Being a #German speaker in English speaking online spaces is weird bc you'll see people say "Did you know German has a word for XY" and it'll be some old-fashioned literary thing like Weltschmerz or Fernweh that most people never use, so you feel like the "German has a word for everything" is a strange exaggeration
But then you see somebody be like "Does anybody else experience detailed description of something" or "Why does nobody talk about a specific condition under specific circumstances"
and you realize not only does German have a word for that, but it's actually an active part of your vocabulary and comes up in conversations a lot?
Anyway I taught somebody the word Nachmittagstief (the drop in energy you experience at 3pm) yesterday
I'm practicing my #German using #ElevenLabs. OK not really, I dubbed a tutorial I made for the Komplete Kontrol WhatsApp group, in which I demonstrate how to rescan libraries using VOCR. Hearing Kate (the TTS engine I use) speaking German and getting quite excited in-places is quite the amusing experience to say the least.
If today’s “grow or perish” #capitalism is good for #innovation, how come that most of the exponential innovation in #computer technology (in #hardware) depends on a #German foundation which has in its rules to secure the right of the employees and to advance the craft — but not #economic growth?
One of my favorite #German terms is “Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda”, literally “mouth-to-mouth propaganda”. It’s supposed to mean “word of mouth”, but is a bit nonsensical. I mean, you’re not telling something from one mouth to another, you’re usually saying thing for other people to receive via their ears.
Not sure whether it’s inspired by “Mund-zu-Mund-Beatmung” (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation), or whether it’s supposed to mean “one mouth says it, then another, etc”. I just think it’s weird.
Update: Problem solved! It reads: Es freut mich, daß Sie bis heute schon so große Erfolge erringen konnten. So wünsche ich Ihnen auch für Ferneres recht große weitere Erfolge. Nachdem die jüdische Musik doch bald ganz eingedämmt ist, wird für unsere deutschen Künstler wieder eine bessere Zeit kommen.
I’ve been learning #German for about 7-8 months now and I continue to occasionally think in my second language (French) when trying to answer questions or form thoughts in German. It usually comes out as a mix of both languages.
I find it fascinating that my brain won’t try to answer these things in English, though.
Many British adults regret not concentrating in their French or German lessons at school. Most believe that languages should again become compulsory in school.
Many feel ashamed that they cannot speak another language and would welcome the opportunity to learn.
Only 21% of UK adults said they can have a conversation in a modern language that's not their mother tongue, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the British Academy.
Uuuhhh, gerade entdeckt: Das Goethe-Institut hat auf YouTube eine Reihe "Dialekte Hotline", in der sie alle möglichen Dialekte der deutschen Sprache vorstellen. Ist ganz lustig gemacht und hat auch Untertitel, ist also sowohl was für Muttersprachler*innen als auch für Menschen, die Deutsch lernen.
Mein persönlicher Liebling aus den bislang produzierten Folgen ist Badisch:
The degree of cherry-picking in the mainstream media is incredible. Like, during a few days in May when the #nuclear plants throttled down because of the cheap electricity (spring flood), #German media pulled big headlines about it. Now that the plants are mostly running with a 300-400 % operating margin, nobody cares.
There's an extraordinary interesting development in #German politics. Let me explain. 🧵
Germany's leftwing party 'Die Linke', was founded in 2007 through a merger of the socialist PDS (a direct successor of the East German ruling SED) & a split-off of SPD (SocDem) socialists.
Hey #german friends, I've a friend in an interesting situation:
They had private health insurance in December last year, went to see a doctor, apparently the private insurance refused to cover the invoice (it was a routine checkup), and then terminated this person's contract.
This is where it gets interesting: the insurance company sent the termination letter containing all of their private data not just to them, but also to a third party, which sounds like a major #GDPR breach.