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Germans are rude and oberlehrerhaft
(Oberlehrer = Chief Teacher (Upper teacher? – I have a problem with correct translation), „oberlehrerhaft“ means somthing close to „knowing everything better then others“) Where does this prejudice come from? At least we even had it as a comment according this blog. So some deep truth in it? Germany has had a long tradition of…
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German men like uniforms to travel the world
Due the last century, especially german men are well known for travelling in uniform. People from Abroad now think, that germans have a special relation to uniforms. Not all ist true about this. Sure, sometimes it is very useful to have common dresses – like we can show on the picture. So: How does a…
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Today we got the following email: “I loved what you had to say too about German girls.:-) I visited Munich back in 2000 and was flabergasted at the sight of soo many beautiful women!!!:-) The worlds most beautiful women hands down are GERMAN WOMEN!!!!” We asked ourselves, why he didn’t post it as comment? Maybe…
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Darwin or Holy Bible
Some people in the world are discussing hard about the topic “Is manhood made by god or is it result of evolution”. In a small city in south of germany we have found the last proove for the evolution. Darwin was right! You cannot call Bavaria a place of evil. I’d guess nowhere in germany…
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Germans travel a lot
You can find germans in all countries of the world an usualy you do not have to search long for them. It’s true, germans travel a lot. Several Millions of us leave Germany every year during summer-holidays. The most favorite destinations for such travels are inside Europe: The coast and Islands of Mediterranean Sea like Spain, Italy,…
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Germans are thorough
This might be a true prejudice. The more: Germans like to have each job done till end – no halve things apreciated. Lets take the war in Iraq as an Excample. After US bombed an officers-club in center of Bagdad to dust, german secret service found out, that there still are iraqi officers meeting there.…
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German Men like Lederhosen
Don’t be stupid – do not believe in any prejudice you have heard about german men. No, we do not wear Lederhosen all the time! Maybe even the whole world may think, that german men like “Lederhosen”. There seem to be an image of this funny Hill-Billys with leather-trousers, drinking beer and singing funny songs.…
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No prejudices against Muslims
Watching TV News in those days is no fun! I never have seen so many burning danish embassies in my whole life. And all because of some cartoons in an unknown danish newspaper. If they would have written a joke about Muslims, noone would have noticed, because noone understand danish language. “No fun” is the…
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The Germans and the Potatoe
According words I got from friends in Italy, Germans are counted as “potatoe freaks”. No german meal without potatoes and my friends believe, we would even plant them on the balcony. Potatoes are no regular vegetable for Europe at all. They come from South America and have been planeted since aeons by indians in the Anden…
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All German men love beer
A common prejudice. But it shows only the halve of the truth. Sure, german beer is the best. Brewerys all over the world try to get the masters of brewing from Germany. People come from far away to get a taste of this delicious drink. The quality of german beer is still based on our…