So, what is the deal with Germany and the USA?

[HEyHEY]

Cold war is over, how come presidents keep going there to make speeches?

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Because they both hate Canada?

That's what the Germans told me.....


:) :sarcasm:

[HEyHEY]

3. Man, we make ONE comment about beer...

And they get all pissy for life

[Blue_Tires]

2. richest, most powerful nation in the EU?

[Occam Bandage]

4. I dunno, might have something to do with the fact that Germany is a major economic power,

a military ally, and that it has a unique history as both a central political figure in both Eastern and Western Europe.

[HEyHEY]

5. Lots of that could apply to Britain too

[Occam Bandage]

9. And American Presidents frequently give speeches in Britain, too. However, Britain would

not be a good place for a speech on Euro-American relations, due to the special nature of the Anglo-American relationship, and the complex relationship between Britain and the EU as a whole.

[jakem]

6. good beer?

[slackmaster]

7. About 60% of European-American blood is of German origin

I am almost 100% Germanic.

You bet your sweet schwanzschtuker we care about it.

[flamingdem]

10. Ich Auch

We think like them to some extent.. our language is related.. more than to French or Italian for example.

[slackmaster]

13. The effects of German culture are alive and well on both sides of my family

Nobody has been a native speaker since my paternal grandfather (who was actually born in the USA in 1895), we've intermarried with a few Asians and Native Americans (but mostly Germans and other non-German Europeans), but conspicuously no Catholics. There is actually a strong anti-Catholic thread in both my mother's family and my father's. Her side was mainstream Protestants, his Mennonite.

The way we interact with each other, table manners, our diet, holiday traditions, etc. clearly show a German flavor. But that is such a fundamental component of US culture that we and most people we know don't think of it as German at all.

[flamingdem]

14. Language shows it sometimes

Like the term yammering and gesundheit .. jajaja my mom used to say.

[Virginia Dare]

8. The cold war is back on, baby!...

courtesy Bushco and PNAC--we're nostalgic for all things 60's these days.

[HEyHEY]

11. woohoo! I was always pissed I missed the 60s

[tuckessee]

12. Conquered vassal state. n/t