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day of German unity

Rumpel

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that is the name of our national holiday

now some doubt whether Germany is really united

what do you think?
 
or is east and west really so different?
 
How much of Germany’s population was born after the fall of the Berlin Wall?

It was a long time ago.
 
that is the name of our national holiday

now some doubt whether Germany is really united

what do you think?
Germany is united but as in most other countries there regional differences. As always the most divided states are Belgium and Britain, with Spain and Italy close behind.
 
Germany is united but as in most other countries there regional differences. As always the most divided states are Belgium and Britain, with Spain and Italy close behind.
How much of Germany’s population was born after the fall of the Berlin Wall?

It was a long time ago.
i dont know the percentage
 
or is east and west really so different?

Issues of cultural and national identity are social constructs and do not have some greater external existence, somehow to be found outside of how cultures and the people who make them up decide to define them. There is no ultimate truth of the matter- some greater reality and truth that exists outside of the people and societies that make up those definitions. There is no “really”.

So the answer to this question is: Getmany is what Germans want it and define it to be.

Heck, forget about German unity alone. Forget about European unity alone. Forget about western unity alone. We humans could even talk about human unity if we really wanted to.

We make this stuff up, so we can define it anyway we want. So why don’t we choose to define these things in a way that minimizes pain, alienation, conflict, and suffering, and instead maximizes happiness, solidarity, cooperation, and prosperity?
 
You need fireworks and stuff. Of course its Oktoberfest so you should combine the two. OktoberUnity Fest!
 
Does the Finnish cat speak Finnish or Swedish? His Swedish friend possibly speaks Arabic. (As do half of a niece's new class in a central Uppsala school).

Do Finns speak Finnish? I heard it was a very difficult language.
 
I think this has to do with East Germany remaining poor. This has made it seem like not part of the real Germany by the west, and have fostered a very different culture.


You don't want to know what the Danish cat is doing.
I'm in Denmark at the moment but so far have only seen dogs.
 
we have tea and cake today



No beer? I say beer by the gallons. Make the Teutons proud. The shades of the departed Tuetons wanna look down and see their descendants lifting beer mugs by the thousands. Tea and cake :)!
 
Do Finns speak Finnish? I heard it was a very difficult language.
Uralic.

affiliated with Hungarian (although not mutually intelligible) and little different from Estonian.

Very difficult for those who grew up with "Indo-European" like Brits, Germans and "Mediterraneans" (North coast)..

But it is one of the two official languages of Finland (obviously), the other being Swedish.
 
I think this has to do with East Germany remaining poor. This has made it seem like not part of the real Germany by the west, and have fostered a very different culture.
The difference in culture primarily arose with being Soviet occupied for decades and that has left a lasting impact (still).

But your point on poverty is valid, especially when it comes to rural East Germany.
You don't want to know what the Danish cat is doing.
I dare not even ask.
 
Do you guys have backyard barbecues? Fireworks? Concerts?
They do.

But I reckon all (East and West) are still traumatized by David Hasselhoff's performance at the celebration at the falling wall.

I certainly am and I'm not even German.

:ROFLMAO:
 
Get out of my country you heathen!



before you go broke!


And the Danish cats are inside getting warm...

Happily, the inhabitants of Amager are more welcoming than you lol
And our apartment is near both a Netto and a discount365 so not had any eye watering moments yet. And the tickets for the gig we're here for (at Loppen) were pretty cheap.

On a more German note - one thing we noticed on the rather clogged autobahns round Bremen and Hamburg was that when traffic ground to a halt the majority of cars in the fast lane pulled up onto the verge - as a precaution in case emergency vehicles needed to get through we guessed. Not seen that anywhere else.
 
On a more German note - one thing we noticed on the rather clogged autobahns round Bremen and Hamburg was that when traffic ground to a halt the majority of cars in the fast lane pulled up onto the verge - as a precaution in case emergency vehicles needed to get through we guessed. Not seen that anywhere else.
sensible!
 
Happily, the inhabitants of Amager are more welcoming than you lol
Where do you think I have lived most of my life in Denmark.....

And our apartment is near both a Netto and a discount365 so not had any eye watering moments yet. And the tickets for the gig we're here for (at Loppen) were pretty cheap.
Wait a minute...that sounds familiar.. Is there pizza joint called Latinis there?

On a more German note - one thing we noticed on the rather clogged autobahns round Bremen and Hamburg was that when traffic ground to a halt the majority of cars in the fast lane pulled up onto the verge - as a precaution in case emergency vehicles needed to get through we guessed. Not seen that anywhere else.
Oh that has been viral on Youtoobs for years.
 
Do Finns speak Finnish? I heard it was a very difficult language.
It's mainly difficult because it's not related to most European languages. It's main relatives are Estonian, Sapmi (spoken in northernmost Scandinavia and Finland), Ingrian, Vepsian, Karelian (all three minority languages in Russia) and several more small languages. Hungarian is a distant relative. So yes, for someone trained to think how an Indoeuropean language work Finnish is challenging (I'd know).
 
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