficult to see? Whenever I talk to somebody using the "th", I feel like needing to clean my glasses.

U505995 · 10-30-13, 07:24 AM

I think the more important question is. Why is Germany not learning to speak Chinese?

Red October1984 · 10-30-13, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Okay, from next week on I introduz German language courses in zis forum, inclusive ze confusing grammar and korrekt zackiges pronounciation and all zat. Time to free ze world from zis terrible spitting sound zat is ze "th" ! It's "z", is zat so difficult to see? Whenever I talk to somebody using the "th", I feel like needing to clean my glasses.

SOMEBODY WILL FINALLY TEACH ME!!!

WOOHOO!!

Oberon · 10-30-13, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon U-48

I think the more important question is. Why is Germany not learning to speak Chinese?

Turkish, surely?

Betonov · 10-30-13, 07:43 AM

Oh hell no. I failed a year in highschool because of german.
I'm not going trough that again.

AVGWarhawk · 10-30-13, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon U-48

I think the more important question is. Why is Germany not learning to speak Chinese?

Because the US will before long!

Dread Knot · 10-30-13, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The article also says that in the Civil War, almost one quarter of the North's army was German, 516 thousand men - of which 210 thousand even had been born in Germany.

Probably felt quite at home fighting on battlefields with names that ended in 'burg.

There was a General Adolph von Steinwehr from Brunswick at Gettysburg, whose brigade got badly beaten up. But then almost everybody got badly beaten up at Gettysburg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_von_Steinwehr

Betonov · 10-30-13, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Because the US will before long!

We're lucky. We're learning Russian

Ducimus · 10-30-13, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon U-48

I think the more important question is. Why is Germany not learning to speak Chinese?

What if your half German and half Chinese?

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Because the US will before long!

We'll have to learn how to speak Spanish before that.

10-30-13, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

Oh hell no. I failed a year in highschool because of german.
I'm not going trough that again.

*clears throat*

Let me correct thee!
You failed a year in high school because you were too lazy and did not work hard enough to learn this magnificent Language!

Skybird · 10-30-13, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Turkish, surely?

There are some Greens with a walking intellectual vacuum named Ströbele as their spokesman who want the German national anthem being sung in German and Turkish. No joke.

Betonov · 10-30-13, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

*clears throat*

Let me correct thee!
You failed a year in high school because you were too lazy and did not work hard enough to learn this magnificent Language!

Mein Deutsch ist ganz ausreichend

Aber mein Lehrerin were eine [nicht für Kinder]

Schroeder · 10-30-13, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

Mein Deutsch ist ganz ausreichend

Aber mein Lehrerin were eine [nicht für Kinder]

War eine, nicht were eine.

So back to class you go!

Skybird · 10-30-13, 12:15 PM

Or he meant a Werlehrerin.

It seems his schoolyears were quite traumatizing an experience for him.

Oberon · 10-30-13, 12:41 PM

Don't make me pull out my pidgin German now, Schroeder has only just got back from therapy.

10-30-13, 06:19 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,618 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Why is America not speaking German? http://www.welt.de/geschichte/articl...-sprechen.html Klick the map, the "+". The map is from the US census bureau 2000. The colour code indentifies the single biggest ethnic groups in the various regions. I knew that people of German descent form a big group of the American population. However, I did not know that there are SO MANY, forming the biggest ethnic group in the US - more than Anglosaxons (around half as many only). No wonder that our populatation in Germany is shrinking. We want back our people! The census data of 2000 showed 49.2 million people said to be of German descent, Africans: 41 million, Irish: 35.5 million, Mexicans: 32 million, English: 27 million. The article also says that in the Civil War, almost one quarter of the North's army was German, 516 thousand men - of which 210 thousand even had been born in Germany. And 1794, the House of Representatives voted only with a slight majority against the proposal to have all legal texts and official declarations published and announced not just in English, but German as well. Okay, from next week on I introduz German language courses in zis forum, inclusive ze confusing grammar and korrekt zackiges pronounciation and all zat. Time to free ze world from zis terrible spitting sound zat is ze "th" ! It's "z", is zat so difficult to see? Whenever I talk to somebody using the "th", I feel like needing to clean my glasses. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,618 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Or he meant a Werlehrerin. It seems his schoolyears were quite traumatizing an experience for him. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Oh hell no. I failed a year in highschool because of german. I'm not going trough that again.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Don't make me pull out my pidgin German now, Schroeder has only just got back from therapy.