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[ChiTownBuffalo]

Do they not have idioms in Germany? Hilarious anyway.

My favorite line for some odd reason is : "I am trying to write good techno music."

 

[Recon]

Do they not have idioms in Germany? Hilarious anyway.

My favorite line for some odd reason is : "I am trying to write good techno music."

I wish i had his voice and accent.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Honestly, if you walked into a room, and there was a barrel of fish in the middle of the room, and someone handed you a gun, how could you not shoot the shit out those fish?

 

[Gaz Pwnage]

Hahahaha, this guy is awesome

Daddy Long Legs, Who Did Name You? (3:32am)

 

[broadwayrock]

 

[BioHazard]

Haha I've seen his daddy long legs video too.

 

[gerg]

Do they not have idioms in Germany? Hilarious anyway.

Well, yes, but idioms are culturally dependent, like humour is. Whereas we say "when pigs fly", the French say "when chickens have teeth"; while we say that "it is best to lie low", the Japanese say that "pegs that stick out get struck down again".

In any case, I imagine that the man's confusion is more than slightly exaggerated.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Do they not have idioms in Germany? Hilarious anyway.

My favorite line for some odd reason is : "I am trying to write good techno music."

Of course they have idioms in Germany.

 

[Enron]

lol djfula

holy shit, he was in Atlanta and he ate at The Palace !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yend3Cq-ig8

 

[Patrick Bateman]

xx

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Well, yes, but idioms are culturally dependent, like humour is. Whereas we say "when pigs fly", the French say "when chickens have teeth"; while we say that "it is best to lie low", the Japanese say that "pegs that stick out get struck in again".

It is illogical for pigs to fly, or chicekns to have teeth. That's not cultural.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

:lol Daddy Long Legs video is better I think.

Edit: :lol Maybe it like q-tip head with some frozen spider web leggys!

 

[Mindlog]

Wow... I never realized how much we rely on idioms.

 

[LQX]

Europeans as a whole try way too hard to act as if they just dont get it in regards to idioms from America but that's kind of the point. And they act as if Europe has none when surely they do and probably more than we do

Also any Germans can explain to us what what "Der Teufel scheißt immer auf den größten Haufen." means?

 

[Kurtofan]

Shooting fishes in a barrel?Why would there be fishes in a barrel.

The French equivalent would be "shooting a cow in a corridor", now that makes sense.

 

[Drazgul]

Someone post a request for a video where he says "Ve believe in nothing, Lebowski. Nothing. And tomorrow ve come back and ve cut off your chonson!"

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Hahahaha, this guy is awesome

Daddy Long Legs, Who Did Name You? (3:32am)

Daddy long legs aren't insects! Game, set, match.

 

[CrankyJay]

LOL this guy is awesome

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Europeans as a whole try way too hard to act as if they just dont get it in regards to idioms from America but that's kind of the point. And they act as if Europe has none when surely they do and probably more than we do

Also any Germans can explain to us what what "Der Teufel scheißt immer auf den größten Haufen." means?

IIRC it's along the lines of the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

 

[gerg]

It is illogical for pigs to fly, or chicekns to have teeth. That's not cultural.

The illogic of pigs flying (or chickens having teeth) isn't cultural, but the preference for using the phrase "when pigs fly" over "when chickens have teeth" is. That is, given that we ascribe the same amount of illogic to both these phrases (such that they are both suitable for providing the meaning of an impossible situation), we have no reason to prefer one over the other except that (almost) everyone else within our culture (or group of same-language users) does.

To wit, why is it "when pigs fly"? Why isn't it "when cows fly", or why not "when pigs speak English"? The reality is that there is no real reason as to why such phrases aren't the idiom we use. Idioms are arbitrary (like meaning is in general).

 

[Tobor]

Shoot at fish in a lake.

Shoot at fish in a barrel.

Is one easier than the other? Exactly.

How could anyone not understand this? It's not rocket science.(oops, there's another idiom.)

 

[Goldmund]

It's good to know that my fellow countrymen never cease putting my sense of shame to the test. I'll do the same for them.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Shoot at fish in a lake.

Shoot at fish in a barrel.

Is one easier than the other? Exactly.

How could anyone not understand this? It's not rocket science.(oops, there's another idiom.)

But I don't want to build a rocket? I thought I was trying to shoot fish.

 

[Fritz]

You guys do realize that he is putting on a show right?

Not only do we have idioms, but we also share lots of idioms with you guys.

Der Teufel scheißt immer auf den größten Haufen / The Devil always shits on the biggest pile means that bad/good luck always comes en masse. Like a millionair is winning the lottery or a poor guy is losing his last shirt.

 

[Chuck (Old)]

Hilarious.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

You guys do realize that he is putting on a show right?

Not only do we have idioms, but we also share lots of idioms with you guys.

Der Teufel scheißt immer auf den größten Haufen / The Devil always shits on the biggest pile means that bad/good luck always comes in masses. Like a millionair is winning the lottery or a poor guy is losing his last shirt.

Ya, it's youtube of all places. It's obviously for attention.

Edit: And my explanation is better.

 

[Flek]

FINALLY the thread flula deserves anyway watch this now:

flula li dub across america
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xes7dEMRcs8

flula - germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxKivzjCFNg

flula at comicon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqL7g-mj4AE&feature=channel_video_title

also:
http://neogaf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=436389

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Probably THE funniest thing I have ever watched. OMG.

 

[Desperado]

But chickens CAN grow teeth! Science!

 

[CrankyJay]

FINALLY the thread flula deserves anyway watch this now:


flula - germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxKivzjCFNg

HAHAHAHA FUCKING AMAZING

 

[Fritz]

Edit: And my explanation is better.

It is. My took longer though! Wait

 

[kai3345]

"....what? Why am I shooting fish in a barrel? Where would I get a barrel? This is 2011"

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

It is. My took longer though! Wait

:lol Told ya

I wish I could remember more german idioms but my terrible memory prevents that. I only remember a handful.

 

[Xanathus]

basically, its like shooting jews in a ditch..

itsPaiNbitches 15 minutes ago

Oh youtube comments.

 

[Atlagev]

I wish i had his voice and accent.

.

 

[Fritz]

:lol Told ya

I wish I could remember more german idioms but my terrible memory prevents that. I only remember a handful.

I hardly use any, but the Teufel is my favorite.

 

[soul creator]

he must've just watched some recent episodes of Archer

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

I hardly use any, but the Teufel is my favorite.

How can you not use any?!??! :O Which ones do you use then?

Edit: And ya, it usually feels forced when I use one so I think I've used them a handful of times if that.

 

[Double D]

Flula in Germany is the best thing going on in here.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

He's faking that accent isn't he?

He's probably german but that accent sounds off sometimes.

 

[Fritz]

^I'ld say he is exaggerating.

How can you not use any?!??! :O Which ones do you use then?

Edit: And ya, it usually feels forced when I use one so I think I've used them a handful of times if that.

I couldn't even tell. I use the Teufel, probably "Da beißt die Maus keinen Faden ab" and "Tropfen auf den heißen Stein" but only ironically. I always feel like it is kinda frowned upon to use idioms. It's like it is a sign of being inarticulate or something.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

^I'ld say he is exaggerating.



I couldn't even tell. I use the Teufel, probably "Da beißt die Maus keinen Faden ab" and "Tropfen auf den heißen Stein" but only ironically. I always feel like it is kinda frowned upon to use idioms. It's like it is a sign of being inarticulate or something.

Over in the U.S. as well. Though it depends on what idiom and the situation.

 

[gerg]

I always feel like it is kinda frowned upon to use idioms. It's like it is a sign of being inarticulate or something.

Really?! I guess it depends on the idiom in question. AFAIC, telling a person "to go read [someone] the riot act" sounds much classier than telling them simply to complain.

 

[Fritz]

Over in the U.S. as well. Though it depends on what idiom and the situation.

Sure, in certain cases it might be appropriate. Most of the time its just tacky.

 

[OnkelC]

Wer anderen eine Bratwurst brät, der hat ein Bratwurstbratgerät.

 

[Az]

Ey, who are you calling an idiom??

 

[zou]

The daddy long legs one makes even less sense, there is a very similar word for those type of spiders in Germany (something with grand dad or grandfather, forgot).

 

[Bollocks]

dude is a dj so he was probably high while recording this

 

[reilo]

Dirk Nowitzki, the German Moses.

 

[leadbelly]

lol

He fits the German stereotype.

It reminds me of a story I heard about a group of British soldiers trying to escape from a German prison camp in WW2. They dug a tunnel and tried to escape down it, but the German soldiers were waiting for them on the other side. Realising they had been caught they all burst out laughing. The Germans couldn't understand for the life of them why they were laughing.

"Vy are you laughing? Ve have caught you!"

"Vat is so funny?"

"Stop laughing!"