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McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 8:12 am

mecharm wrote:There should be an East Europe and a West Europe blub. And North Africa and South Africa.

I can remember only one person being from Africa here, ever. Though we could use E/W europe separated. I'm guessing:
east Europe: 2

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:26 am

And another hit for Europe.
You should have asked me 4 years ago. Then I'd have popped over a nice old Africa vote.
Germans are notorious for their precision amd efficiency.

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:56 am

Vorsprung durch technik as that Audi advert once said a few decades ago...

And then said again by Blur in that song Park-Life 6 years ago; In that lovely British tendency to destroy all languages known to man... Vorr-sprung-durch-tech-nique y'know!

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 12:46 pm

Rian Q. Fox wrote:
LAGtheNoggin wrote:*laughs*

I feel stupid.

And now we get drunk!
Aren't you already?
Cheers!

I'm from the country, which is popular for starting world wars!

German, german, german, german, german, german, german, german
Mushroom, MUSHROOM!
German, german, german, german, german, german, german, german
Mushroom, MUSHROOM!

Nah, but I'd really like to know, if anybody has ever heard anything different from germans than THAT thing. And that we build good cars.

Oddly enough, when brazilians think of German, the first thing that comes in mind is sauerkraut. Even though it's a french delicacy.

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:28 pm

Wow, that would explain my dad's love of the stuff... He's practically French by adoption (actually more Quebecois than French but he's the annoying kind of person whose home is everywhere except Germany) and I'd always wondered why the Saurkraut...

You learn something new everyday.

Matt Lim · Post by **Matt Lim** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 4:07 pm

Whenever I hear Germany I think Audi Sports Quattro...Mmm...

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:04 pm

Whenever I hear of germany, I think of the T-47 tank, which makes me think of Those Who Hunt Elves... and also of Blaupunkt radios... I got one in my car, lol.

Guyara · Post by **Guyara** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:30 pm

Jops wrote:I guess from now i'll strangely think of Germany as the land of badgers...

Me too....

Anyway, I'm from Norway, the country known for... Uhm, what are we actually known for? Aha, we had the Vikings! (The best I could think of)

So one more for Europe!

Mecharm · Post by **Mecharm** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:35 pm

Norway is the one Scandinavian country which doesn't really belong to Scandinavia, but is counted in anyway because of the history and culture.
Also, the band The Postal Service comes from Norway if I am not mistaking.

Guyara · Post by **Guyara** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:46 pm

mecharm wrote:Norway is the one Scandinavian country which doesn't really belong to Scandinavia, but is counted in anyway because of the history and culture.

Wow... I didn't know that. Well, then I've learned something today, too!

(That's not common knowledge here. I wonder why...)

mecharm wrote:Also, the band The Postal Service comes from Norway if I am not mistaking.

Never heard of them, but you're probably right. About bands, two members of Abba were from Norway(The other two members were from Sweden), and we also have the band Dimmu Borgir.

Rian Q. Fox · Post by **Rian Q. Fox** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 3:54 am

*collects*

German TV edits
Crimi series
Bier, Leather pants, Sauerkraut (These are traditional bavarian things. Well, not really the bear and the sauerkraut, but you will find less of it, when you go to other parts of germany. I guess that the bavarians are the biggest german stereotype. Remember 'Dirndls'? If you wear such a thing in Schleswig-Holstein, the people would give you that look -> O.O)
Ze Accent (You're completely right here. Many germans have huge problems wiz ze th. There are even people in my class who say "thomezing" instead of "something" @.@)
War enemy in video games
Gothic metal
Industrial
Economy (The truth: Germany is poor. Well, not really poor, but it's going down, down, down, down)
Audi (Probably Mercedes as well)
T-47 tank (I think it was called Leopard... Or maybe not)
Blaupunkt radios (Never heard of that)

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:11 am

Rian Q. Fox wrote: Ze Accent (You're completely right here. Many germans have huge problems wiz ze th. There are even people in my class who say "thomezing" instead of "something" @.@)

I have huge problem with the "th" too. I usualy say it as d.
But I can't help but laugh at people that say "without" as "witchout", many of my friends do that. (At least they used to in the english class, 2 years ago)

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:15 am

Rian Q. Fox wrote:T-47 tank (I think it was called Leopard... Or maybe not)

There're two german tanks called Leopard: the Leopard 1A1 (or A2, A3, A4... each version has just a slightly different equipment), first built in the 1963 and the Leopard 2A1 (to A5) of the 1979, but i never heard of any of them as T-47. You sure about it? (especially coz none of them has been built in the 1947)

The T-series are actually russian tanks.

Mecharm · Post by **Mecharm** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:18 am

Oh, and ofcourse, the big wall coming down.
We can't forget that.

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:50 am

Nooo! There is no such thing as a T-47! (at least in WWII anywho)

There's the T-32/74 and the T-34/76 (later T-34/85) (Big Russians tanks that went WOOO over Germany (and by WOO I mean Explodey Explodey and forced into awful situations by awful commanders, largely a good tank though)) and eventually T-38's but no T-47's.
It's easy to confuse the calibres (74mm early, 76mm and 85mm later) and the famous rifle (AK47) with the model name though, especially considering the T-34 was mainly produced in the 40's... Which is why the next T model that came out of Russia was designated the T54/55's (not to confuse the designation with the calibre which normaly comes after the slash) oooh lovely military naming conventions! But this basically skipped the T 40's designations.

In short. I have no idea what you're talking about. Have you got a picture?

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 6:01 am

Well, it went on like this:
Rianq said germany is known for the T-47 tank (maybe know as leopard), I replied that there are actually 2 Leopard tanks but i've never heard of a T-47 then you made a brief history of russian tanks (and also stated that there's no T-47).

Remains of Scythe · Post by **Remains of Scythe** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:24 am

Mr.Bob wrote:Germans are notorious for their precision amd efficiency.

Ahehehehe... hahaahaha... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

*gets smashed by a piano-out-of-nowhere for not finishing tons of work, being lazy and never settling down to work at all*

At least I'm a living german anti-stereotype. (does this make me a stereotype?)

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:44 am

I wonder what's people's first association on Serbia.

Rian Q. Fox · Post by **Rian Q. Fox** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:48 am

Jops wrote:Well, it went on like this:
Rianq said germany is known for the T-47 tank (maybe know as leopard), I replied that there are actually 2 Leopard tanks but i've never heard of a T-47 then you made a brief history of russian tanks (and also stated that there's no T-47).

Well, I don't know anything about tanks, just that the leopard is the best known in germany. That's it.
These numbers sound to me like robots or something. TERMINATOR! BLAMM, BLAMM!!

Hey, Scythe, maybe we ARE notorious and efficience, but we don't notice?
If I'm at something, I can't stop. But I'm too lazy to learn for school =P

Hm... Yugoslavia... I can just associate this with war (don't ask me, just heard something) and food^^

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:19 am

Well, technically, I think panther, which makes me think of the T-47 from Those Who Hunt Elves. Sorta skipped a step there I guess. Figured it wasn't a real tank (it drives using a motorcycle like handlebar, and 1 schoolgirl can operate it)

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