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Halle (Saale) during the week and Hanover (that's where I'm originally from) on some weekends. If I were mean--which I'm not, well, only once in a while--I could say I'm studying abroad, what with being in Eastern Germany and all. 
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Board question: Where are you based?
Poll
Where do you live
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Total Votes: 67
anglophileHedgehog- Number of posts : 4934
Age : 37
Supports : VfB Stuttgart
Registration date : 2006-08-09
blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
Supports : Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft
Registration date : 2006-08-09
Only Bayern would qualify as "studying abroad" in this respect Wiebke. Dunkeldeutschland is still Deutschland... 
I actually wonder why foreigners never complained about us 'naturalising' all those Bavarian players in all these years.
I actually wonder why foreigners never complained about us 'naturalising' all those Bavarian players in all these years.
anglophileHedgehog- Number of posts : 4934
Age : 37
Supports : VfB Stuttgart
Registration date : 2006-08-09
Butbutbut--today, I had to repeat myself at least three times when ordering some ice cream until the bloke behind the counter understood what I wanted.blutgraetsche wrote:Only Bayern would qualify as "studying abroad" in this respect Wiebke. Dunkeldeutschland is still Deutschland...
I actually wonder why foreigners never complained about us 'naturalising' all those Bavarian players in all these years.
And I get teased about being a Wessie quite often. Not as much as at the beginning, but still... 
If that's not like being abroad then what is?
La Saeta Rubia- Number of posts : 5244
Age : 44
Supports : Real Madrid
Registration date : 2006-08-07
Coruña - España
Tweesus- Number of posts : 34851
Age : 41
Registration date : 2006-08-06
Why does the rest of germany hate Bavarians so much?
blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
Supports : Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft
Registration date : 2006-08-09
'Hatred' is the wrong word, it's meant tongue in cheek most of the time. The ...animosities are mutual, and their roots are centuries old. Northern and Southern Germany are very different culturally (not only for religious reasons), Germany has always been a very heterogenous country, hence the federalist structure.
Bavarians often emphasise themselves that they are Bavarians first, there even is a passage in the Bavarian constitution theoretically 'allowing' them to leave the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. A lot of people in the North really wouldn't mind...
Bavarians often emphasise themselves that they are Bavarians first, there even is a passage in the Bavarian constitution theoretically 'allowing' them to leave the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. A lot of people in the North really wouldn't mind...
Allez les rouges- Number of posts : 8098
Age : 108
Supports : Deutschland, Arsenal
Favourite Player : Jens Lehmann
Registration date : 2006-08-07
I tried to answer that question the other day Tweedle on the Bayern thread with reference to the self-satisfied Bavarian nature but you obviously ignored it – hatred is indeed certainly the wrong word.
Sounds like Wiebke deserves the ribbing; I find the problem is often the other way round – like when I refer to "dreiviertel" with reference to time and people pretend not to understand.*
Sadly I'm still in London for the moment.
Welcome back, blut!
(*A semi-amusing page for German dialects...
http://internet.ls-la.net/netdigest/borg.html )
Sounds like Wiebke deserves the ribbing; I find the problem is often the other way round – like when I refer to "dreiviertel" with reference to time and people pretend not to understand.*
Sadly I'm still in London for the moment.
Welcome back, blut!
(*A semi-amusing page for German dialects...
http://internet.ls-la.net/netdigest/borg.html )
Ä- Number of posts : 11028
Age : 94
Registration date : 2006-09-04
blutgraetsche wrote:
A lot of people in the North really wouldn't mind...
Bavarians are the finest people in Deutschland
and I say that as a northern Fischkopf born in a lighthouse, near an oil-rig, where the seals congregate
Fey- Number of posts : 35349
Supports : Feyenoord and Manchester United
Favourite Player : ??#$ Error, John Guidetti, Jordy Clasie
Registration date : 2006-08-07
otto hat Euch alle lieb wrote:blutgraetsche wrote:
A lot of people in the North really wouldn't mind...
Bavarians are the finest people in Deutschland
and I say that as a northern Fischkopf born in a lighthouse, near an oil-rig, where the seals congregate
So you are a Dutchie
We still have terratorial claims on that!!! Otto, did you know German is a Dutch dialect!! Wahre G.
blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
Supports : Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft
Registration date : 2006-08-09
They are not, but this doesn't mean that we northerners are any better either.
blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
Supports : Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft
Registration date : 2006-08-09
Fey wrote:
So you are a Dutchie
Wahre G.
Haha......jeez Fey, you really should visit a few linguistic courses, that's just embarassing. Dutch is a Germanic language.
Fey- Number of posts : 35349
Supports : Feyenoord and Manchester United
Favourite Player : ??#$ Error, John Guidetti, Jordy Clasie
Registration date : 2006-08-07
blutgraetsche wrote:Fey wrote:
So you are a Dutchie
Wahre G.
Haha......jeez Fey, you really should visit a few linguistic courses, that's just embarassing. Dutch is a Germanic language.
True, but its not like the Germanic langueses started with Deutsch!! From all today's current Germanic langueses Dutch is the oldest!!
blutgraetsche- Number of posts : 23328
Supports : Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft
Registration date : 2006-08-09
Quatsch.
Plattdeutsch, still spoken a lot in Northern Germany, is even older, and that's a proper language, not just a dialect.
Even English is a Germanic language, Dutch is basically something in between Hochdeutsch and English.
'Hochdeutsch' was introduced by Martin Luther and his translation of the bible, and therefore is already quite old. Germanic languages are much older though, thousands of years old, and the influences are still present in modern German.
Plattdeutsch, still spoken a lot in Northern Germany, is even older, and that's a proper language, not just a dialect.
Even English is a Germanic language, Dutch is basically something in between Hochdeutsch and English.
'Hochdeutsch' was introduced by Martin Luther and his translation of the bible, and therefore is already quite old. Germanic languages are much older though, thousands of years old, and the influences are still present in modern German.
Ä- Number of posts : 11028
Age : 94
Registration date : 2006-09-04
a big MOIN, MOIN to Fey, our fellow Norddeutscher
anglophileHedgehog- Number of posts : 4934
Age : 37
Supports : VfB Stuttgart
Registration date : 2006-08-09
Heeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...Allez les rouges wrote:I tried to answer that question the other day Tweedle on the Bayern thread with reference to the self-satisfied Bavarian nature but you obviously ignored it – hatred is indeed certainly the wrong word.
Sounds like Wiebke deserves the ribbing; I find the problem is often the other way round – like when I refer to "dreiviertel" with reference to time and people pretend not to understand.*
Sadly I'm still in London for the moment.
Welcome back, blut!
(*A semi-amusing page for German dialects...
http://internet.ls-la.net/netdigest/borg.html )
abundance- Number of posts : 1514
Age : 45
Supports : FC Inter
Registration date : 2007-01-29
Florence, Italy
ADO Bhoy- Number of posts : 52
Age : 57
Supports : Celtic, ADO Den Haag
Registration date : 2006-10-16
Murray wrote:Scotland
Why isn't it in the poll?
Aye, why not?
Me too BTW
gone- Number of posts : 3455
Age : 40
Supports : Steaua
Favourite Player : Radoi, Ogararu, Nicolita, Iniesta, Edin Dzeko
Registration date : 2007-03-27
abundance wrote:Florence, Italy
And you support Inter?
110%- Number of posts : 8978
Age : 50
Registration date : 2006-08-07
gone wrote:abundance wrote:Florence, Italy
And you support Inter?
Well, I am based just northwest of Milano (near lago maggoire) and there are more Juve fans than any other here.
A lot of Italians watch football at home with their families rather than going to the stadium or to the local pub, therefore they tend to follow the teams their families follow.
DD- Number of posts : 10721
Age : 44
Supports : NEC
Registration date : 2006-08-07
abundance wrote:Florence, Italy
Firenze.
gone- Number of posts : 3455
Age : 40
Supports : Steaua
Favourite Player : Radoi, Ogararu, Nicolita, Iniesta, Edin Dzeko
Registration date : 2007-03-27
110% wrote:gone wrote:abundance wrote:Florence, Italy
And you support Inter?
Well, I am based just northwest of Milano (near lago maggoire) and there are more Juve fans than any other here.
A lot of Italians watch football at home with their families rather than going to the stadium or to the local pub, therefore they tend to follow the teams their families follow.
Isn't Torino about 60 km northwest of Milano? That might explain it. Still, what happend to suport your local team and all that?
110%- Number of posts : 8978
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Registration date : 2006-08-07
gone wrote:110% wrote:gone wrote:abundance wrote:Florence, Italy
And you support Inter?
Well, I am based just northwest of Milano (near lago maggoire) and there are more Juve fans than any other here.
A lot of Italians watch football at home with their families rather than going to the stadium or to the local pub, therefore they tend to follow the teams their families follow.
Isn't Torino about 60 km northwest of Milano? That might explain it. Still, what happend to suport your local team and all that?
no, it's about 150km southwest so nowhere near. Juve are like the manu of italy though, fanbase is made up mainly of gloryhunting fans outside of turin.
monty- Number of posts : 288
Age : 37
Supports : Kilmarnock, Chelsea and Kaiserslautern
Favourite Player : Michael Ballack
Registration date : 2007-03-25
Kilmarnock, Scotland
gone- Number of posts : 3455
Age : 40
Supports : Steaua
Favourite Player : Radoi, Ogararu, Nicolita, Iniesta, Edin Dzeko
Registration date : 2007-03-27
110% wrote:gone wrote:110% wrote:gone wrote:abundance wrote:Florence, Italy
And you support Inter?
Well, I am based just northwest of Milano (near lago maggoire) and there are more Juve fans than any other here.
A lot of Italians watch football at home with their families rather than going to the stadium or to the local pub, therefore they tend to follow the teams their families follow.
Isn't Torino about 60 km northwest of Milano? That might explain it. Still, what happend to suport your local team and all that?
no, it's about 150km southwest so nowhere near. Juve are like the manu of italy though, fanbase is made up mainly of gloryhunting fans outside of turin.
I knew that the cities where close. A friend's brother live's in Torino and he said that it's like 1 and half hour drive to Milan.
It's a shame when this happens, more when you have a proper team in your on town.
Allez les rouges- Number of posts : 8098
Age : 108
Supports : Deutschland, Arsenal
Favourite Player : Jens Lehmann
Registration date : 2006-08-07
anglophileHedgehog wrote:Heeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...Allez les rouges wrote:I tried to answer that question the other day Tweedle on the Bayern thread with reference to the self-satisfied Bavarian nature but you obviously ignored it – hatred is indeed certainly the wrong word.
Sounds like Wiebke deserves the ribbing; I find the problem is often the other way round – like when I refer to "dreiviertel" with reference to time and people pretend not to understand.*
Sadly I'm still in London for the moment.
Welcome back, blut!
(*A semi-amusing page for German dialects...
http://internet.ls-la.net/netdigest/borg.html )
Oh sorry, I didn't mean any offence in a serious way, just amused that for once the boot is on the other foot and the Ossis are ripping it out of the Wessis... sounds good to me. In a friendly way of course
Ottolein, I'm not surprised you're bigging up the Bavarians, given your board personality...
But really, as great as they are, they deserve some piss-taking. Let's all laugh at Stoiber again:
http://www.die-stimme-der-freien-welt.de/post/20060113/stoiber-transrapid
(The football one is amusing too – all in all you should have added this to your humour thread Otto.)
Murray and Bhoy – whereabouts in Scotland are you based?
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