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> “For our fairytale castles, a fairytale comes true,” says Markus Soeder, a German politician representing Bavaria, in a statement shared with Reuters. Ah yes

> “For our fairytale castles, a fairytale comes true,” says Markus Soeder, a German politician representing Bavaria, in a statement shared with Reuters. Ah yes, a German politician representing Bavaria. Just like Gavin Nüsom is an American politician representing Kalifornien.

bee_rider 1y ago
Want to elaborate? That would be a totally fine way of describing Gavin Newsom other than the weird spelling.
- zdragnar 1y ago
  Governors perform an executive function, and it's odd to describe "politician role" rather than just naming the role itself; governor for California, Minister or Minister-President for Bavaria. "Representing" to an American ear sounds more like a legislative role, and from what I can find of Bavaria, that is also wrong, with Minister-President being an executive and head of state figure.
  - ascorbic 1y ago
    I think they were for some reason complaining about Reuters not saying that he's Markus Söder, of Bayern.
  - Izikiel43 1y ago
    > "Representing" to an American ear sounds more like a legislative role That's weird though, executive charges are elected representatives as well for the whole jurisdiction. Legislative charges are representatives of specific sub jurisdictions (counties at state level, states at the federal level)
  - thyristan 1y ago
    "Representing" is right, as head of the Bavarian state (not just the executive) he also represents Bavaria in the Bundesrat, which is the second chamber of the German parliament, and to the federal government and the other states ("Länder").
  - bee_rider 1y ago
    FWIW I am an American but I didn’t assume it was a member of a legislative body. The guy is giving a quote so it seems clear that he’s “representing” the region just in some general sense as a public official.
- _9ptr 1y ago
  Markus Söder is from Franconia and not from Bavaria in the narrower sense. The comment still doesn't really make much sense. Also, why did he omit the Umlaut from Söder if he used it for Nüsom?
  - jcranmer 1y ago
    I think the point is to criticize the press for using the English rendering on the names by referring to an American politician using a German rendering of the name.
    - smcin 1y ago
      This has all been too meta for my tiny brain.
- onetimeusename 1y ago
  Maybe it's that German humor I hear about
  - _9ptr 1y ago
    It's no laughing matter

bee_rider 1y ago

Want to elaborate? That would be a totally fine way of describing Gavin Newsom other than the weird spelling.

zdragnar 1y ago
Governors perform an executive function, and it's odd to describe "politician role" rather than just naming the role itself; governor for California, Minister or Minister-President for Bavaria. "Representing" to an American ear sounds more like a legislative role, and from what I can find of Bavaria, that is also wrong, with Minister-President being an executive and head of state figure.
- ascorbic 1y ago
  I think they were for some reason complaining about Reuters not saying that he's Markus Söder, of Bayern.
- Izikiel43 1y ago
  > "Representing" to an American ear sounds more like a legislative role That's weird though, executive charges are elected representatives as well for the whole jurisdiction. Legislative charges are representatives of specific sub jurisdictions (counties at state level, states at the federal level)
- thyristan 1y ago
  "Representing" is right, as head of the Bavarian state (not just the executive) he also represents Bavaria in the Bundesrat, which is the second chamber of the German parliament, and to the federal government and the other states ("Länder").
- bee_rider 1y ago
  FWIW I am an American but I didn’t assume it was a member of a legislative body. The guy is giving a quote so it seems clear that he’s “representing” the region just in some general sense as a public official.
_9ptr 1y ago
Markus Söder is from Franconia and not from Bavaria in the narrower sense. The comment still doesn't really make much sense. Also, why did he omit the Umlaut from Söder if he used it for Nüsom?
- jcranmer 1y ago
  I think the point is to criticize the press for using the English rendering on the names by referring to an American politician using a German rendering of the name.
  - smcin 1y ago
    This has all been too meta for my tiny brain.
onetimeusename 1y ago
Maybe it's that German humor I hear about
- _9ptr 1y ago
  It's no laughing matter