Well, I am happy if an e-mail begins with: "I hope, you are doing well." If it's not there, I am not disappointed, but if I can read something like that, this enhances my interest in reading the content of the e-mail. At home we usually only put napkins onto the dinner table when we have guests. In the factory canteen of my employer I used to take a napkin out of the dispenser every time i went to eat there. If you spill something at home or you get something on your fingers at home, you go to the sink and wash your hands or get a cloth out of the kitchen to mop it up. in the canteen that is not so easy, since the bathroom is not so close to the dinner table. So you need to have a napkin at the table.
Hallo Lauren...wir benutzen täglich Servietten zu allen Mahlzeiten. Durchaus in Deutschland auch üblich. Danke übrigens für deine tollen YT Beiträge, du bist sehr echt in allem, was du zu sagen hast.
Wir auch, Laurens Erfahrung in Deutschland hat mich erstaunt. Wenn man sich vor dem Trinken nicht den Mund abwischt, sind am Glas doch eklige Flecken … Gut, vielleicht benutzen andere statt einer Serviette den Ärmel oder den Handrücken. 😆
Oh hey, dear Lauren, very nice you here on TH-cam again to see also this Week and I am Happy on the Germans Video part nor from you ... Greetings from Germany ... See you soon again here on TH-cam ... Ronny... 👍... 43 ... 👍... 🫶... 😏...
I grew up in France and for all meals,we would automatically have our cloth napkin placed next to the cutlery. It would be differenciated from the others by a wooden or silver ring bearing your name or a symbol attributed to you. It is nowadays also still a tradition to offer a child for its birth or christening a set of a silver spoon, tumbler and napkin ring engraved with its initials or name. For daily life those napkins were of simple cotton,either plain or checkered and for special occasions (Easter, Xmas, inviting friends over for lunch/dinner) it would be a white,more refined one. The napkin would be replaced once or twice a week, perhaps more often when we were little and would soil them more often. I have kept this tradition and living in Germany, there is also as an alternative such an extensive choice of pretty paper napkins to choose from.. They are lovely but waaaaay less environmental friendly .I actually cannot eat without a napkin (it is too deeply engraved in my DNA I guess) and as the Germans also say: das Auge isst mit!! 😊😊
Nah! Don't let your good manners be criticized or devalued by others, Lauren. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a bit of a human touch in our day-to-day interaction. You are lovely.
We certainly ask "How are you", here in Sweden but we do want to know how you are. Starting small talk with a question is great if it is sincere. I find it absurd hearing Americans asking "How are you?" and get as a reply, How are you? without anyone actually responding to the question.
Hello, I hope this comment finds you doing well, ( I had to do it, lol). But I really do :). I feel the same way. Whenever I go to a grocery store or even walk by someone in Germany my first instinct is to say "How is it going", How are you", or whatever comes up, lol,. Sometimes I make it and sometimes I don't but whenever I slip I usually get a strange look. However, every once in a while I get a smile and believe it or not small talk :). So funny to hear about the napkins, I thought I was the only one that noticed, lol. Thanks for this great podcast. :).
So bin ich auch aufgewachsen, wir hatten auch immer Servietten am Tisch. Allerdings Stoffservietten, die regelmäßig gewaschen und gebügelt wurden. Für mich ist es auch ungewöhnlich und es fehlt etwas, wenn keine Servietten auf dem Tisch liegen.
Habbits from early on go deep in your mind and it's hard to change it. All I heard about napkins I remember for Bavaria as well. But it generated a lot of waste (or laundry) so it's good it isn't used anymore on a dialy base. For tipping and "How are you" we simply just have to change USA LOL . Tipping culture came from not including these jobs into the minimum wage law... that's the problem.
Hi Lauren, we also use napkins every day 😊 and I live in Austria. I would never eat without a napkin. Before I drink I use the napkin to clean my mouth... otherwise the glas.... hm ... 😂 I also give tips nearly everywhere. Usually I give between 10 and 15%
Wow, I understood every single word you've said in this video. That really made my day! 🤩 Some americans speak like they're munchin' on a barbeque, drinking beer and smoke at the same time while talking! That's hard to understand. 😂🤠
Dear Lauren, how are you 😊. Thank you for the poscast. I dont understand all, but this is a good exercise for me. By the way, we also use napkins! Best regards Susanne
Dear Laureen, thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials. On one hand we enjoy the different points of view between the worlds. On the other it’s so good to hear you talk. It carries such a positive energy. 🙏🍀💡 And yes, we do use napkins in our home over here in Germany. Please continue, it’s always some kind of a vacation listening to you!
@@juleschrader5785 Hallo Jule. Ich könnte ihr Stundenlang zuhören und werde es auch in Zukunft tun. Ich bin mir nicht sicher aber ich glaube das füttern von Dinosauriern ist verboten.😄
In the meantime, more and more using some kind words at the beginning of emails. For sure not by written letters, but more and more as an opener for emails.
Hi :) @mick-berry5331 I definitely speak faster and with more slang when speaking to my siblings for example - half of what we say is just based off of movies and old inside jokes etc so its a different kind of English. my goal with this podcast is to provide something 'in the middle' for people who want to work on their listening skills - relatively interesting (if I may say so) topics with a bit more complex grammar - not just the basics but also nothing too fancy - and spoken slowly and clearly.
We would find it appalling here in Europe if a waiter came running outside for a higher tip. This would make them lose a customer for sure. Absolutely unacceptable behavior.
Hi Lauren I love your podcast in English! Learned a lot. Just have a question I can’t find the app you recommend to learn englisch. Can u help me out pls? Thanks a lot. 🤗 keep on going greetings from Germany
Hey! Hmmm an app to learn English specifically? I am not really familiar with an app. Do you mean italki, the website to find a language tutor or a professional teacher? If that’s the one-> use LAUREN at checkout € And save 5€ !! I’ll comment here again if another app or program occurs to me!!
Hi Lauren, danke für das Video, ich kann dich sehr gut auf Englisch verstehen. Das mit dem tip habe ich als erstes gelernt als ich in den USA war. Wieviel man wo zu geben hat, auch bei den Restaurants, je nach Klasse. Also einfach oder eher gehobener. Kofferträger, Zimmermädchen, Taxifahrer uvm. Aber in Deutschland gibt es mittlerweile auch eine "guideline". Im Restaurant gibt man ca. 10% des Rechnungsbetrages, heißt es. Müssen muß man nicht... die Servicekraft bekommt ja ihr normales Gehalt, im Gegensatz zu den USA wo man auf die tips angewiesen ist. Grüße Tom
My first time in the US, I often heard „hi how are you?“ in stores and I was so confused and then I answered to those persons and telling them how I am and why I’m here.. 😂 and then they were confused 😂 I really thought they wanted to do smalltalk 😅😅
Hi Lauren, How are you? I enjoy listening to all your videos, usually during knitting sessions. As a German living in Australia it took me a long time to get used to no candles on tables in cafes and restaurants. They are considered unsafe here. Just so ungemütlich ;-) - seriously, I also feel that my brain is trying to send error messages to my consciousness sometimes about little things like that 😊 - See you soon!
In my family, when I was a child, we would have cloth napkins I guess for one week and they would be changed. I guess the paper napkins are not so familiar because in Germany we do have more a sense of not wanting to produce too much waste... I was always shocked to see that stuff still even has to arrive in Germany like the huge takeway boxes and all that stuff... I mean, just why do we have to copy everthing? Even when other countries already stopped using it and finding back to a more ressourceful way to deal with takeaway accessoiries, like edible or composable plates etc.
Short question, may be short answer 🙂: Florida has no "accent"? You sound so natural and easy to understand. Or is there an another Lauren in you, with breaks lose and more speed and more rushing the words 🙂? Btw: Germans don't say "Hi, how are you?" ... I do, a short "Hallo Lauren, wie geht's Dir?" is just normal, especially in private messages. In grocery stores it's of course shorter, mostly a "Hallo" or "Guten Tag" is enough.
Servietten sind irgendwie zum Teil im privaten aus der Mode gekommen. Bei meinen Großeltern und meinen Eltern war ( bzw. ist ) es üblich auch zum Mittag eine Stoffserviette mit Ring zu haben. Die Serviette kommt dann über den Schoß. Ja, merkwürdig aber bei uns zweien machen wir es auch nur selten. Höchstens, wenn man weiß, daß es etwas kleckerig werden kann ( Hot Dog, Hamburgers ), dann liegt schon was bereit. Aber es stimmt schon, es ist ein Stück Tischkultur. In den USA hat mir eine amerikanischer Freund damals gesagt als ich das erste Mal da war: Wenn dich einer fragt "How are you?", dann erzähle ihm nicht deine Krankengeschichte... das will keiner wirklich wissen. 😄 So long. Tom
Hallo Lauren....da wir bald ein paar Tage in den USA verbringen würde ich gerne einen Experten in Sachen Trinkgeld fragen 😉 wie sieht es denn mit Trinkgeld im Hotel für die Zimmermädchen aus? Gibt es dafür auch eine Regel oder wie machen es Amerikaner? Legt man jeden Tag ein paar Dollar auf den Tisch? und wieviel? Vielen Dank für deine tollen Videos! Sonja
hi Sonja, ja da wuerde ich ganz am Ende wenn ihr zufrieden wart ein paar Dollar, vielleicht 10? auf dem Tisch liegen lassen mit einem "thank you very much!" oder sowas auf einem Zettel schreiben damit sie wissen, dass sie das Geld mitnehmen dürfen!
Hey Lauren :) I’ll try to write in English, we‘ll see how it works. It was very nice to listen to you and the topic was interesting. The word „Napkins“ wasn’t familiar to me, but in the context I learned it as a new vocabulary for me 😂
Can you please explain why Americans say: "... we _would_ buy these napkins ..." (09:49) instead of 'we bought' or 'we did buy'? I know this is a special lingual feature of American English but I don't know why.
That's a great question. SO you can actually use would to talk about repeated past actions that don't happen any more. It's a bit more formal than used to and often used in storytelling! Other examples could be something like : When I lived in Florida, we would always go to the beach after dinner. When my mom came to visit me, she would always bring me my favorite candy from the US.
Tipping only makes sense in countries where greedy companies only pay minimum wages and the service personnel depends on tips to actually makea living... In Deutschland bekommen die meisten Servicemitabeiter ein *vollständiges* Gehalt. 😜
I really like your podcasts.Hopefully some Germans may want to hear them too.I am curious about your opinion and experiences when it comes to get taken out on a date (by a German) and, for an American lady it is normal the guy would pay the bill, but after many years living in Germany, I still see they go Dutch, which I, personally find, IF so, the guy has no manners and the girl doesn't respect herself enough...
Have bear in mind, that for us Germans, many things in the USA are just as difficult to understand. Behaviour, daily things etc. Since you know both worlds, it would be nice to illuminate the other side as well
@@Laurenangela_english not the right word for this? 🤦♀🤣 to be honest I think that there are so many things in the USA that are so different from our behaviour. For example language: don't just answer yes and no to questions or behaviour in a restaurant or if you want to invite a woman to dinner it might be difficult etc. This means that our invitations to dinner may be understood completely differently in the USA... etc.To summarise the cultural differences. Yes, I think that would fill a whole book, but here are the most important ones from your perspective of the two worlds Best L
@@Laurenangela_englishLug's 'Have bear in mind' made me wonder in the first second, what a bear has to do with the topic here 😅. Then I realized he meant 'please bear in mind'.
American waitstaff get paid well below minimum wage, Restaurants somehow are allowed to do this, the excuse being tipping. Elsewhere waitstaff are paid a living wage. So you have american waitstaff representing themselves to customers, while elsewhere waitstaff represents the entire restaurant. Hopefully, americans will not infect happy, well paid servers with exotic tips. A pourboire or trinkgelt should suffice. Get clues from any locals as to what makes sense. A generic "how are you ?" is actually insincere and tedious, If I feel like greeting a store employee or cashier, I take notice of what's going on in the store and comment, like, "Wow, there is quite a long line.",or I hope the rain lets up before I go outside". The employee can respond or not with no perceived feelings about me. Napkins are either there or not. Not a big deal.
Why do you pretend not to know the reasons for tipping in the USA ? The waiters etc. are not paid according to their service by the shop owners ? A similar brainwashing is supermarket prices without taxes. A most sinister practise, I guess.
@ Not the reason for tipping, but for the DUTY to tip, as the waiters are paid less than they need for living. Everywhere else, so far as I know, tipping is the way to say thank you for an especially good service, an appreciation, and not a part of the salary that is not paid in full to avoid costs and taxes. You cannot tell me that you do not know the facts. Indubio, ask Bernie Sanders.🥸
Well, it just goes to show that we're animals after all😁, Like ducklings we get imprinted on the cultural specifics of the country we grow up in. Those habits are hard to break - no matter how lomg you live abroad afterwards. But now I'm curious: how about having to add tax to products in a grocery store in your mind? Were you able to shed that easily when you lived in Germany? Another thing (one that Seth Meyers learned the hard way in his online specials of "corrections"): you actually don't see US in your next video, do you? We're gonna see YOU in your next video...🤡🤣🫶🫶 GIBL65
I really like your podcasts.Hopefully some Germans may want to hear them too.I am curious about your opinion and experiences when it comes to get taken out on a date (by a German) and, for an American lady it is normal the guy would pay the bill, but after many years living in Germany, I still see they go Dutch, which I, personally find, IF so, the guy has no manners and the girl doesn't respect herself enough...
Well, I am happy if an e-mail begins with: "I hope, you are doing well." If it's not there, I am not disappointed, but if I can read something like that, this enhances my interest in reading the content of the e-mail.
At home we usually only put napkins onto the dinner table when we have guests. In the factory canteen of my employer I used to take a napkin out of the dispenser every time i went to eat there. If you spill something at home or you get something on your fingers at home, you go to the sink and wash your hands or get a cloth out of the kitchen to mop it up. in the canteen that is not so easy, since the bathroom is not so close to the dinner table. So you need to have a napkin at the table.
Hallo Lauren...wir benutzen täglich Servietten zu allen Mahlzeiten. Durchaus in Deutschland auch üblich. Danke übrigens für deine tollen YT Beiträge, du bist sehr echt in allem, was du zu sagen hast.
Wir auch, Laurens Erfahrung in Deutschland hat mich erstaunt. Wenn man sich vor dem Trinken nicht den Mund abwischt, sind am Glas doch eklige Flecken … Gut, vielleicht benutzen andere statt einer Serviette den Ärmel oder den Handrücken. 😆
Die Bayern eben...😅;) @@mariusa.5863
Oh hey, dear Lauren, very nice you here on TH-cam again to see also this Week and I am Happy on the Germans Video part nor from you ... Greetings from Germany ... See you soon again here on TH-cam ... Ronny... 👍... 43 ... 👍... 🫶... 😏...
I grew up in France and for all meals,we would automatically have our cloth napkin placed next to the cutlery. It would be differenciated from the others by a wooden or silver ring bearing your name or a symbol attributed to you. It is nowadays also still a tradition to offer a child for its birth or christening a set of a silver spoon, tumbler and napkin ring engraved with its initials or name. For daily life those napkins were of simple cotton,either plain or checkered and for special occasions (Easter, Xmas, inviting friends over for lunch/dinner) it would be a white,more refined one.
The napkin would be replaced once or twice a week, perhaps more often when we were little and would soil them more often. I have kept this tradition and living in Germany, there is also as an alternative such an extensive choice of pretty paper napkins to choose from..
They are lovely but waaaaay less environmental friendly .I actually cannot eat without a napkin (it is too deeply engraved in my DNA I guess) and as the Germans also say: das Auge isst mit!! 😊😊
Nah! Don't let your good manners be criticized or devalued by others, Lauren. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a bit of a human touch in our day-to-day interaction. You are lovely.
We certainly ask "How are you", here in Sweden but we do want to know how you are. Starting small talk with a question is great if it is sincere. I find it absurd hearing Americans asking "How are you?" and get as a reply, How are you? without anyone actually responding to the question.
Hello, I hope this comment finds you doing well, ( I had to do it, lol). But I really do :). I feel the same way. Whenever I go to a grocery store or even walk by someone in Germany my first instinct is to say "How is it going", How are you", or whatever comes up, lol,. Sometimes I make it and sometimes I don't but whenever I slip I usually get a strange look. However, every once in a while I get a smile and believe it or not small talk :). So funny to hear about the napkins, I thought I was the only one that noticed, lol. Thanks for this great podcast. :).
So bin ich auch aufgewachsen, wir hatten auch immer Servietten am Tisch. Allerdings Stoffservietten, die regelmäßig gewaschen und gebügelt wurden. Für mich ist es auch ungewöhnlich und es fehlt etwas, wenn keine Servietten auf dem Tisch liegen.
In Austria, we also give about 10% of the receipt as an extra tip.
In my family in Germany we always had napkins, cloth napkins
Here in Austria we also need napkins every day. A table for any meal is not ready without napkins in my opinion.
Habbits from early on go deep in your mind and it's hard to change it.
All I heard about napkins I remember for Bavaria as well. But it generated a lot of waste (or laundry) so it's good it isn't used anymore on a dialy base.
For tipping and "How are you" we simply just have to change USA LOL . Tipping culture came from not including these jobs into the minimum wage law... that's the problem.
Hi Lauren, we also use napkins every day 😊 and I live in Austria. I would never eat without a napkin. Before I drink I use the napkin to clean my mouth... otherwise the glas.... hm ... 😂 I also give tips nearly everywhere. Usually I give between 10 and 15%
Wow, I understood every single word you've said in this video. That really made my day! 🤩
Some americans speak like they're munchin' on a barbeque, drinking beer and smoke at the same time while talking! That's hard to understand. 😂🤠
Dear Lauren, how are you 😊. Thank you for the poscast. I dont understand all, but this is a good exercise for me. By the way, we also use napkins!
Best regards Susanne
We are using napkins for each Dinner.
"we use"
Dear Laureen,
thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials.
On one hand we enjoy the different points of view between the worlds.
On the other it’s so good to hear you talk. It carries such a positive energy. 🙏🍀💡
And yes, we do use napkins in our home over here in Germany.
Please continue, it’s always some kind of a vacation listening to you!
All I understood, but the meaning of the word napkin I didn't know before Sheldon Cooper used it.
Hallo.
Das ganze auf Deutsch wäre auch schön da ich leider nicht alles verstehe.
Aber es übt dir zu lauschen.
Du sprichst so schön klar.🥰
Das Üben ist ja Ziel dieser Videos, oder? Schön, dass du da bist und zuhörst:)
@@juleschrader5785
Hallo Jule.
Ich könnte ihr Stundenlang zuhören und werde es auch in Zukunft tun.
Ich bin mir nicht sicher aber ich glaube das füttern von Dinosauriern ist verboten.😄
In the meantime, more and more using some kind words at the beginning of emails.
For sure not by written letters, but more and more as an opener for emails.
Thanks.
Ich finde es gut, dass du langsam sprichst, aber für mich werde ich die Videos wohl in schnellerer Geschwindigkeit abspielen 😂
Für mich ist die Geschwindigkeit perfekt 👍
Hi Lauren, nice to listen to you in your native language for a change. I thought you were talking slower than it is common in the US. 😊
Hi :) @mick-berry5331 I definitely speak faster and with more slang when speaking to my siblings for example - half of what we say is just based off of movies and old inside jokes etc so its a different kind of English. my goal with this podcast is to provide something 'in the middle' for people who want to work on their listening skills - relatively interesting (if I may say so) topics with a bit more complex grammar - not just the basics but also nothing too fancy - and spoken slowly and clearly.
We would find it appalling here in Europe if a waiter came running outside for a higher tip. This would make them lose a customer for sure. Absolutely unacceptable behavior.
Hi Lauren I love your podcast in English! Learned a lot. Just have a question I can’t find the app you recommend to learn englisch. Can u help me out pls? Thanks a lot. 🤗 keep on going greetings from Germany
Hey! Hmmm an app to learn English specifically? I am not really familiar with an app. Do you mean italki, the website to find a language tutor or a professional teacher? If that’s the one-> use LAUREN at checkout €
And save 5€ !! I’ll comment here again if another app or program occurs to me!!
Hi Lauren,
danke für das Video, ich kann dich sehr gut auf Englisch verstehen.
Das mit dem tip habe ich als erstes gelernt als ich in den USA war. Wieviel man wo zu geben hat, auch bei den Restaurants, je nach Klasse. Also einfach oder eher gehobener.
Kofferträger, Zimmermädchen, Taxifahrer uvm.
Aber in Deutschland gibt es mittlerweile auch eine "guideline". Im Restaurant gibt man ca. 10% des Rechnungsbetrages, heißt es. Müssen muß man nicht... die Servicekraft bekommt ja ihr normales Gehalt, im Gegensatz zu den USA wo man auf die tips angewiesen ist.
Grüße
Tom
My German family has nice napkins with every meal… But yeah, we feal a bit fency with them 😅 Thanks for treating us well, mom ❤
My first time in the US, I often heard „hi how are you?“ in stores and I was so confused and then I answered to those persons and telling them how I am and why I’m here.. 😂 and then they were confused 😂 I really thought they wanted to do smalltalk 😅😅
this is the cutest and funniest story 🤣🤣
Hi Lauren, How are you?
I enjoy listening to all your videos, usually during knitting sessions. As a German living in Australia it took me a long time to get used to no candles on tables in cafes and restaurants. They are considered unsafe here. Just so ungemütlich ;-) - seriously, I also feel that my brain is trying to send error messages to my consciousness sometimes about little things like that 😊 - See you soon!
in Australia! How exotic :) Do you have any issues with spiders?? I would love to know how to knit! Have a nice Monday
In Österreich ist es auch üblich, zu fragen, wie es dem anderen geht.
In my family, when I was a child, we would have cloth napkins I guess for one week and they would be changed. I guess the paper napkins are not so familiar because in Germany we do have more a sense of not wanting to produce too much waste... I was always shocked to see that stuff still even has to arrive in Germany like the huge takeway boxes and all that stuff... I mean, just why do we have to copy everthing? Even when other countries already stopped using it and finding back to a more ressourceful way to deal with takeaway accessoiries, like edible or composable plates etc.
Short question, may be short answer 🙂: Florida has no "accent"? You sound so natural and easy to understand. Or is there an another Lauren in you, with breaks lose and more speed and more rushing the words 🙂?
Btw: Germans don't say "Hi, how are you?" ... I do, a short "Hallo Lauren, wie geht's Dir?" is just normal, especially in private messages. In grocery stores it's of course shorter, mostly a "Hallo" or "Guten Tag" is enough.
nice to be here! Love your Channel! We only use Cloth napkins too.
thank you
Thank you, a very interesting video ❤
Servietten sind irgendwie zum Teil im privaten aus der Mode gekommen. Bei meinen Großeltern und meinen Eltern war ( bzw. ist ) es üblich auch zum Mittag eine Stoffserviette mit Ring zu haben. Die Serviette kommt dann über den Schoß. Ja, merkwürdig aber bei uns zweien machen wir es auch nur selten. Höchstens, wenn man weiß, daß es etwas kleckerig werden kann ( Hot Dog, Hamburgers ), dann liegt schon was bereit. Aber es stimmt schon, es ist ein Stück Tischkultur.
In den USA hat mir eine amerikanischer Freund damals gesagt als ich das erste Mal da war: Wenn dich einer fragt "How are you?", dann erzähle ihm nicht deine Krankengeschichte... das will keiner wirklich wissen. 😄
So long.
Tom
Hallo Lauren....da wir bald ein paar Tage in den USA verbringen würde ich gerne einen Experten in Sachen Trinkgeld fragen 😉 wie sieht es denn mit Trinkgeld im Hotel für die Zimmermädchen aus? Gibt es dafür auch eine Regel oder wie machen es Amerikaner? Legt man jeden Tag ein paar Dollar auf den Tisch? und wieviel? Vielen Dank für deine tollen Videos! Sonja
hi Sonja, ja da wuerde ich ganz am Ende wenn ihr zufrieden wart ein paar Dollar, vielleicht 10? auf dem Tisch liegen lassen mit einem "thank you very much!" oder sowas auf einem Zettel schreiben damit sie wissen, dass sie das Geld mitnehmen dürfen!
@@Laurenangela_english vielen Dank Lauren.....so werden wirs machen! ☺
@@Laurenangela_englishIst am Ende nicht ein bisschen spät?
Hey Lauren :) I’ll try to write in English, we‘ll see how it works.
It was very nice to listen to you and the topic was interesting. The word „Napkins“ wasn’t familiar to me, but in the context I learned it as a new vocabulary for me 😂
Ayyyyyy!!!! Look who is here!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 glad you enjoyed it and even learned a new word! 🥳
I have cloth napkins and I grow up with it as a german🙋🏼♀️
thats interesting!!
Can you please explain why Americans say: "... we _would_ buy these napkins ..." (09:49) instead of 'we bought' or 'we did buy'? I know this is a special lingual feature of American English but I don't know why.
That's a great question. SO you can actually use would to talk about repeated past actions that don't happen any more. It's a bit more formal than used to and often used in storytelling!
Other examples could be something like :
When I lived in Florida, we would always go to the beach after dinner.
When my mom came to visit me, she would always bring me my favorite candy from the US.
@@Laurenangela_english Thank you so much for explaining!
What will happen in worst case if you don’t tip in the US?
❤
😊
😅
Tipping only makes sense in countries where greedy companies only pay minimum wages and the service personnel depends on tips to actually makea living... In Deutschland bekommen die meisten Servicemitabeiter ein *vollständiges* Gehalt. 😜
I really like your podcasts.Hopefully some Germans may want to hear them too.I am curious about your opinion and experiences when it comes to get taken out on a date (by a German) and, for an American lady it is normal the guy would pay the bill, but after many years living in Germany, I still see they go Dutch, which I, personally find, IF so, the guy has no manners and the girl doesn't respect herself enough...
Have bear in mind, that for us Germans, many things in the USA are just as difficult to understand. Behaviour, daily things etc. Since you know both worlds, it would be nice to illuminate the other side as well
Which side do you think needs more illuminating? 😊
@@Laurenangela_english not the right word for this? 🤦♀🤣 to be honest I think that there are so many things in the USA that are so different from our behaviour. For example language: don't just answer yes and no to questions or behaviour in a restaurant or if you want to invite a woman to dinner it might be difficult etc. This means that our invitations to dinner may be understood completely differently in the USA... etc.To summarise the cultural differences.
Yes, I think that would fill a whole book, but here are the most important ones from your perspective of the two worlds
Best L
@@Laurenangela_englishLug's 'Have bear in mind' made me wonder in the first second, what a bear has to do with the topic here 😅. Then I realized he meant 'please bear in mind'.
🙋🏻♀️
American waitstaff get paid well below minimum wage, Restaurants somehow are allowed to do this, the excuse being tipping. Elsewhere waitstaff are paid a living wage. So you have american waitstaff representing themselves to customers, while elsewhere waitstaff represents the entire restaurant. Hopefully, americans will not infect happy, well paid servers with exotic tips. A pourboire or trinkgelt should suffice. Get clues from any locals as to what makes sense.
A generic "how are you ?" is actually insincere and tedious, If I feel like greeting a store employee or cashier, I take notice of what's going on in the store and comment, like, "Wow, there is quite a long line.",or I hope the rain lets up before I go outside". The employee can respond or not with no perceived feelings about me.
Napkins are either there or not. Not a big deal.
Why do you pretend not to know the reasons for tipping in the USA ? The waiters etc. are not paid according to their service by the shop owners ? A similar brainwashing is supermarket prices without taxes. A most sinister practise, I guess.
I pretend to not know the reasons for tipping? lol what?
@ Not the reason for tipping, but for the DUTY to tip, as the waiters are paid less than they need for living. Everywhere else, so far as I know, tipping is the way to say thank you for an especially good service, an appreciation, and not a part of the salary that is not paid in full to avoid costs and taxes. You cannot tell me that you do not know the facts. Indubio, ask Bernie Sanders.🥸
Well, it just goes to show that we're animals after all😁, Like ducklings we get imprinted on the cultural specifics of the country we grow up in. Those habits are hard to break - no matter how lomg you live abroad afterwards.
But now I'm curious: how about having to add tax to products in a grocery store in your mind? Were you able to shed that easily when you lived in Germany?
Another thing (one that Seth Meyers learned the hard way in his online specials of "corrections"): you actually don't see US in your next video, do you? We're gonna see YOU in your next video...🤡🤣🫶🫶
GIBL65
I really like your podcasts.Hopefully some Germans may want to hear them too.I am curious about your opinion and experiences when it comes to get taken out on a date (by a German) and, for an American lady it is normal the guy would pay the bill, but after many years living in Germany, I still see they go Dutch, which I, personally find, IF so, the guy has no manners and the girl doesn't respect herself enough...