Kultur 5

On reading the article "Women in Germany," I found it interesting that there was an act made by the Federal Government of Germany, to protect prostitutes. I just find it different, because in the USA, prostitution is practically illegal except in a few cases. Another thing I found interesting is how common sex shops are in Germany. I would not know what I would do if I went to the Frankfurt Airport, and the first thing I saw as I entered, was a sex shop displaying their products in the window. I do find it strange that most shops operate with normal hours of any other store, and are not open on Sundays. Here the sex shops are open late, and are open everyday of the week.

AMD 5

For AMD 5, I decided to looks at the German sports page since I am very interested in sports. I used the main sport page, which is Sportschau. Ich habe alles Sports gesehen, und Sie sind sehr anders Sport. Zum Beispiel, die Website hat Handball auf der Hauptseite. Sportschau hat nicht so viele Sport in die USA im Vergleich, aber Sportschau spricht Sport im die USA. Es ist interessant, dass Sportschau Sports auf die USA spricht.

Amd 4

I decide to listen to German music. I used the site Step into German to find the number one song on the German charts and it lead me to the song "Willst du" by Alligatoah. I watch both the music video, and looked at the lyrics. I could not find a good translation to the song however. There was a list in the video and the items on the list were: Roadtrip, Super 8-look, vintage accesoirs, Dreiecke, Literarische Referezen, ungepflegates Außeres, and alkohol konsum. Es ist sehr upbeat song und es sounded like a rap song. Ich like the song ober I wish I could understand what it was saying. I will post both the links for the music video and lyrics. If you are queasy then do not watch the music video, it shows the girl throwing up multiple times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opoDBF_b-fg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrLaKM885f8

Kultur 4

I thought it was very interesting that the Chancellor Angela Merkel had photos of him lying naked. It amazed me that it did not cause a stir with the German public. I knew that many Europeans were more free with their use of clothes, than us Americans, but I did not think that nudist activities were being practice by the head of the German government. I also think that it is strange that Germans do not wear clothes in saunas. I just thought it was common for people to wear bathing suits or towels. If I ever visit Germany I will have to remember this, if I go to a sauna.

AMD 3

I read the article "How does our Language Shape the Way we Think?" It was a very interesting article about the way that different languages describe the same thing. For example, in English I would said move to your right, but if you were in the Kuuk Thaayorre one would say move to the cardinal direction(like North, South, East, and West) that would be to the right. Another interesting fact that was found out was the way that people think that have gender specific nouns. An example was when they asked Spanish and German speakers to describe key(key is masculine in German and feminine in Spanish). The Spanish used words like golden, shiny or tiny and the German speakers used words like heavy, jagged and serrated. The same is true when the German word is feminine and the Spanish word is masculine, an example would be bridge. German speakers described it as beautiful elegant and pretty, and Spanish speakers described it as dangerous, strong, and towering. It is just amazing to me how language does really affect the way that people think.

Amd 1

I watched the the music video by die Prinzen and them performing the song "Millionär." I thought it would be similar to the the song "I want to be a billionaire" by Travie McCoy. It was similar but the music was based around a drawings, something that I would have watched as a kid. I do not know if they do that for all of their music videos but it was interesting as compared to music videos that are made in the USA because the videos usually have actually objects, instead of the cartoon drawings in them. My favorite part of the song was when they sang about getting a rich widow. The German and English lyrics are both on this link http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/sig/mus/mcv/lyr/en7097554.htm. I definitely enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone even if they do not understand what they are saying to see the music video.
The link to the video is http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/sig/mus/mcv/en7114671.htm

Bryan Heisler Kultur 2

 I found it interesting that there is such a thing as a "Germanic Stare Down," in America if you were to stare down people it is considered rude. After reading the article, I understand why German neighbors are so nosy, to put it because of what happened during the 20th century. I just would find it extremely awkward and uncomfortable to find someone staring at me. I would probably not be able to stare back at the person. If I ever go to Germany, I will remember this and not think they are staring at me because I am a foreigner, but that is just what Germans do.

Kultur 1 Bryan Heisler

        As I was reading, "How German is American," I learned a few things. The first thing that I learned was that the Germans had a fascination with Native Americans here in this country. The fascination isn't a thing of the past. It stills goes on because according to the article there are 200 Indian clubs that don feathers  and war paint as well as recreate native ceremonies.
        Another thing that I learned from this article was that the Pennsylvania Dutch does not mean Amish in Pennsylvania. It is just a group of people that used to speak German, most Pennsylvania Dutch do not speak German today. They now mostly speak English. It was interesting to learn how the Pennsylvania Dutch was different from Amish that is in America.

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