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Nah, them beating In-gur-land in the last game at the old Wembley was sweet enough.
Incidentally, Germany tops BBC country image poll.
Incidentally, Germany tops BBC country image poll.
Stereotypes about Germans/Germany
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About: Germans don`t have a sense of humour.
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I'll just leave this here..
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About German being a "complicated" language with funny words. At least when it comes to engineering...
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I think I should post a similar thread about Russia/Russians. 
Well, main Russian stereotypes about Germany/Germans are:
1. "We've signed on their Reichstag". Nazis, World War II - sad but true, this is the first thing that comes to our mind when we think of Germany. The cult of WWII victory is very strong in our country, and we've been told about this since our early childhood. Of course, we know that it was a long time ago and today's Germans take no responsibility for those events (although some stupid ones may have fun saying something like "Hitler kaputt!" at Germans), but the memory remains - WWII is something that must be remembered, but it doesn't mean used to offend anyone - this is our history and nothing we can do with it.
2. Cars. Many of us adore German cars (especially BMW and Mercedes-Benz) and believe that Germans don't need any import cars. In Russian car jokes, Lada is usually compared to German cars:
Volkswagen - das Auto
Lada - was ist das?!
The new Lada concept car has caused serious damage to the German car industry - the BMW director has died of laughter when he saw it.
BMW - sheer driving pleasure.
Lada - good to have it started!
- Why do you Russians refuse to drive your homeland's cars? Germans drive their domestic cars and feel happy!
And so on.
BTW:
Also, used German cars are very popular in the western regions of RF (in the eastern regions, Japanese RHD cars are more common), because even if they're aged 10-15 or more (particulary BMW E36, MB W202, etc.), they're still more reliable, comfortable (and better at all) and, in many cases, even cheaper than brand-new Ladas.
- Hey Germans, please be careful with your cars, we Russians will be driving them later!
- I think Lada should make used German cars to become successful.
3. Punctuality, preciseness, pedantry - the German national traits, as we think. That's the way they make their cars and other goods.
4. Beer, schnapps, Oktoberfest, etc - although Germans are pedantic people, they like to drink pretty much at leisure, and only Russians are more likely to boose.
Also, German beer, the world's best beer - "if you taste some real beer in Germany, you will know that Russia has no beer".
5. Porn! When we say "German movie", we think about a porn movie first.
After watching a porn movie from an old VHS cassette, plumber Ivanov decided to move to Germany.
Well, main Russian stereotypes about Germany/Germans are:
1. "We've signed on their Reichstag". Nazis, World War II - sad but true, this is the first thing that comes to our mind when we think of Germany. The cult of WWII victory is very strong in our country, and we've been told about this since our early childhood. Of course, we know that it was a long time ago and today's Germans take no responsibility for those events (although some stupid ones may have fun saying something like "Hitler kaputt!" at Germans), but the memory remains - WWII is something that must be remembered, but it doesn't mean used to offend anyone - this is our history and nothing we can do with it.
2. Cars. Many of us adore German cars (especially BMW and Mercedes-Benz) and believe that Germans don't need any import cars. In Russian car jokes, Lada is usually compared to German cars:
Volkswagen - das Auto
Lada - was ist das?!
The new Lada concept car has caused serious damage to the German car industry - the BMW director has died of laughter when he saw it.
BMW - sheer driving pleasure.
Lada - good to have it started!
- Why do you Russians refuse to drive your homeland's cars? Germans drive their domestic cars and feel happy!
And so on.
BTW:
Also, used German cars are very popular in the western regions of RF (in the eastern regions, Japanese RHD cars are more common), because even if they're aged 10-15 or more (particulary BMW E36, MB W202, etc.), they're still more reliable, comfortable (and better at all) and, in many cases, even cheaper than brand-new Ladas.
- Hey Germans, please be careful with your cars, we Russians will be driving them later!
- I think Lada should make used German cars to become successful.
3. Punctuality, preciseness, pedantry - the German national traits, as we think. That's the way they make their cars and other goods.
4. Beer, schnapps, Oktoberfest, etc - although Germans are pedantic people, they like to drink pretty much at leisure, and only Russians are more likely to boose.
Also, German beer, the world's best beer - "if you taste some real beer in Germany, you will know that Russia has no beer".
5. Porn! When we say "German movie", we think about a porn movie first.
After watching a porn movie from an old VHS cassette, plumber Ivanov decided to move to Germany.
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Sausage. Lots of it!
Takes Christmas very seriously.
Takes Christmas very seriously.
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The only stereotype that I know of is that Germans take discipline very seriously and they always do a good job.
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Towels on sun loungers
Bad fashion sense
Poor sense of humor
Good at penalties
"Don't mention the war!"
Bad fashion sense
Poor sense of humor
Good at penalties
"Don't mention the war!"
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So apparently Germany is infatuated with the American Wild West? Cowboys and Indians and whatnot. I learned this during a "glocalization" project for geography class when I found that Pizza Hut didn't adapt to Germany in the most obvious way - instead, they played on Germany's strange lust for Texas by offering even more American-themed pizzas than we get in the States. Very interesting.
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How I think Germany is (I've been there multiple times):
- Proper roads, highways and everything else
- Driver's country
- Generally nice people
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- Dirty cities, clean countryside
- lots of Arab dudes
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