proud Germans

Hi onion,
the origin of this forum is german. That might the reason that some people write in German! I think that's normal and has nothing to to with proudness....
Möllie

Hello Moellie, that's possible, yes.
But if I was a german and would visit an english forum I wouldn't post anything in german

But maybe someone thought he was in the german section of the forum?

Hi there...

until the most recent update of this forum, the english section was not even visible on the first page unless you specified this in your member-preferences.

Lets see if the situation get's better, now that the two have been united. At least that's what I think that happened with the last update. Hence I saw the topic of this thread as I accidently clicked into the english version of the offtopic section.

Nevertheless: trust me I ain't not too proud to write in english. On the contrary: I complimented a native english speaker that he made the effort to compose a german language question in the 'german-speakting' (i prefer that term rather than just saying 'german-' part of the forum)

And it's obvious that if I compliment to such an action, I want to support such a behaviour on both sides.

Basically I am convinced that the different experiances that probaly all of you have made while shopping/planning their hifi-system might very well contribute to the richness of complete forum.

By the way: If you are a pro with the german language redaing, I suggest to take a look in the (until now) german-speaking section of the Voodoo-thread! It's just too funny to read people jumping in each others faces just because of the quality of cables etc.

But I guess I should check the english-speaking voodoo-section next. Maybe the poster's in there are as crazy as the german-writing ones. And that would be the first common and uniting bond between the two parts of the forum!

Cheers!

QF Chris

Hey 2_of_7!

I don't speak german but I once took a look on some voodoo threads using an automatic translator. Results weren't that good (one should invent a good auto-translator!).

I hope that some of the english-speaking members of hifi-forum.de will come by to help if noone of the non-german-speaking members can answer a question.

As far as I know the forums have been united since creation but something went wrong at the last update so everyones settings were set to display both forums.

Cheers

As far as i know this forum was originally founded as a German one. And to be frank: until two weeks a go i did not even know that there is an english corner.

Be sure that the "old" german members were surprised to find english threads as well.

regards,

Uwe

a lot of german companies in germany have engl. subcontractors.
as soon as one subby is in a meeting the language is switched to english

And now let´s imagine how the situation would be the other way round...german subbys in england...

Tim

I work in the public sector in Luxembourg and meet many Germans in european and international meetings. Many of them who speak a few foreign languages try to speak French to me although they know that German is also an official language of my country. I prefer to speak with a German in German language of course, it's so much simpler

Germans who work for the European Commission use English when they speak in meetings, even when German is one of the languages of the meeting. They try to be as international as possible.

So my experience is that Germans are generally not proud of their language and always try to avoid it when speaking in an international context. Some german diplomats try so hard to avoid to appear as "ugly Germans" it becomes ridiculous. That's a general post-war problem. Germany is one of the most powerful countries in the world in many areas, yet doesn't want to appear like that.

With the French it's completely different.

german or english......who cares.....this is the best forum in the world....I just love the interface.....so lets keep it that way, completely cosmopolitan and fun.

We have an english Section here???

Onion... it's not pride that makes the English, US-American or French avoid speaking other languages - it's the simple fact that they never learn any other language

Tino

I agree with Tino

I like this "Gerlish" forum or shall I say "Engman"

Can anyone teach me German?

Sanjay

PS: Music goes beyond any language!

I am swiss german and would like to ask you if you can imagine that there are some people on this planet that dont speak english good enough for a technical conversation on the internet but still love hi fi ???

I can only say that most americans that come to france even try to speak english to the old people on the market selling eggs and salad.Ain´t that clever

Thanks

wolf

SDhawan schrieb:

I like this "Gerlish" forum or shall I say "Engman" Can anyone teach me German? Sanjay PS: Music goes beyond any language!

chapter one:

Kein Problem, womit sollen wir anfangen??

hey... there is really a english cornor... sounds like a chance... i can make jokes about voodoo and can improve my english at the same time here...

So my experience is that Germans are generally not proud of their language and always try to avoid it when speaking in an international context.

yeah, some time ago it was like that. a wonderfull time...

but now we`ve got a new german wave... a lots of songs are coming out in german, the politicans are talking about "german music" and stuff like that.

i think you english guys know the problems with that. if a dumb german like me hears the beats of 50 cent or the voice of dido... great. but your english is much better than my own. yove got to understand everything of the songs. must be terrible.

now we`ve got the same problem. a lot of german clones off that stuff is played in the radio all the time. and i can understand everything. that isnt fun.

by the way... the most songs are in english... and you guys understand everything perfect. how can you stand that? es there realy a chance to enjoy music?

PS: if anyone wants to make jokes about my funny grammar... please use words i understand.