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4 years ago
- I tried to start leaning German cause my dad is Swiss German, right. And so I was like, I wanna learn his language cause I never learned it growing up. And then someone was like "Why don't you learn Swiss?" and then I heard Swiss and I was like "No." (laughter) I'd rather learn German. And so I learned German, cause I thought it would bring us closer together, right. Cause I lost contact with my dad for like 10 years. And so when I met him again I was like I wanna learn German and impress him,
whatever. I met him, and then I started speaking to him in German and he was like "What are you doing?" (laughter) I was like " I'm speaking German" and he's like " It's better if you speak English, no no (laughter) It's better if you don't speak German at all, it's fine." But then now I could speak a bit of German so I was excited to go to Germany and stuff and practice it and I had a lot of fun. Until I found out that the way I spoke German sounded a little bit like Hitler. Which no one told
me on this side of the world cause we don't know how he really spoke or anything. But I would be in Germany and apparently the way I would hit certain inflections would freak people out. (laughter) Think of it like Barack Obama's voice. If someone learned English in America and they got here and they were like "I just wannaaa have aaa" and you'd be like "Hey, you're doing the Barack Obama thing" and they'd be like, what are you talking about? You know what I mean? So I would do that, I was going
places and order food and someone will be there "Guten Tag, was wollen Sie haben?" and I'd be like "I will ein klein Broetchen haben!" (laughter) Bitteschoen! With the Schinken! And people would look at me and when we left my friend was like, and I was like why would they look at me? Did I say the wrong word? She's like "No, you sound a little bit like Hitler ja (laughter) and the people are really frightened about that." So I was like, did I spoil their day? And she was like, yeah you did you
know. And I was like, well that brings me a lot of Schadenfreude. (laughter)

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@Chara1.1

THAT BRINGS ME A LOT OF SCHADENFREUDE i can't...

@chewnotchwe3384

“That brings me a lot of schadenfreude” I’M SCREECHING

@arminmariusschmutz6779

I want to see one american who learns to speak "Schwiizerdütsch" fluently

@tobibecker5723

If you pronounce Schinken like that, you definetly can lead a Country

@ChaingrindersMotovlogs

German in title Germans: WE'RE NOT HERE TO TAKE PART WE'RE HERE TO TAKE OVER!

@charlesmendeley9823

In my university, I asked s Japanese exchange student why he learnt German. He told me "it's because we were on the same side during WWII." Awkward silence on my side.

@johannesklohse8115

Wollte grade etwas schreiben, aber wie ich sehe, ist schon alles ordnungsgemäß germanisiert (wie üblich). Bruder muss los.

@prinzessinugk1279

This comment section: 20 % Comments in German 80% Comments ABOUT comments in German

@emmal9534

Trevor’s ability to mimic accent is out of the world, even his impersonation of this German friend also had a slight German accent

@minatonamikaze-ls2wq

"That brings me a lot of schadenfreude" HAHA

@hannie6654

“Why don’t you learnt Swiss?” “Then I heard it and was like no” If Americans think Germans sound harsh they would be frightened here in Switzerland 😂

@CelesCI

Hatte ja ehrlich gesagt wieder etwas in der Richtung "Haha, diese lustige grobe Sprache" erwartet, aber das war doch sehr charmant-witzig!

@KleenerBro

1) Put "German" in the title of your youtube video. 2) Germans will invade the comment sections. We just can't help it.

@justme0910

lmao, I don't think many English speakers realize just how strange Hitler's cadence sounds to German ears (and not just because of the Austrian accent). Dude always sounded like he was in the middle of hacking up a hairball during his speeches. So when foreign actors try to do a regular German accent and end up emulating Hitler, it's utterly hilarious because it's basically like if some foreigners were going for generic American English in a movie and all the actors just did a Gilbert Godfrey impression.

@ellinmara5997

He sounds as if the person he's talking to was holding up a sign that reads: “I have really bad hearing. Please shout my ears off.“

@okkk2104

,,Guten Tag, was wollen Sie haben?" ,,ICh WILL EIN KLEIN BROTCHEN HABEN"

@peter_meyer

Trevor, don't use Rammstein to learn german.

@apfel3363

Well greetings from Germany, tho I'm surprised people were freaked out and didn't just start laughing when they heard your Hitler voice.

@MsKayper

the way he speaks German is honestly quite cute, don't know what he's talking about :D

@VaqueiroCapoeira

As the saying goes: “Life is short, so tell someone you love them today. But life is also terrifying and confusing, so shout it at them in German!”