First thoughts when you hear germany?
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Home of (roughly) half my ancestry.
Original seat to the latter Holy Roman Empire.
Home of (roughly) half my ancestry.
Original seat to the latter Holy Roman Empire.
It's pickled cabbage (sour cabbage). After it is taken out of the container, it is cooked up with an apple and an onion, though those are not eaten. The sour taste comes from the pickling liquid.Xartyve2 said:
Yeah...we sure do love that kraut stuff. There's rotkohl, blaukraut (actually the same cabbage, but its color changes as the cooking medium becomes acidic/basic - it's a natural indicator)...weißkohl. Just color+cabbage.
Guns.
Then probably how they largely invented the Assault Rifle.
Then Nazis/Hitler.
Then Angela Murkel, or however you spell her name, the prime minister of Germany anyway.
Then the word 'Nein!'
Then probably how they largely invented the Assault Rifle.
Then Nazis/Hitler.
Then Angela Murkel, or however you spell her name, the prime minister of Germany anyway.
Then the word 'Nein!'
Intellectually I am aware that Germany has done its best to distance itself from Hitlers germany, though Angela Merkel seems to have a problem with democracy. I am aware that during the war the frontline soldiers didnt realize that the jews, gays, russians and political prisoners were being gassed in death camps. I know that Hitler was Austrian and not German. I know about the night of the long knives. I know that German technology during WW2 was incredibly advanced, that the B2 stealth bomber is based on a German design, that their industry at the time was second to none.
And yet the first thing that pops into my mind when hearing 'Germany'?
Two world wars and one world cup, doodah, doodah.
And yet the first thing that pops into my mind when hearing 'Germany'?
Two world wars and one world cup, doodah, doodah.
The Wacken Open Air Festival. Or just Metal in general. Germany have some great bands, and the biggest Metal festival (Wacken). Not to mention all their other festivals. Damn Germany is awesome.
Totally sweet beer, bratwursts, industriousness unrivaled, solid engineering, Rammstein and of course the events of WW2. That spectre is destined to linger for a long time, regretttably.
Rammstein, the similarities between English and German language-wise, my great-aunt Hannah who is 100% German (married my great uncle after WWII), and the film Downfall.
Some dude with a glorious 'stache clad in lederhosen (and one of those wierd fedoras with a little feather in it) holding a big beer mug in front of a glorious mountain scape.
That's the gospel truth, I was aware of European Vacation before I was aware of the horrors of Naziism and The Holocaust.
That's the gospel truth, I was aware of European Vacation before I was aware of the horrors of Naziism and The Holocaust.
First thing that came to mind? German people! No images, just the words: "German people". lol Then Asuka came to mind, since she was born in Germany then moved to Japan.
