Headbiter said:
It'd be "I study German," I believe. I don't recall Yahtzee ever saying anything about stydying anything from Germany, though.
Germanistik = "German" (implying literature and linguistics) or "German Studies" (implying history and cultural studies), depending on the focus of the academic department in question.
SFR said:
The little disclaimer was there not because Yatzee thought he'd offend someone without out it, but instead because it was funny. Stark contrast=humor.
Actually, I think only the second part is the joke. Stark contrasts often do prompt humor, but the disaster was so serious and the review is so mocking that it's in everyone's best interests to state the limits of the criticism clearly. I appreciated it, and I still thought the review was great fun.