Quote from: Leman on 08 October 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Those bloody Germans. You'd think they'd produce everything in English these days. And what the hell is going on with Amelie being in French and Throne of Blood in Japanese , grrrr!!!

Mr Angry of Surbiton.

PS - despite (or indeed because of) the Japanese language I still very much enjoyed The Eternal Zero.

Every German I know, without exception, complains feelingly that English and American are always dubbed into German on their telly.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 09 October 2015, 01:50:17 AM
Every German I know, without exception, complains feelingly that English and American are always dubbed into German on their telly.

Thats probably because the better/ more popular  TV shows are produced in English speaking countries.as English is more widely spoken than German as they lost the war and only had a small empire.  So perhaps its more a case of sour grapes , or should that br sour Kraut

It's unmistakably a case of "You lose a lot in dubbed versions, and the Herrenvolk speak English as well as the English do much of the time, frequently better. We even remember to use apostrophes."

"Frequently better" usually means a ropey grasp of idiom.

Idiom is important. It's also used as a stalking horse for gibberish to get up close and start shooting at sense.

cf: You need your house painting. or I could care less.

NNS may be the salvation of the language.