Thanks to Temu for sponsoring the vid! Download the Temu app to get the $100 coupon bundle @ app.temu.com/k/u7eqsyjkgi1 and search my code duw2577 in the app to snag the Black Friday Early Access deals. My kids love the shoes we got them! Anyway, do you know of any other “lost” languages in America like Texas German?
@@jodawgsup Yeah, they're going scorched earth, hoping pure force will get them to be the standard for cheap crap. They might be winning since people use Temu instead of Wish when they mean terrible knock off :)
Hey, Americans who have values are Subbed to you. Not sure if you were aware of that. Unsubbed “The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice. Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.” I’ll keep posting this is it’s taken down.
As a German I can't describe how deeply interesting this is for me. This is one of the reasons why I like the USA so much cause it has so much diverse and complex culture from people who came from all these countries. Sadly this is all fading away since this all happened a long time ago but I'm glad that some of these people are still alive and have all of these stories, they're truly a treasure. I could literally move to these people and listen to their stories in German every day, it's just so wholesome and I just love old people and their stories. I have so much respect for these people, one day we will all go there. But let's cherish the last glimpses we have of these incredible people and enjoy every moment!
OMG Xiaoma, my family is from Fredericksburg! I'm so happy you had a chance to visit and learn about Texas German. I can trace my ancestry all the way back to the original founding of Fbg, and my ancestor built a house that is still standing today in that town. Thank you for checking it out and sharing the knowledge of Texas German.
We’re from Germany and traveled to Texas last summer and of course we did visit Fredericksburg too. we’ve had great conversations with the locals there. thanks for bringing back some good memories.
This was the most emotional I’ve been watching one of these videos. Unfortunately these speakers are close to the end of their lives and the fact that they all fit around a table now is really sad. Hard to accept losing a part of history to time. Glad to have it somewhat preserved in this video for future generations. Thanks Ari.
I'm in a Japanese language class with a girl who spent the summer studying in Spain and when I asked her "スペインはどう？" (how was Spain?) she responded "¡Bien!" Lol
The Lady sitting next to Ari... omg, her German is almost pristine 😲 At least from my point of view - I am German from the very nothern part in Germany and we speak the "High German" where I live. I guess it matters a lot when your parents speak a foreign language at home. It literally forms the language your child speaks. 😎
Agreed. The lady sitting to Ari's right has retained a nice accent. Many of the other folks speak German with what can only be described as a thick American accent. Ich spreche nur ein bisschen Deutsche, aber, mein Mutti war im Nuremberg geboren und aufgewachsen und so, Ich war aufgewachsen gut Deutsch sprechen zu horen!
@@billramsey8934 Omg, thank you for sharing a bit of your mom's story in Germany. Danke 😊 Dein Deutsch ist besser als das Deutsch vieler Menschen die in Deutschland leben. 😂
Jedes video was irgendwie deutschland oder deutsche sprache erwähnt MUSS diesen kommentar haben. with that being said: Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland!
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice. Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
@@dominicgrasso485 Once downloaded, Temu can access almost anything on your phone - the camera, internet, audio recordings, and more - according to one study.
“Temu’s goods are cheap not because of fair competition, but rather because of China’s familiar combination of intellectual-property theft, government subsidies, and human-rights abuses,” Cotton’s letter reads.
This is a great video. Even though I never lived in Texas, this brought back memories of when I lived in Germany from 1976 to 1979 (my dad was in the Air Force and was assigned to Hahn AFB for 3 years). I was in elementary school then and we attended school on the air base but we lived off base for a while. I found the German people to be absolutely lovely and welcoming. We made many friends in the local area and I learned some German in 6th grade, which I continued into high school and college. Unfortunately, since I’ve had no one to speak with, I’ve all but lost my German speaking skills. Still some great memories in Germany and so glad I had that rare chance to live there.
13:56 when around 1850 his far far grandfather came to the USA, Germany didn't existed as a country yet. Germany as a unified nation-state was founded on January 18, 1871. This happened after the French-Prussian War, when the German principalities united and the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Before that, the area consisted of separate states and kingdoms. The German Empire in 1871 consisted of 25 separate states, which included four kingdoms, six grand duchies, several duchies, principalities, and three free cities. Here’s a list of them: _Kingdoms_ 1. Prussia 2. Bavaria 3. Saxony 4. Württemberg _Grand Duchies_ 5. Baden 6. Hesse 7. Mecklenburg-Schwerin 8. Mecklenburg-Strelitz 9. Oldenburg 10. Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach _Duchies_ 11. Anhalt 12. Brunswick 13. Saxe-Altenburg 14. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 15. Saxe-Meiningen _Principalities_ 16. Lippe 17. Reuss Elder Line 18. Reuss Junior Line 19. Schaumburg-Lippe 20. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 21. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 22. Waldeck-Pyrmont _Free and Hanseatic Cities_ 23. Bremen 24. Hamburg 25. Lübeck Each of these states retained some degree of autonomy within the empire, with Prussia being the most powerful and influential.
Thank you for writing this comment! I know my German ancestors who came to Texas were from Prussia, but I didn't really understand why and how. I'm still learning my genealogy and history.
Hearing these people speak German is super interesting. They have a very unique accent (definitely American, but not like other Americans who are learning German) and I can hear hints of different German dialects, all randomly meshed together. And every single one of these people has their unique accent too, some speak more fluently than others, some with a more heavy American accent etc. Really cool!
I would address an older person as "Sie" ( Wie geht es Ihnen?") not "du" upon first meeting. The most recent count indicates that there are 82,000 fluent German speakers in Texas. Two sets of my grandparents came through Pennsylvania (1752) - not with the later Texas group 100 years later. We still have an active German Free School in Austin as well as a Saengerrunde. It is located downtown adjacent to Scholtz Garden. 1 Catholic and several Lutheran Churches here conducted their services in German until around 1936. 🌿⭐🌿
I was playing Xbox a long time ago and was in a party with a dude from Texas and invited another friend of mine who was from Germany. The Texan asked "oh, you're from Germany?" And started speaking to the German guy in German. I had no idea what to say.. 😂
Iam german and I really enjoyed the video great job, and I love the "sarcasm" from the journalist in min 22:00 dont know if you can hear the sarcasm if you dont speak german but he was like "oh great german food in the usa, sounds good" with a sarcastic undertone :'D that was so funny to me :p , seid schön nett hier in den kommentaren, benehmt euch ich schau euch auf die finger ^^
This episode was so beautiful. As an Italian I felt bad that when I visited little Italy, way too many Italian Americans couldn't understand Italian. To know these ppl are trying everything but still failing to keep their heritage alive, breaks my heart. Bless them
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS AT A COFFEE SHOP THIS MORNING!!!! I’m a Texas Native and I’m currently learning German, have been for around 6 months now. So cool seeing my home state on here, welcome!
Interesting how the German journalist notices the use of the word Kirchhof instead of Friedhof. This difference might perhaps be related to Dutch instead of German. The Dutch word for cemetery is Kerkhof, which translates to Church courtyard. Just as the German word for church is Kirch. So that's probably where Kirchhof originates from. A blend of German and Dutch.
No it is not a blend. The word "Kirchhof" does exist in German as well. A very old fashioned word, but it is still in the dictionary. It also makes sense, as "Kirch" means "church" and "hof" means "courtyard". Both words are very common in modern German too.
In rural Germany, you would sometimes see old churches with the cementary within their (back-)yard, it has become a rare sight these days but I think back when the Texas-Germans departed for America this setup might still have been quite common.
I would assume that a lot of Germanic people moved to this town from different regions after the originals set up there. As more newcomers show up over the years, anyone who speaks any Germanic language would be tempted to move to that town, resulting in a lot of influences from many dialects and related languages. That is all speculation though, because I know nothing about this town that I didn't see in this video.
@@ILoveYellow.incorrect. Selling data is their principle market. They make more revenue from selling data and learned behaviours than they do from products. Please read their company report and end of fiscal year documents before leaving misinformation.
Love your videos dude. But Temu ain't the way to go. I get the same feeling like when i see some youtubers still using "Better" Help sponsor. My advice, quit Temu fast
“Temu’s goods are cheap not because of fair competition, but rather because of China’s familiar combination of intellectual-property theft, government subsidies, and human-rights abuses,” Cotton’s letter reads.
A German girl did a video here years ago. She said their German was much different. It became Americanized. She had to figure out some of the spoken words. Kind of the same in Louisiana , Cajun French is totally different but has some original context.
@@ypy2516 what is this for kind of response? Are you pretending the 6.1 million sub YT channel had no other company but Temu reaching out? Are you doing OK?
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice. Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
@@Raptorade Once downloaded, Temu can access almost anything on your phone - the camera, internet, audio recordings, and more - according to one study.
Es klingt etwas verwaschen, aber man kann natürlich alles verstehen. Erinnert mich ein bisschen daran, wie Arnold sein Össi Deutsch spricht 😄. Schön,das sie sich die Sprache erhalten haben, obwohl sie vermutlich zu 90% Englisch sprechen. Grüße aus der alten Heimat 👏
Ich wusste nicht einmal, dass es in Texas eine "deutsche Gemeinde" gibt. Finde es aber echt cool, dass nach so einer langen Zeit dort immer noch die deutsche Sprache existiert, wenn natürlich auch nicht exakt so wie hier bei uns. 🙈😄❤️
@@MsJoline93We have a very historic restaurant/bar here in Austin, Texas called Scholz Garten and my ancestor was August Scholz, the German (Prussian?) man who built the establishment in 1866. We love being Texan and having German roots- very proud folks ❤
Is it really a good idea to take a sponsorship from Temu? It seems like everyone knows the shady things they’re doing by now. Do you really want to promote them? I think many people might lose trust in your judgement when you promote companies like that.
Imma be real here, for a good 99.99% of things, I just don’t care, especially if it interferes with my entertainment. I want him to be sponsored by Temu, i cannot really change what they do shady as a corporation
I really wish you wouldn't promote Temu. Its a terrible company and it promotes an unhealthy and exploitative business model. Please reconsider! The vid was awesome, though. I am so happy to see you here in Texas!
@@Brotherline Once downloaded, Temu can access almost anything on your phone - the camera, internet, audio recordings, and more - according to one study.
I'm a descendant of Germans who went to Texas via the Deutsch verein but my ancestors didn't go to Fredericksburg, they went to Galveston and Indianola and then to New Orleans and then up the river to St Louis (one of the German Triangle cities) vielen dank.. this video brought back memories of my Grandma Becker.
Really cool episode about German in Texas. I lived in Germany for 2 years and to see a small town in America that still speaks the language is really neat! Thanks for sharing Xiaomanyc! I had an experience in San Francisco CA a year ago where I was waiting to get a rental car, I heard a father and daughter speaking German then I suddenly started speaking to them. The dad rolled his eyes initially because he thought I was an American who could say a few phrases or words. Once I started speaking in full conversation he was like, "Woah! You do know German!" We had a great conversation and I think they were impressed to find someone who could speak their language half-way around the world.
As a Native German speaker living in the United States, I believe their German is pretty awesome, especially after almost two centuries of leaving their former home country! Some of those folks even got a boonie dialect, hilarious! 😅
Very interesting video. My Grandfather grew up in a German immigrant community near West Bend, Wisconsin. He is the 3rd generation of his family to be born in the US and he didn't learn English until he went to school. He always used to sing nursery rhymes to us in German. Based on the immigration info I've found, that side of the family came from Bavaria before it was annexed by Prussia to form the German empire, so it would make sense that the dialect he speaks is a more southern dialect.
This reminds of where my grand parents are from in Wakefiled Mich. They were from Finland and the culture is still around but all the people have since passed on.. Just have the pictures of my great grandfathers house was general store and post office. So that guy speaking about he is probably the last generation I have to be honest really make me cry and have a deep hurt inside thank you for sharing this with us.
I found a similar community of Russian speakers in Vernon, BC. They fled communism, ended up in China and then fled to Canada when China also became communist. It's only been about 80 years since they left the motherland, rather than the 200 years of this community, but even with my basic Russian I could already notice differences in dialect (for example instead of saying the official Russian "samolyot" for airplane they would say "eroplan" (borrowing from English). The community has managed to maintain their Russian, but a few of the elders still speak Chinese as well. I can put you in touch with people from that community if you're interested.
Wow that is so cool. I bet they also faced some similar suppression as the German speakers except during the cold war, where they might have been suspected of being USSR spies if they spoke Russian
@@dingus42 I went to a museum of one of those communities and there was nothing mentioned like that, just the usual loss of the mother tongue over generations due to assimilation. It wouldn't be surprising if paranoid governments looked askance at people of Russian ancestry, but the fact that they were a religious minority that left Russia due to persecution during the days of the tsar and would likely still face persecution under a communist regime probably worked in their favor.
Best descriptor of this video is very "Midwest nice" in how they like to chat, love those old folks. I feel a kinship from afar. This is amazing. Own reason I live growing up here in America, it's the multicultural and all the linguistic interplay and history. Amazing. All the way up north from there in Fredericksburg there seems to be a common north European - midwestern culture of loving beer and being affable... Here in Nebraska there's a decent love for German culture as well, although it's much more cosmetic than linguistic, aka German bier houses, pretzels. But we have smaller towns here that have ancestry like this town and hold German festivals yearly. Pretty cool.
It is a shame that we don’t remember our history. In the 1800’s there were many newspapers & magazines printed any multiple languages for all the NEW Americans! 🇺🇸💙
This is really cool. Muenster, TX (North TX) is very similar to Fredburg. I used to live there and it’s like teleporting to Europe in a way. But then again it’s still Texas for sure. Unmistakably. 🙂
It's still surprising that Fredericksburg still kept the German going. My Grandfather spoke German and there would probably be a lot of places in the US that would still be speaking German if it wasn't for the wars, since the German language was discouraged heavily during those times.
Crazy how I could understand the Americans speaking German but the journalist I had no chance 😂 learnt German for 4 years in school. So I was pretty proud to understand most of it
Finally one I can understand without subtitles 😊 pronunciation isn't too bad. I always find English people struggle with alot of German. Putting sentences together is completely different to English. ❤
Oh , what a pleasure to hear them speak German. I can understand the Texas German just fine and I was born in the Ore Mountains in Eastern Germany. Next year we gonna go to Texas and I’ll make sure to visit those folks, what a lovely bunch of people they are.
As a Dutchy and a neighbour of Germany it's impressive to see these Americans speak Deutsch, probably better then most Dutch people here. Mind you Dutch is fairly different from Deutsch.These people and the Amish speaking Pennsylvania Dutch should be able to understand each other though.
Ari, I doubt you will see this, however; I enjoy most of your videos, but especially this one. Like most, I had no idea Fredicksburg was a thing. And, like the native videos, it's sad the language is dying out. If Evelyn wants a new video student, I would like to learn my German from her. I might have better luck than Duolingo and Babble. Keep up the good work!
Milwaukee Wisconsin is similar. Lots of German, Polish, Mexican, italian, American Indian, Hmong, you can hear it all. We have ethnic fests every summer here. My grandmother had her polish speaking friends too ...
As an American it's so interesting to hear people with American accents speaking German. Their pronunciation kind of sounds like a combination of English pronunciation and German pronunciation!
Texas German has similarities with Canadian French. Both languages are stuck in the time when Germans and French settle there. I knew a French Canadian who was asked when he went to France "Why do you speak like a child?"
Damn, temu? I love you man but accepting a sponsorship from scam artists is deplorable. Especially when your audience is mainly young and impressionable people...
Very interesting video and thank you Ari for really trying to cover all the small language areas. As a German, I would be interested to know whether the German in Fredericksburg sounds softer to Americans than when spoken by native German speakers. Because you can hear a very very strong American accent.
You should tell your friend that I got my love for German from an old FMV video game called Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within. There are only two actors that speak fluent German with one being an older lady that is definitely speaking Bavarian German, and the guy who plays the lawyer is standard German. Also being from two German families myself, I love the language and the culture, and can't get enough. 😄💚
I'm a "kindergarten"-level FennoSwedish-speaker. Their German was incredibly understandable to me. Beautiful. Forgive me, but usually German sounds like shouted, barely intelligible Swedish. Edit: I can barely understand the German journalist so I turned on CC.
This is REALLY neat. I had no idea and I was even born in Texas. I'm glad they were not persecuted in WW2. That was the first thing that popped into my head as I know Japanese Americans were TERRIBLY persecuted and rounded up into camps.
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice. Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
@@user-unintentional there is also the Chinese company tencent owns a lot of software too, discord, the game company Riot Games, who knows what else. guaranteed they steal your data with their vanguard anticheat that is on the kernel level of your system
Great vid 🙌🙌 Idk if you've given any thought to learning Farsi at all but that could be cool. Might find some Persians who'd geek out a bit lol either way keep on rockin brother
Something a lot of people don't know is that besides Japanese internment camps, there were also ones for Italian and German Americans too. The government never apologized to those families.
What about the Chinese? Like the ones that run Temu. “Temu’s goods are cheap not because of fair competition, but rather because of China’s familiar combination of intellectual-property theft, government subsidies, and human-rights abuses,” Cotton’s letter reads.
i took several years of german in high school, went to germany on a student exchange program, then joined the army and went to germany because my dad served there and i lived there for 4 years. It was interesting to watch this video... their german is very mixed with english, and their and your pronunciation is pretty rough but i get why yours is rough as your just starting out. Just interesting ... would love to see you go to germany and really interact...
New Braunfels Tx also had/has mostly German-speakers . There are still German food stores in town - most of them have signs in their windows "English Spoken Here!
we need more towns that speak German in America and less towns that speak whatever the hell languages I hear in the neighbor's music with loud electronic beats
I have been trying to learn German for a decade and honestly still find it hard, especially the grammar. Kudos for picking it up so quickly, and to the group for keeping it going.
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice. Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice. Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
Hello from Italy! This video is very interesting and the thing that leaves me most stunned is how quickly things can change in just a few decades. The Germans as an ethnic group WERE and ARE the second largest ethnic group after the British/Nederlands and were probably the ones who had managed to maintain their customs, traditions and language the most. In a very short time between WW1 and WW2 they found themselves completely assimilated leaving almost nothing behind. And you will say to me: but this happens to everybody. Of course, coming from Italy I can confirm that. Italians were harassed, insulted and in some cases even killed through lynchings (the biggest lynching ever in the US was against Italians in New Orleans in 1891), discriminated against extensively until late 70's. They were also controlled during the wars as happened among others to Germans and Japanese (they also ended up in internment camps ), forced not to speak Italian and Americanize surnames and names but the culture, customs and traditions remained. And in spite of everything today they are still as strong as ever. This seems to have been completely eradicated and it seems really unbelievable. Only 90 years ago there were NEWSPAPERS IN GERMAN LANGUAGE!!! Kind of sad to think about it. The tragic consequences of wars. And perhaps also a great loss to the United States. Who knows what Texas and certain other areas would have been if this had not happened. 🙌🏼
Thanks to Temu for sponsoring the vid! Download the Temu app to get the $100 coupon bundle @ app.temu.com/k/u7eqsyjkgi1 and search my code duw2577 in the app to snag the Black Friday Early Access deals. My kids love the shoes we got them! Anyway, do you know of any other “lost” languages in America like Texas German?
temu must be paying big huh
@@jodawgsup Yeah, they're going scorched earth, hoping pure force will get them to be the standard for cheap crap. They might be winning since people use Temu instead of Wish when they mean terrible knock off :)
Isn't there a German town in Washington state as well.
This is a really morally questionable sponsorship. You can do better than that.
Hey, Americans who have values are Subbed to you. Not sure if you were aware of that. Unsubbed
“The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.”
I’ll keep posting this is it’s taken down.
As a German I can't describe how deeply interesting this is for me.
This is one of the reasons why I like the USA so much cause it has so much diverse and complex culture from people who came from all these countries.
Sadly this is all fading away since this all happened a long time ago but I'm glad that some of these people are still alive and have all of these stories, they're truly a treasure.
I could literally move to these people and listen to their stories in German every day, it's just so wholesome and I just love old people and their stories.
I have so much respect for these people, one day we will all go there. But let's cherish the last glimpses we have of these incredible people and enjoy every moment!
Go visit with your family
@@Rick-2829 My ancestors in the 1800's moved to the United States from Germany to Minnesota and then to California and then I was born.
OMG Xiaoma, my family is from Fredericksburg! I'm so happy you had a chance to visit and learn about Texas German. I can trace my ancestry all the way back to the original founding of Fbg, and my ancestor built a house that is still standing today in that town. Thank you for checking it out and sharing the knowledge of Texas German.
We’re from Germany and traveled to Texas last summer and of course we did visit Fredericksburg too. we’ve had great conversations with the locals there. thanks for bringing back some good memories.
I'm from the US and will never step foot in Texas.
This was the most emotional I’ve been watching one of these videos. Unfortunately these speakers are close to the end of their lives and the fact that they all fit around a table now is really sad. Hard to accept losing a part of history to time. Glad to have it somewhat preserved in this video for future generations. Thanks Ari.
"Sprichst du Deutsch?"
"Si!" 😂
🤣
Geile Antwort XD
yeah we watch the same video with you
I'm in a Japanese language class with a girl who spent the summer studying in Spain and when I asked her "スペインはどう？" (how was Spain?) she responded "¡Bien!" Lol
Lmao😂😂😂😂😅
The Lady sitting next to Ari... omg, her German is almost pristine 😲 At least from my point of view - I am German from the very nothern part in Germany and we speak the "High German" where I live. I guess it matters a lot when your parents speak a foreign language at home. It literally forms the language your child speaks. 😎
Agreed. The lady sitting to Ari's right has retained a nice accent. Many of the other folks speak German with what can only be described as a thick American accent. Ich spreche nur ein bisschen Deutsche, aber, mein Mutti war im Nuremberg geboren und aufgewachsen und so, Ich war aufgewachsen gut Deutsch sprechen zu horen!
@@billramsey8934 Omg, thank you for sharing a bit of your mom's story in Germany. Danke 😊 Dein Deutsch ist besser als das Deutsch vieler Menschen die in Deutschland leben. 😂
Schleswig Holstein hier ❤😊
„Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD“
Wird auch mal Zeit😂
Jedes video was irgendwie deutschland oder deutsche sprache erwähnt MUSS diesen kommentar haben.
with that being said:
Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland!
Hope for AFD!!!
@@JuanRodriguez-tf7fh halt dein maul
Na das riecht aber nach Weltherrschafts-Fantasien...😂
not the temu ad lol
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
@@dominicgrasso485 Once downloaded, Temu can access almost anything on your phone - the camera, internet, audio recordings, and more - according to one study.
“Temu’s goods are cheap not because of fair competition, but rather because of China’s familiar combination of intellectual-property theft, government subsidies, and human-rights abuses,” Cotton’s letter reads.
Welcome to Texas from San Antonio. There's German speakers just over in New Braunfels as well.
I lived in Austin but I have german heritage so I'd got to New Braunfels all the time. Lol Schlitterbaun and the bakeries were always favorite stops.
This is a great video. Even though I never lived in Texas, this brought back memories of when I lived in Germany from 1976 to 1979 (my dad was in the Air Force and was assigned to Hahn AFB for 3 years). I was in elementary school then and we attended school on the air base but we lived off base for a while. I found the German people to be absolutely lovely and welcoming. We made many friends in the local area and I learned some German in 6th grade, which I continued into high school and college. Unfortunately, since I’ve had no one to speak with, I’ve all but lost my German speaking skills. Still some great memories in Germany and so glad I had that rare chance to live there.
I’m glad you liked my Home Country. I do work with the folks stationed at Ramstein AFB and in the K`town area :)
13:56 when around 1850 his far far grandfather came to the USA, Germany didn't existed as a country yet. Germany as a unified nation-state was founded on January 18, 1871. This happened after the French-Prussian War, when the German principalities united and the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Before that, the area consisted of separate states and kingdoms.
The German Empire in 1871 consisted of 25 separate states, which included four kingdoms, six grand duchies, several duchies, principalities, and three free cities. Here’s a list of them:
_Kingdoms_
1. Prussia
2. Bavaria
3. Saxony
4. Württemberg
_Grand Duchies_
5. Baden
6. Hesse
7. Mecklenburg-Schwerin
8. Mecklenburg-Strelitz
9. Oldenburg
10. Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
_Duchies_
11. Anhalt
12. Brunswick
13. Saxe-Altenburg
14. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
15. Saxe-Meiningen
_Principalities_
16. Lippe
17. Reuss Elder Line
18. Reuss Junior Line
19. Schaumburg-Lippe
20. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
21. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
22. Waldeck-Pyrmont
_Free and Hanseatic Cities_
23. Bremen
24. Hamburg
25. Lübeck
Each of these states retained some degree of autonomy within the empire, with Prussia being the most powerful and influential.
Thank you for writing this comment! I know my German ancestors who came to Texas were from Prussia, but I didn't really understand why and how. I'm still learning my genealogy and history.
My German Speaking ancestors were from Prussian Saxony but went to Texas by 1848.
Hearing these people speak German is super interesting. They have a very unique accent (definitely American, but not like other Americans who are learning German) and I can hear hints of different German dialects, all randomly meshed together. And every single one of these people has their unique accent too, some speak more fluently than others, some with a more heavy American accent etc. Really cool!
I would address an older person as "Sie" ( Wie geht es Ihnen?") not "du" upon first meeting.
The most recent count indicates that there are 82,000 fluent German speakers in Texas. Two sets of my grandparents came through Pennsylvania (1752) - not with the later Texas group 100 years later. We still have an active German Free School in Austin as well as a Saengerrunde. It is located downtown adjacent to Scholtz Garden. 1 Catholic and several Lutheran Churches here conducted their services in German until around 1936.
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I was playing Xbox a long time ago and was in a party with a dude from Texas and invited another friend of mine who was from Germany. The Texan asked "oh, you're from Germany?" And started speaking to the German guy in German. I had no idea what to say.. 😂
Hello there! My Great Grandaddy (x6) August Scholz started Scholz Beer Garten in Austin, Texas in 1866.
Iam german and I really enjoyed the video great job, and I love the "sarcasm" from the journalist in min 22:00 dont know if you can hear the sarcasm if you dont speak german but he was like "oh great german food in the usa, sounds good" with a sarcastic undertone :'D that was so funny to me :p , seid schön nett hier in den kommentaren, benehmt euch ich schau euch auf die finger ^^
This episode was so beautiful. As an Italian I felt bad that when I visited little Italy, way too many Italian Americans couldn't understand Italian. To know these ppl are trying everything but still failing to keep their heritage alive, breaks my heart. Bless them
"Sprechen Sie Deutsch" - "Sí :)" destroyed me 😭😭😭
I did that when I was in France.
@@l8tapex hm "Si" that is I guess spanish?
he wanted to "Sicher(lich)" but stuck at Si😂
@@TophatOrange I had before i wantched written..
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS AT A COFFEE SHOP THIS MORNING!!!! I’m a Texas Native and I’m currently learning German, have been for around 6 months now.
So cool seeing my home state on here, welcome!
Interesting how the German journalist notices the use of the word Kirchhof instead of Friedhof. This difference might perhaps be related to Dutch instead of German. The Dutch word for cemetery is Kerkhof, which translates to Church courtyard. Just as the German word for church is Kirch. So that's probably where Kirchhof originates from. A blend of German and Dutch.
Could also be dialect from Friesland
No it is not a blend. The word "Kirchhof" does exist in German as well. A very old fashioned word, but it is still in the dictionary. It also makes sense, as "Kirch" means "church" and "hof" means "courtyard". Both words are very common in modern German too.
In rural Germany, you would sometimes see old churches with the cementary within their (back-)yard, it has become a rare sight these days but I think back when the Texas-Germans departed for America this setup might still have been quite common.
@@Aintbegone "Kirchhof" = a square on the property of the church, usually in front of the main entrance. "Friedhof" = cemetery.
I would assume that a lot of Germanic people moved to this town from different regions after the originals set up there. As more newcomers show up over the years, anyone who speaks any Germanic language would be tempted to move to that town, resulting in a lot of influences from many dialects and related languages.
That is all speculation though, because I know nothing about this town that I didn't see in this video.
The reason Temu is cheap is because what it does with your phone, please look up it's behaviours, I literally blocked them on my network.
Why dont you tell us
@@ILoveYellow.incorrect. Selling data is their principle market. They make more revenue from selling data and learned behaviours than they do from products. Please read their company report and end of fiscal year documents before leaving misinformation.
We don’t care. It’s cheap stuff that people can afford. Better than overpriced corporations.
It doesn’t/can’t do anything with your phone. They merely sell the data to third parties so you get more spam email and texts.
Cheap garbage that doesn't last.@AtheismScientism
Love your videos dude. But Temu ain't the way to go. I get the same feeling like when i see some youtubers still using "Better" Help sponsor. My advice, quit Temu fast
“Temu’s goods are cheap not because of fair competition, but rather because of China’s familiar combination of intellectual-property theft, government subsidies, and human-rights abuses,” Cotton’s letter reads.
I'd rather see Temu instead of Better Help.
A German girl did a video here years ago. She said their German was much different. It became Americanized. She had to figure out some of the spoken words. Kind of the same in Louisiana , Cajun French is totally different but has some original context.
Bro, don’t push temu.
$$$
Bro got two kids to raise, chill!
Let my boy get his bread up
@@ypy2516 what is this for kind of response? Are you pretending the 6.1 million sub YT channel had no other company but Temu reaching out? Are you doing OK?
I agree. AliExpress is way better.
TEMU? Of all sponsors, you picked TEMU???
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
@@Raptorade Once downloaded, Temu can access almost anything on your phone - the camera, internet, audio recordings, and more - according to one study.
well he made what seemed to be ccp sponsored videos just recently
Es klingt etwas verwaschen, aber man kann natürlich alles verstehen. Erinnert mich ein bisschen daran, wie Arnold sein Össi Deutsch spricht 😄. Schön,das sie sich die Sprache erhalten haben, obwohl sie vermutlich zu 90% Englisch sprechen. Grüße aus der alten Heimat 👏
Ich wusste nicht einmal, dass es in Texas eine "deutsche Gemeinde" gibt. Finde es aber echt cool, dass nach so einer langen Zeit dort immer noch die deutsche Sprache existiert, wenn natürlich auch nicht exakt so wie hier bei uns. 🙈😄❤️
@@MsJoline93 I believe that some other German towns exist in the Dakotas.
@@golfsniper1080 oh wow, I didn't know that 😮
@@MsJoline93We have a very historic restaurant/bar here in Austin, Texas called Scholz Garten and my ancestor was August Scholz, the German (Prussian?) man who built the establishment in 1866. We love being Texan and having German roots- very proud folks ❤
@le4905 wow, I wish I would know my family history back to 1866 🙈😮❤️ That sounds mega exciting to me 🤩❤️
Is it really a good idea to take a sponsorship from Temu? It seems like everyone knows the shady things they’re doing by now. Do you really want to promote them? I think many people might lose trust in your judgement when you promote companies like that.
Chill brah
Imma be real here, for a good 99.99% of things, I just don’t care, especially if it interferes with my entertainment. I want him to be sponsored by Temu, i cannot really change what they do shady as a corporation
Brah. Bro, brah brah bro!🙄
he's just trying to make some money he can't control temu's decisions
Shady things huh. Like Walmart shady or Hobby Lobby shady?🙄
I really wish you wouldn't promote Temu. Its a terrible company and it promotes an unhealthy and exploitative business model. Please reconsider!
The vid was awesome, though. I am so happy to see you here in Texas!
Bro, temu, really?
Explain?
He has kids to feed Bru chill
@@Orangeninja5000straight up ass, mass-produced & dirt-cheap products plus there are privacy issues with the info they collect.
Lower than RAID shadow legions or whatever. We go from the epic sign language video to a temu sponsored video of a great part of Tejas? Ack
@@Brotherline Once downloaded, Temu can access almost anything on your phone - the camera, internet, audio recordings, and more - according to one study.
I'm a descendant of Germans who went to Texas via the Deutsch verein but my ancestors didn't go to Fredericksburg, they went to Galveston and Indianola and then to New Orleans and then up the river to St Louis (one of the German Triangle cities) vielen dank.. this video brought back memories of my Grandma Becker.
Really cool episode about German in Texas. I lived in Germany for 2 years and to see a small town in America that still speaks the language is really neat! Thanks for sharing Xiaomanyc!
I had an experience in San Francisco CA a year ago where I was waiting to get a rental car, I heard a father and daughter speaking German then I suddenly started speaking to them. The dad rolled his eyes initially because he thought I was an American who could say a few phrases or words. Once I started speaking in full conversation he was like, "Woah! You do know German!" We had a great conversation and I think they were impressed to find someone who could speak their language half-way around the world.
As a Native German speaker living in the United States, I believe their German is pretty awesome, especially after almost two centuries of leaving their former home country! Some of those folks even got a boonie dialect, hilarious! 😅
Very interesting video. My Grandfather grew up in a German immigrant community near West Bend, Wisconsin. He is the 3rd generation of his family to be born in the US and he didn't learn English until he went to school. He always used to sing nursery rhymes to us in German. Based on the immigration info I've found, that side of the family came from Bavaria before it was annexed by Prussia to form the German empire, so it would make sense that the dialect he speaks is a more southern dialect.
This reminds of where my grand parents are from in Wakefiled Mich. They were from Finland and the culture is still around but all the people have since passed on.. Just have the pictures of my great grandfathers house was general store and post office. So that guy speaking about he is probably the last generation I have to be honest really make me cry and have a deep hurt inside thank you for sharing this with us.
I found a similar community of Russian speakers in Vernon, BC. They fled communism, ended up in China and then fled to Canada when China also became communist.
It's only been about 80 years since they left the motherland, rather than the 200 years of this community, but even with my basic Russian I could already notice differences in dialect (for example instead of saying the official Russian "samolyot" for airplane they would say "eroplan" (borrowing from English).
The community has managed to maintain their Russian, but a few of the elders still speak Chinese as well.
I can put you in touch with people from that community if you're interested.
A bunch of those religious refugees wound up in Grand Forks BC, too. There's a good Russian restaurant there, good dumplings.
Wow that is so cool. I bet they also faced some similar suppression as the German speakers except during the cold war, where they might have been suspected of being USSR spies if they spoke Russian
@@dingus42 I went to a museum of one of those communities and there was nothing mentioned like that, just the usual loss of the mother tongue over generations due to assimilation. It wouldn't be surprising if paranoid governments looked askance at people of Russian ancestry, but the fact that they were a religious minority that left Russia due to persecution during the days of the tsar and would likely still face persecution under a communist regime probably worked in their favor.
One of my favorite spots in texas, the brewery is amazing, the hill country is breath taking!
Best descriptor of this video is very "Midwest nice" in how they like to chat, love those old folks. I feel a kinship from afar.
This is amazing. Own reason I live growing up here in America, it's the multicultural and all the linguistic interplay and history. Amazing. All the way up north from there in Fredericksburg there seems to be a common north European - midwestern culture of loving beer and being affable... Here in Nebraska there's a decent love for German culture as well, although it's much more cosmetic than linguistic, aka German bier houses, pretzels.
But we have smaller towns here that have ancestry like this town and hold German festivals yearly. Pretty cool.
I am from the UK. This was fascinating, I had know idea about this German community in Texas, and well done on speaking the language.
You never cease to amaze me...what an interesting meeting and visit that was - thank you, once again!!
It is a shame that we don’t remember our history. In the 1800’s there were many newspapers & magazines printed any multiple languages for all the NEW Americans! 🇺🇸💙
I really enjoy your German videos because they allow me another TH-camr, which I like a lot, to practice my Deutsch with. Danke sehr!
This is really cool. Muenster, TX (North TX) is very similar to Fredburg. I used to live there and it’s like teleporting to Europe in a way. But then again it’s still Texas for sure. Unmistakably. 🙂
It's still surprising that Fredericksburg still kept the German going. My Grandfather spoke German and there would probably be a lot of places in the US that would still be speaking German if it wasn't for the wars, since the German language was discouraged heavily during those times.
they're so happy!
16:48 in germany we still sing: BIER HER, BIER HER ODER ICH FALL UM ❤
Dieser Kommentarbereich ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland!
Crazy how I could understand the Americans speaking German but the journalist I had no chance 😂 learnt German for 4 years in school. So I was pretty proud to understand most of it
Finally one I can understand without subtitles 😊 pronunciation isn't too bad. I always find English people struggle with alot of German. Putting sentences together is completely different to English. ❤
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Oh , what a pleasure to hear them speak German. I can understand the Texas German just fine and I was born in the Ore Mountains in Eastern Germany. Next year we gonna go to Texas and I’ll make sure to visit those folks, what a lovely bunch of people they are.
We would love to have you visit! Perhaps you can check out my ancestor's bier garten in Austin, Texas called Scholz Garten.
its crazy to see u actually speaking german, thats insane... greetings from germany :)
As a Dutchy and a neighbour of Germany it's impressive to see these Americans speak Deutsch, probably better then most Dutch people here.
Mind you Dutch is fairly different from Deutsch.These people and the Amish speaking Pennsylvania Dutch should be able to understand each other though.
This is amazing! Not in a million years I would’ve expected that in Texas there is a whole town that speaks German!
Ari, I doubt you will see this, however; I enjoy most of your videos, but especially this one. Like most, I had no idea Fredicksburg was a thing. And, like the native videos, it's sad the language is dying out. If Evelyn wants a new video student, I would like to learn my German from her. I might have better luck than Duolingo and Babble. Keep up the good work!
I'd likie to confirm that the "Bier her"-song definitely survived in Germany.
Milwaukee Wisconsin is similar. Lots of German, Polish, Mexican, italian, American Indian, Hmong, you can hear it all. We have ethnic fests every summer here. My grandmother had her polish speaking friends too ...
I can't imagine how happy these wise humans were to have you come and put a spotlight on them.
As someone from Texas of German descent I love seeing this
As an American it's so interesting to hear people with American accents speaking German. Their pronunciation kind of sounds like a combination of English pronunciation and German pronunciation!
Texas German has similarities with Canadian French. Both languages are stuck in the time when Germans and French settle there. I knew a French Canadian who was asked when he went to France "Why do you speak like a child?"
Jokes on France, French Canadian is actually closer to the original incarnation of French and it is modern French that has deviated
To call a restaurant "Ausländer" (foreigner/immigrant) would start a shitstorm in germany 😮
He also mispronounced it.
Sehr schönes Video 💚💚 Your german skills are fabulous!
As a german speaker, I didn't even read the subtitles. Just fascinating.
great video, so interesting to see!
The council meeting was the most german thing ive ever seen
Except for the parts about the shotgun 😅
Cant wait to watch this video!
Damn, temu?
I love you man but accepting a sponsorship from scam artists is deplorable. Especially when your audience is mainly young and impressionable people...
Oh well
Dude's got bills to pay
He's got mouths to feed 😅
You don't control him lil bro
Funny, everybody I know who has used it got their products IRL
wow...the nice older fellow in the corner sounds like a native german...he mumbles just the right amount to sound like your average german uncle
Lose Temu, dude. They’re bad actors.
Seriously.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. HALF OF YOUR COUNTRY ARE BAD ACTORS THAT VOTED FOR TRUMP THE TRAITOR 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏼♀️😳‼️🫡💙🇨🇦. Seriously you need to check yourself buddy
Texas has a lot of communities similar to this when it comes to different cultures. Little hot spots of different languages.
nice, finally another german vid❤
Your german is good, Ari !
Keep going
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Love from Germany 🇩🇪🩷
Thanks for another interesting video! Also, people's posture and walking always look so funny from your camera-on-a-stick :)
Very interesting video and thank you Ari for really trying to cover all the small language areas. As a German, I would be interested to know whether the German in Fredericksburg sounds softer to Americans than when spoken by native German speakers. Because you can hear a very very strong American accent.
Thanks 🙏 bud! I love your travel videos 🎉❤!
You should tell your friend that I got my love for German from an old FMV video game called Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within. There are only two actors that speak fluent German with one being an older lady that is definitely speaking Bavarian German, and the guy who plays the lawyer is standard German. Also being from two German families myself, I love the language and the culture, and can't get enough. 😄💚
Its fun that some words sound just like the dutch language. They pronounce the cemetery the same as us!
Yea it is a German word too 😄
I'm a "kindergarten"-level FennoSwedish-speaker. Their German was incredibly understandable to me. Beautiful. Forgive me, but usually German sounds like shouted, barely intelligible Swedish. Edit: I can barely understand the German journalist so I turned on CC.
Bro i knew you would eventually find the small towns near San Antoniowhich were found by so many germans. It’s awesome and great to see.
This is REALLY neat. I had no idea and I was even born in Texas. I'm glad they were not persecuted in WW2. That was the first thing that popped into my head as I know Japanese Americans were TERRIBLY persecuted and rounded up into camps.
Yayyy! He posted! ❤🎉
I grew up in Germany, we called the Cemetary Kirchhof because it was outside the church
Dieser Kommentarbereich ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepulik deutschland !
Don't be supporting temu, one of the worst companies possible, do some research before you support these companies
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
@@user-unintentional there is also the Chinese company tencent owns a lot of software too, discord, the game company Riot Games, who knows what else. guaranteed they steal your data with their vanguard anticheat that is on the kernel level of your system
Great vid 🙌🙌
Idk if you've given any thought to learning Farsi at all but that could be cool. Might find some Persians who'd geek out a bit lol either way keep on rockin brother
Something a lot of people don't know is that besides Japanese internment camps, there were also ones for Italian and German Americans too. The government never apologized to those families.
What about the Chinese? Like the ones that run Temu.
“Temu’s goods are cheap not because of fair competition, but rather because of China’s familiar combination of intellectual-property theft, government subsidies, and human-rights abuses,” Cotton’s letter reads.
i took several years of german in high school, went to germany on a student exchange program, then joined the army and went to germany because my dad served there and i lived there for 4 years. It was interesting to watch this video... their german is very mixed with english, and their and your pronunciation is pretty rough but i get why yours is rough as your just starting out. Just interesting ... would love to see you go to germany and really interact...
Sehr nette Americanisher Leute Deutsche sprechen zu horen, sogar mit Ihrem Akzent!
New Braunfels Tx also had/has mostly German-speakers . There are still German food stores in town - most of them have signs in their windows "English Spoken Here!
Don't forget Schlitterbahn! 😂
Diese Kommentarspalte ist jetzt Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
we need more towns that speak German in America and less towns that speak whatever the hell languages I hear in the neighbor's music with loud electronic beats
Sounds like you’re referring to Brazilian funk
2:22 The moment of silence is cause you said water.
But after that you had what your german inner voice said
All the differend Culture this is the strength of America 🇺🇸 doesn't lose it! Be a good human ✨️
I wonder how similar this German is to Pennsylvania Dutch
I have been trying to learn German for a decade and honestly still find it hard, especially the grammar. Kudos for picking it up so quickly, and to the group for keeping it going.
There is a German Club in San Antonio that has a Beer Garden and has weekend festivals that are a blast. There are a lot of German speakers there.
Fun fact: Chester Nimitz, one of the greatest U.S. military leaders, was born in Fredericksburg.
As in the U.S.S. Nimitz?! I'm ashamed to have not known this 😞
@@le4905 That's right.
Temu.....lol. Would rather just set fire to my money.
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
Temu. haha. oh no.
The threats China poses to the cybersecurity of critical American assets have been well established. In addition to operating the most advanced domestic surveillance apparatus in the world - thus, highly competent in poring over large sums of data that enable coercive action to shred individual agency and freedom - China has wielded the sensitive information of Americans to aid its traditional espionage efforts. Even if we cannot see the full effects now, come election season or the further escalation of geopolitical conflict, China is accumulating the exact kind of personal information through Temu it would need to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., articulated how Temu fits into this mix, asserting that it is “a threat to American producers, investors, online retailers, and every single American’s personal privacy.” He underscored why it almost assuredly poses an even greater threat to our national security than TikTok.
I want to learn German next. I’m moving to Columbus OH and heard there’s a big German community there.
Hello from Italy!
This video is very interesting and the thing that leaves me most stunned is how quickly things can change in just a few decades.
The Germans as an ethnic group WERE and ARE the second largest ethnic group after the British/Nederlands and were probably the ones who had managed to maintain their customs, traditions and language the most. In a very short time between WW1 and WW2 they found themselves completely assimilated leaving almost nothing behind.
And you will say to me: but this happens to everybody. Of course, coming from Italy I can confirm that. Italians were harassed, insulted and in some cases even killed through lynchings (the biggest lynching ever in the US was against Italians in New Orleans in 1891), discriminated against extensively until late 70's. They were also controlled during the wars as happened among others to Germans and Japanese (they also ended up in internment camps ), forced not to speak Italian and Americanize surnames and names but the culture, customs and traditions remained. And in spite of everything today they are still as strong as ever. This seems to have been completely eradicated and it seems really unbelievable. Only 90 years ago there were NEWSPAPERS IN GERMAN LANGUAGE!!!
Kind of sad to think about it. The tragic consequences of wars. And perhaps also a great loss to the United States. Who knows what Texas and certain other areas would have been if this had not happened. 🙌🏼
Great comment! I find all of it very interesting as well.