Anyone joining me in reviving this long dead thread? I love this subforums so I hope anyone notices
Writing so much english text currently in different forums sometimes reminds me of the advantages of my mother language german. There seem to be alot of things that don't have a unique name or are hard to express in english, while there often is one simple word for those in german.
Well known examples which were adapted into english language: "Kindergarten" and "Weltanschauung".
Last example: When I looked up an english word for "Gischt", which would be sea foam or spray. Everyone who doesn't know the german pronounciation would make something funny out of this word so here comes an explanation:
German "i" is rather like the english "e" like it's beeing pronounced in the alphabet. "Sch" in german is always like english "sh" but never like "sch" in "school." "i" before "sch" in this case usually means that the "i" is vocalized short and with few emphasis.
I think such things are almost impossible to pronounce for most people with different native languages but maybe some can imagine it
On the flipside I have to accept that most germans have a terrible terrible accent when speaking english.
Since the last topic was music, here comes the last music from german artists I heard or liked:
Peter Fox - Schwarz zu blau (Black to blue) from his very famous album Stadtaffe (City monkey). He has extraordinary good lyrics but I think he said it was the last album he will ever make.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X4KaHYRmFo
Polarkreis 18 - Allein Allein (Polar Circle 18 - Allone Allone / Most of the text is english anyways if I remember correctly)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWjOa-11qA
Frittenbude - Mindestens in 1000 Jahren (chip stand - at least in thousand years)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-alZxCJwQ
Zombie Nation - Forza (Doesn't have any text anyways. Most people will know Zombie Nation for "Kernkraft 400", if you don't check for it on Youtube since it's legendary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ZydY0rgV8