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@Danzel
So you say being disciplined is a good thing ?
Germans for sure stop at every traffic light, but regardless I get taught here every day just how German I am in the sense of being unpatient.
In Germany a day has 25h. Biking is great you are right. but if you get seen cycling the bike path (1-2m wide in HH) in the wrong direction, you would get screamed at.
I like German language a lot. English is very prompt and just designed for sounding cool, but the German logic with word compounds is just hilarious if you think about it. example ?
a hammock literally translated from German is a "Hang-Mat"
nostrils is "Nose-Holes", Kettle is "Water-Cooker", I could go on..
For the same reason English has abut 1/3 more of vocabulary in everyday usage.
Even though it is very very structured and accurat the Grammar is among the worst.
I think we just had to make up for the English verbs + preposition:
get on, get off, get in, get away.....try?
Denglish is great though. I taught my collegues a few words, and they love it: "This is totally kaputt"
I naturally think Hamburg is the best city in Germany. Most tourist seem to miss it because it never had a huge Army Base...LOL
No German would ever go and visit Heidelberg for example.....Berlin rockz also