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I lived in Germany on two occasions and regularly consume German media. English words are all over the German vernacular, to the point that it's really, really

I lived in Germany on two occasions and regularly consume German media. English words are all over the German vernacular, to the point that it's really, really annoying.

guitarbill 2y ago
It's pretty crazy how quickly it happened/happens. The Deppenapostroph is maybe less problematic; I see it more as a simplification just like the dative replacing the genitive. But Denglish really just makes everything harder to understand; even if you are fluent in both English and German the "switching" is tiresome. Still, maybe we should get rid of "handy" and "beamer" first... Ironically, even British English has the issue of Americanisms sneaking in, see e.g. the IT Crowd episode: "How hard is it to remember 911?" "You mean 999? That's the American one".
pjmlp 2y ago
As someone living here for the last 20 years, and also nowadays understands a bit of dialects and related slag, it is kind of curious the amount of Denglish words among the youth. For example, "Hast Du das geprüft?" quickly turns into "Hast du das gecheckt?".
- guitarbill 2y ago
  Huh, "Hast du das gechecked?" used to mean "Hast du das kapiert?", with a quite negative connotation.
  - pjmlp 2y ago
    Depends on the context, at least based on my experience from 1live and Cosmo interviews, and some TV series.
- zolbrek 2y ago
  I usually find it amusing. „Was meinst, kriegen wir das hin?“ „Safe Digga, das ist so was von easy.“ And they think they're so cool talking like that. The part that irritates me though is when I try to pronounce Denglish stuff with a German accent and the Germans end up not understanding me. I made a joke about strippers once and got only blank looks, then one guy said, "oh, you mean strippers," pronouncing it the way you'd say it in English as best as he could. I had pronounced it schtrippas.
  - em-bee 2y ago
    Was meinst, kriegen wir das hin? what's wrong with this sentence? or is it just context for the example?
    - zolbrek 2y ago
      Yeah just context.
oldpersonintx 2y ago
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hilux 2y ago
Similar in India. E.g. you cannot find a news report in Hindi that doesn't contain at least a smattering of English words.

I lived in Germany on two occasions and regularly consume German media. English words are all over the German vernacular, to the point that it's really, really annoying.

guitarbill 2y ago

It's pretty crazy how quickly it happened/happens. The Deppenapostroph is maybe less problematic; I see it more as a simplification just like the dative replacing the genitive. But Denglish really just makes everything harder to understand; even if you are fluent in both English and German the "switching" is tiresome. Still, maybe we should get rid of "handy" and "beamer" first... Ironically, even British English has the issue of Americanisms sneaking in, see e.g. the IT Crowd episode: "How hard is it to remember 911?" "You mean 999? That's the American one".

pjmlp 2y ago

As someone living here for the last 20 years, and also nowadays understands a bit of dialects and related slag, it is kind of curious the amount of Denglish words among the youth. For example, "Hast Du das geprüft?" quickly turns into "Hast du das gecheckt?".

guitarbill 2y ago
Huh, "Hast du das gechecked?" used to mean "Hast du das kapiert?", with a quite negative connotation.
- pjmlp 2y ago
  Depends on the context, at least based on my experience from 1live and Cosmo interviews, and some TV series.
zolbrek 2y ago
I usually find it amusing. „Was meinst, kriegen wir das hin?“ „Safe Digga, das ist so was von easy.“ And they think they're so cool talking like that. The part that irritates me though is when I try to pronounce Denglish stuff with a German accent and the Germans end up not understanding me. I made a joke about strippers once and got only blank looks, then one guy said, "oh, you mean strippers," pronouncing it the way you'd say it in English as best as he could. I had pronounced it schtrippas.
- em-bee 2y ago
  Was meinst, kriegen wir das hin? what's wrong with this sentence? or is it just context for the example?
  - zolbrek 2y ago
    Yeah just context.

oldpersonintx 2y ago

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hilux 2y ago

Similar in India. E.g. you cannot find a news report in Hindi that doesn't contain at least a smattering of English words.