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The LearningSomethingAboutOtherCountries&Cultures-Thread
I have a simple question know: Of how many states does America consist? I argued with some friends about that some time ago. I and some others said 52, some said 51 and 54 and one said 50. Two teachers also said 50. So what is right? Here are lots of Americans and I thought you should know best. And Washington D.C. is not a state but a Distrcit, right? I remember a Friends-episode (a Thanksgiving one) where Ross wanted to write down all states and I mean they also said there that America consits of 52 states.
I'm qì, my friend.
America has 52 states. I'm an American. I should know. They may not be counting Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico. THE US owns Puerto Rico but I don't know if it's a state. but 52 is the official number. Shove that in your teachers' faces! hehehe!
what i would like to know is:
is it true that, in america, you don`t have a corridor in your apartments? like you step in and stand in your livingroom? see, in germany we`re almost all having a corridor.-that`s where we leave our jackets, the shoes... .-
Thank you. Damn, I am good, hehe   I'm qì, my friend.
no problem!
Apartments do have corridors. I've been in a lot that do have hallways to the living room, bedroom, kitchen, whatever. It depends on how big the apartment is though. Big and medium sized apartments have corridors! Some small ones do but others don't. It depends. Each apartment varies in America!
alright.-i couldn`t quite imagine it tho.-
how many regular tv-channels do you have?
Do you use many German words (not only Americans also other can answer).
In Germany we use more and more English words in our everyday language. I sometimes heard that it could be the other way around, too. In the Truman Show, for example, somebody says the word "Doppelgänger". This is a German word and I had to laugh when I heard it. I'm qì, my friend.
well, Americans use German words in the American language. Sofa, Kindergarten, Oktober, swine, and many other words. I can't think of them right now but we use them!
Hehe, that's really funny. We use words like "chillen", "gamen" etc.
@THE 5th KIND: I'm not really sure but I think it's in the scene where Truman goes through the door of his workplace. Either the one where is turns around quickly to leave this place or the one where he only goes to work. I'm qì, my friend.
Let's see.... the Fins.... I have no response. I've never met one. I know FInland is one of those 3 peninsulas WAY up north. Mind's eye sees: Cold Winter.....
I studied French for 5 years, but learning isn't using. It's extremely intimidating speaking the language. The people in the country (okay, I only went to Normandy and Paris-Metro), were AWESOME. So incredibly friendly and nice. Well, there was that evil man at the Chartres catacombs. 
Ask any arrogant Californian about the Spanish as a 2nd language thing. You'll get nothing but negativity. I'ts the same thing, really. The "locals" don't want immigrants to bring their own language over the border. How arrow-minded - since 99.99% of your ancestors were immigrants. 
My point is, there's nothing wrong with speaking your own language in your own country. The French shouldn't just adopt our language to suit our needs. Don't get me wrong, there are some arrogant, racist, bigoted, narrow-minded, facist French. But there are also some real, down-to-earth, hard working, innocent people with no agenda for world domination, too. In the countryside you can see that the cities rule the entire nation, the provinces are at the mercy of the wealthy and powerful - and whatever their sick agendas may be. But, I digress, the Parisians lived Beyond their reputations. So I said, fuck 'em, pass the Sancerre, a baguette, and the apples. Walk the Louvre, check out St. Chappelle, see the Unicorn tapestries, keep your mouth shut, and act sophisticated, you'll be fine. 
Watched t.v. at the chateau I stayed at. It was just basic t.v., no cable, all French. Lesson: I had a book. READ. Then you don't have to care about what people are up to. It is their country, after all. My best friend from high school was from Iran. She moved to the US when she was 13. She spoke, and more importantly, WROTE and READ, in English better than most Americans. English is a staple everywhere, but here. Go figure. But then, we don't value education. It's a shameful, degenerating, disease - and it's our problem and self-imposed. Makes me sick. Anyway, in conclusion, don't listen to what anyone tells you. Find out first hand. Make up your mind. But don't make a determination about 1 people based on 1 city. It's not fair.
I am French!
And Blunt, what you said was actually more or less true. And the annoying thing is that French music SUCKS! IT SUCKS SOOO MUCH! Every summer when I go to France I have to stand for all these terrible songs! 
French TV and music are so old fashioned! In some shows the presenters have these huge microphones you hold in your hand and it looks ridiculous. 
And yes French people are proud of their language. They just don't like it when British people don't make an effort to speak their language because most French people do make an effort to learn English. 
I've never felt French, truthfully. I've always watched American shows, American Films and listened to Britishor American music. ~And you know what's worse than a rich snob? A French rich snob! 
I didn't say that I believe everythin of that and I know that it does not refer to all French. But when we read Edward's post it was not so wrong, was it? I'm qì, my friend.
It does not fit perfectyl to this thread but I didn't want to open a new one for this simple vocabulary question.
What is the precisely vocabulary for saying "What's up with Jim" (for example) in another way? Is it 1) How about Jim? or 2) What about Jim? Or is the one British English and the other American English? If yes, what is what? I'm qì, my friend.
A while ago we talked about German words in the English language. I just found a list of a few:
alpenglow angst Anschluss autobahn automat beergarden bildungsroman Birkenstock blitz Blitzkrieg bratwurst bremsstrahlung coffe-klatsch, coffee klatch concertmeister dachshund Das ist gut delicatessen, deli diener, deaner Diesel dirndl Doberman pinscher dopelganger dreck, drek dummkopf edelweiss ehrgeiz fahrvergnuegen fest (for example beer fest) frankfurter Fraulein, Frollein Fuehrer gasthaus gemuetlich Gesundheit! glitz, glitzy glockenspiel hamburger hamster hausfrau Herrenvolk hinterland howitzer (from the German Haubitze) iceberg kaputt kindergarten kitsch knackwurst kraut kriegspiel Kristallnacht lagerbeer, lager lebensraum leberwurst, liverwurst lebkuchen lederhosen leitmotiv, leitmotif lied muesli Nazi Neanderthaler nicht wahr? Oktoberfest Ostpolitik panzer pils, pilsner pinscher plattenbau polka pretzel (from the German Bretzel) pumpernickel Reich reinheitsgebot rollmops rottweiler rucksack sauerkraut, sourkraut schadenfreude schnapps schnauzer (a dog) schnitzel spritz, spritzer strudel U-boat umlaut Volkswagen waldmeister waldsterben weltschmerz wunderkind wurst zeitgeist zigzag (from the German Zickzack) And I found another funny thing: In German language they are often using English words to make it sound cooler. So they said that they are selling body bags but they ment backpacks. Later they found out that body bags are the things where the dead people are in .I'm qì, my friend.
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