39: Brits on Germans

04/15/24 • 21 min

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This week, Mitch and Isi discuss Brits' perception of Germans. They discuss typical stereotypes, true or false. The difference between Bavaria and the rest of Germany. Germany's current culture and history. Their obsession with coastal England and of course, Germany's current representative in the UK; Jürgen Klopp.

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Intro

Isi:
[0:23] Good morning.

Mitch:
[0:24] Good morning from... (Morning.) ...overcast Germany.

Isi:
[0:30] It's actually sunny at the moment.

Mitch:
[0:31] Is it?

Isi:
[0:32] Yes. I get neck problems again if I always turn around to you like this now.

Mitch:
[0:37] Just face...

Isi:
[0:37] I will not face...

Mitch:
[0:38] Just don't look at me.

Isi:
[0:39] I will not look at you.

Mitch:
[0:40] I can't take the pressure.

Isi:
[0:42] It's sunny right now. We had a really sunny weekend. I mean, we only arrived Saturday. But we had a really sunny weekend in Germany.Very much summer feeling. And now it's going back to winter. You hear my voice my voice is still bad.

Mitch:
[0:56] I can't tell if you're speaking to the listeners or me now. Because you're just facing the wall .

Isi:
[1:01] Do you see my eye always trying to get over to you.

Mitch:
[1:04] you look like Nola when she thinks we're talking about her.

Isi:
[1:08] And she's naughty. so yeah we are in Germany. How fitting because I have a little topic for you for today Mitch .

Mitch:
[1:15] Is it our topic of the week?

Isi:
[1:17] It is the topic of the week.So what i would like to know, well I have my own experiences with this topic but I would like to know from you growing up in the UK how do British people perceive Germans and German culture and the the German language?

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Intro

Isi:
[0:23] Good morning.

Mitch:
[0:24] Good morning from... (Morning.) ...overcast Germany.

Isi:
[0:30] It's actually sunny at the moment.

Mitch:
[0:31] Is it?

Isi:
[0:32] Yes. I get neck problems again if I always turn around to you like this now.

Mitch:
[0:37] Just face...

Isi:
[0:37] I will not face...

Mitch:
[0:38] Just don't look at me.

Isi:
[0:39] I will not look at you.

Mitch:
[0:40] I can't take the pressure.

Mitch:
[0:56] I can't tell if you're speaking to the listeners or me now. Because you're just facing the wall .

Isi:
[1:01] Do you see my eye always trying to get over to you.

Mitch:
[1:04] you look like Nola when she thinks we're talking about her.

Isi:
[1:08] And she's naughty. so yeah we are in Germany. How fitting because I have a little topic for you for today Mitch .

Mitch:
[1:15] Is it our topic of the week?

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Intro

Mitch:
[0:24] Hiya, welcome to episode 38 of the Easy English Podcast. Isi, how are you?

Isi:
[0:30] I'm okay. I am a bit congested, still.

Mitch:
[0:33] Well, that's good. Not good, but good for the podcast because...

Isi:
[0:38] Good for the podcast?

Mitch:
[0:39] Yeah, because I wanted to do an episode about getting over illnesses. Tips and tricks from Mitch and Isi. (What a great episode.) Let's go.

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40: Oh, So Very British!

Isi brings a new section to the podcast, asking Mitch about cultural seaside traditions. All with a slightly cheap but iconic postcard theme they discuss the food, people, entertainment and wildlife of the British coastline. Afterwards, Mitch recommends one of his top five favourite films 'No Country for Old Men'.

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Intro

Mitch:
[0:22] Are you ready?

Isi:
[0:26] I am ready. I have the feeling we only record tired podcasts now. We change from having a cocktail sometimes with our podcast to coffee and tiredness.

Mitch:
[0:40] Have we begun? (Yes.) Okay.

Isi:
[0:42] But I'm super motivated because of a great topic.

Mitch:
[0:45] Oh yeah?

Isi:
[0:46] Yes.

Mitch:
[0:46] Okay, firstly, welcome to the Easy English Podcast.

Isi:
[0:48] Welcome.

Mitch:
[0:50] We hope you're all well and not as sleepy as us but also as motivated as us.

Isi:
[0:56] I'm not even sleepy the coffee does help. Okay...

Mitch:
[1:00] I think it's because the shutter that sort of works for the... on the window that for the room that we're in is broken. I broke that and we seem to be breaking a lot of things at the moment where... you said it last night we're a bad omen, at the moment.

Isi:
[1:16] I think so.

Mitch:
[1:17] We also... don't tell your parents broke their fridge

Isi:
[1:21] We didn't. (Someone did.) Well I think the fridge was broken we were just being the unlucky ones to be there when the last hit.

Mitch:
[1:33] Here's a good idiom for you.

Isi:
[1:34] Yes?

Mitch:
[1:35] We have been the straw that broke the camel's back.

Isi:
[1:39] I know that one, I don't have to use my buzzer. I know it.

Mitch:
[1:45] Okay good, what is it that you want to bring to the Easy English Podcast today? Is it a new section?

Isi:
[1:50] Yes it is. So I know we discuss culture a lot of times and we have the Culture Club where we recommend British things or British series or anything cultural but last time we spoke about Brits on Germans and obviously we want to talk here about um Brits and the British way of life and I thought we could have a new section which is called Very British where we talk about anything that is actually considered to be British which could be like characteristics or like how people behave cultural behaviour but also the way that Brits or people in Britain do things.

Mitch:
[2:41] Okay, and what's the name of this called? Very British?

Isi:
[2:43] Very British.

Mitch:
[2:44] Okay, we... I make a...

Isi:
[2:45] We can also call it So Very British.

Mitch:
[2:50] Okay, I make a section which is coming in now!

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