6 Weird German Habits | What South Africans Think Of Germany

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  • @tebogop8818
    @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +15

    Hey guys 😊!
    Happy Saturday & thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed the video, especially the guests!
    Stay safe

    • @michaelgrabner8977
      @michaelgrabner8977 3 роки тому +1

      the toast discussion is hilarious.
      the point is plain "Toastbread" is tasteless especially in comparision to what´s called in Germany "bread". And a "thing" with no taste simply doesn´t deserve to be named "bread".
      An other thing I want to point out is that many expats from countries with "english culture" (Americans, English, Aussies, Canadians, South Africans..etc simply all those who are used to that kind of square white bread sold in plastic...by the way if you put German´s fresh bakery bread in plastic it will start to mould after few days..just a sidenote) are saying eating much of their bread makes them feel not good and makes them tired and therefore they do not eat much of that..which is an indicator for that this bread isn´t healthy anyway..just saying...and they also say that this doesn´t happen while eating much german bread... on the contrary they get energy and they feel good..and that´s what bread (but eating in general) is for = the body is processing food to get energy and to feel good...and eating is not for just filling up the stomach with "crap" to get then tired and feel bad.

    • @michaelgoetze2103
      @michaelgoetze2103 3 роки тому

      Brandon, don't argue on the bread - you can't win. The worst part of being German living in SA is the lack of BREAD and being surrounded by TOAST. Ricarda is picking up a good SA accent.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      @@michaelgoetze2103 a few people mentioned that about Ricarda..

    • @missgolightly9528
      @missgolightly9528 3 роки тому

      The Toast discussion is really funny 😂 There ist definitely no chance by discussing about bread or beer with a German guy 😂 Nice video

  • @pinguinposted990
    @pinguinposted990 3 роки тому +37

    I think it was Karl Lagerfeld who said that going out in Sweatpants means you lost control of your life.

    • @traceycheking
      @traceycheking 3 роки тому

      “Sweats are a sign of defeat” - Karl 😂 I agree and I’m South African 🇿🇦

  • @sinjaja5836
    @sinjaja5836 3 роки тому +39

    Love the "Toast" discussion 😂 He is right, we are looking down on Toastbrot.

    • @timsimms412
      @timsimms412 3 роки тому +4

      for good reasons

    • @manuelklimt3001
      @manuelklimt3001 3 роки тому

      Sorry then toast to call wired habits from Germany is wrong. Because is calling to have in certain earier different cousin called are wried habit ist Just different couture. Argue with italian that south african insta coffee is real coffee as wired behavior will also nobody do. Or with argentina that open fire grilling is wired as a german and south africa who have a much easier grilling or brining coulter.

    • @moxxer22
      @moxxer22 3 роки тому +6

      We are looking down on it, because it IS inferior. Plus: cope, that we call it that way. At least, we are the bread experts. Period. 😁

    • @benjaminloehner257
      @benjaminloehner257 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, Toastbrot is Unterbrot. ^^

    • @uwekall6281
      @uwekall6281 3 роки тому +2

      Toastbrot has the nutrition value of cardboard :-)

  • @juwen7908
    @juwen7908 3 роки тому +32

    Your girlfriend is right. If you ask a german to buy bread, they NEVER would buy Toastbrot. Cause Toastbrot is no bread!
    Greetings from Berlin 😎

  • @sharonhatzenbuehler4591
    @sharonhatzenbuehler4591 3 роки тому +15

    As a South African who lived in Germany for ten years, I really enjoyed this, how I wished I met just one South African while living there it would have made my life much easier....glad u two Saffas found each other. 🇿🇦💕

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Oh wow! Now I’m super grateful, thanks for watching 🇿🇦💕

  • @brxan3096
    @brxan3096 3 роки тому +9

    The German girls accent is really nice. Sounds like a mix of German, British(England) & South African accents all in one.

  • @Andie_A
    @Andie_A 3 роки тому +9

    Absolutely enjoyed watching the video and your guests were quite pleasant and funny.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Thanks for watching 😊 and I’m glad you like the guests.

  • @nadiam926
    @nadiam926 3 роки тому +4

    This video was good fun. It's always funny to compare cultures in this way. Makes you appreciate both sides :) have a good day!

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Absolutely, have a lovely day further :)

  • @debbie6684
    @debbie6684 3 роки тому +9

    This was an interesting video . I laughed throughout 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊!

  • @mashudumunyai931
    @mashudumunyai931 2 роки тому

    Toasted toast? 😂😂😂 That’s a good one.
    Brandon is funny. I enjoyed watching this collaboration 😊

  • @sibulelenobhuzana3314
    @sibulelenobhuzana3314 3 роки тому +4

    Loved this video, we need a pt 2 guys🤣

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Hahah! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

  • @yolisamrso9827
    @yolisamrso9827 3 роки тому +8

    About Social Norms well! it depends where you are in South Africa. I used to be very offended when I came to Johannesburg i would ask someone how they are and they would just respond with just ‘’I’m fine” most of the people would have passed you to long time whilst still expecting a response. In the Eastern Cape we more like Germans, we make a conversation out of greetings it’s even worse with the elderly do not just say I’m fine otherwise they would be very offended. In the Eastern Cape people have all the time to respond to you unlike in Johannesburg people are so busy they don’t have that time to respond and passion that’s is how I got to console myself coming from the Eastern Cape.

    • @kwaaikat100
      @kwaaikat100 Рік тому

      In hear what you’re saying, but I don’t think what you describe is like Germans
      at all. What they are saying is if you do ask the question, be prepared to hear a proper response. But most of the time people don’t ask, or are not expected to hear, or indeed answer, that question. Most of the time this is avoided. You say hello and get to the point.
      On that scale what you describe of the Eastern Cape is the extreme opposite of Germany. Johannesburg would then be in the middle.
      My own opinion is that for all it’s well publicised flaws, the people of Johannesburg are quite friendly for a city, and quite warm. Even towards outsiders and in the South African context.

  • @Anna-lz9qb
    @Anna-lz9qb 3 роки тому +2

    Such a great video! I am from Germany, but I've lived in a South African family for a few weeks (near Joburg). Literally ALL these things are so true!😂

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Haha glad you relate 😊! Thanks for watching 🇿🇦🇩🇪

  • @_JacksMyth
    @_JacksMyth 3 роки тому +2

    I'm also RSA (Durban) living in DE (Karlsruhe)! Nice to see you guys met!

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Another Saffa here, thanks for watching 😊🇿🇦

  • @strasbourgerelsass1467
    @strasbourgerelsass1467 3 роки тому +3

    WAIT... the thing about toast in Germany is: Its a special not completely baked white bread. You can eat toast untoasted, but seriously, that tastes terrible. If you wanna eat something white untoasted, you gonna buy white bread (available in slices). We have "million" different breads in Germany. And toast is called toast because YOU HAVE TO toast it for having the final taste. That is simple, right?

  • @temakrug4647
    @temakrug4647 3 роки тому +3

    As a German, I never met a person who ate Burgers with Fork and knife, so that was very new for me 😅 maybe it depends on the are?! (I am from Hamburg) It is also very rare to see people in the north eating pizza with fork and knife. I did it once in my live in that was in a italian resturant, where they had huge pizzas and everyone where eating with fork and knife. But that was the only time I did it and saw it.
    Also, really like you Videos. It is so interesting for a german to see the point of view about germany from a foreigner.
    Big Hug from Hamburg 💙

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      Ja, maybe on the area or an individual. Thank you and liebe Gruße aus München ☀️💕!

  • @hansmolders1066
    @hansmolders1066 3 роки тому +10

    My first time ordering a burger in Alaska I asked for fork and knife😂 you can imagine the looks I got

  • @munyamaregere3906
    @munyamaregere3906 3 роки тому +4

    Lol "Tebogo Merch" she's got a point though. You should start creating some merch for us.
    By the way you need to create a name for us, we deserve one lol.😁

    • @Andie_A
      @Andie_A 3 роки тому +2

      @Munya, our name is the "Princesses" 😂.. Just kidding!

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      😂! Never thought of it, Merch starts at 10K subbies I think but yes I should come up with a name (have no idea though).

    • @munyamaregere3906
      @munyamaregere3906 3 роки тому

      @@tebogop8818 come up with a list of names and we will vote for the best name.👌🏾

    • @polokocollen7072
      @polokocollen7072 3 роки тому

      @@tebogop8818 Name for your fans , Pringos or Prigos or Prizos or prinzos is a good one.Its a combination of Prin + gos or Prin + go from Tebogo.

  • @inavogel626
    @inavogel626 2 роки тому +1

    In Afrikaans, if someone doesn't use small talk to start a conversation or broach a subject, we say :" Hy val sommer met die deur in die huis." (no knocking - just barge in). It sounds as if it could mean rude manners - but no, it doesn't have a rude meaning attached to it. It's just someone who speaks directly.

  • @naledivimbani
    @naledivimbani 2 роки тому

    I laughed at the toast issue, Brandon had me laughing so much, it seems to really bother him. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @shaanglennistor1251
    @shaanglennistor1251 2 роки тому

    Hearing Roodepoort, wow😅I’m missing home so much, moved here 3 months ago.
    Also from Roodepoort btw!

  • @kwaaikat100
    @kwaaikat100 Рік тому

    Thanks Tebogo really enjoy your vidoes. Really funny. Been in Germany and speak the language now, my daughter is going on an exchange too, so really enjoy your perspectives.
    “How are you?” is just a way of aknowledging someone you deal with a bit more. It is not quite meaningless. People would normally say “good and you?” It also gives opportunity for some more small talk. It also gives opportunity for some minor complaint about the weather (yes we do sometimes talk about it, though the weather is normally less interesting to South Africans than it seems to be to many Europeans). It is an opportunity to so something in a language one does not normally speak well. For example in Johannesburg people (sensing my ethnicity) would often put this question to me in Afrikaans, and I myself would likewise often pose the question in Zulu or Sotho. (In those cases I might well talk about the weather just to say something).
    This relaxed talking is some of the things I missed when I was abroad.
    Btw also from Roodepoort.
    And Germans really know their thing when it comes to variety of bread. It is indeed quite embarassing in that context that will call that pre sliced mass produced thing bread.

  • @vbvideo1669
    @vbvideo1669 3 роки тому +2

    Klasse Video! :)

  • @mbuck5044
    @mbuck5044 3 роки тому +3

    Very entertaining. I love her polka dot blouse!

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching and the lovely comment to Ricarda 😊

    • @yt-viewerfromger320
      @yt-viewerfromger320 3 роки тому +1

      @@tebogop8818 Thank you for this entertaining video! You are a funny bunch of people. And you girls are both looking great in those clothes. Very "geschmackvoll" with a good sense of stile. Btw Tebogo, I could understand you and Ricarda quite well. Ricarda speaks a very good English with an accent, I think it's a SA accent, right? But her boy friend (or husband?) has got a rather strong SA accent so I couldn't understand all he said...

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      @@yt-viewerfromger320 thanks for watching. I have difficulty recognizing some South African accents, it all depends on the geographical area, social class and race. Ricarda is German and lived in SA for a few months so I wouldn’t say she has a South African accent or maybe I’m wrong. Brandon speaks excellent English and my husband also said he has a proper SA accent while I think he sounds a bit British.

  • @marivides8753
    @marivides8753 3 роки тому +4

    You have such a nice energy!

  • @kanalitheko
    @kanalitheko 3 роки тому +1

    Hi! Just subscribed to your channel, been living in Germany for 9 months now and I'm also from Roodepoort!

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Hi 😊🇿🇦! Where in Germany?

    • @kanalitheko
      @kanalitheko 3 роки тому

      @@tebogop8818 I live in Harsefeld, and that's an hour away from Hamburg. So in the North of Germany

  • @xolelwassimpleliving9219
    @xolelwassimpleliving9219 3 роки тому +1

    Love this. In general European bread is good.

  • @noluthandomnguni
    @noluthandomnguni 3 роки тому +1

    I love this content. ❤️ Educational and fun.

  • @karl-heinzheinbach8447
    @karl-heinzheinbach8447 3 роки тому +1

    Actually the toast bread or toast (from English toast, toast; this from the Latin participle perfect passive tostus, dörrt, from torrere, dörren) or the toasted bread is a fine-pored white bread with a thin crust, which is often toasted in slices before consumption, today usually with a toaster. You can also bake the toast in the oven. Then even a toast gets a bigger crust on the outside like all other sourdough breads. One associates the shape with toastbread. We also have boxbread but not in slices, which is similar to toasted bread. The German Bread Register of the German Bread Institute currently lists over 3,000 different bread specialties that are baked and sold in Germany every day. Probably the actual number is even higher.

  • @mahue171
    @mahue171 3 роки тому +3

    I have to confess: I swam naked in a little river in drakensberg mountains 🏔

  • @_simplyshuga
    @_simplyshuga Рік тому

    In South Africa, we do have toastie bread, by Samko too. The one you showed has big premium slices. Toasties have more slices and they are thin to fit perfectly on a toaster.😂

  • @fromgermany271
    @fromgermany271 2 роки тому +2

    Why should someone in SA talk about the weather? It is always perfect.
    And other way around why ask „how are you?“ if the one and only answer is „fine“.
    Using knife&fork: maybe just because you(/we) can 😉. But we also just eat w/o tools, depending on the situation.
    Some people eat sugar globuli to cure themselves. Science says it works, but it would work w/o globuli, if you just would believe it.
    Some of us also use gym clothes everyday, but you won’t find them on a university campus. It makes you look like „lowest class“.

  • @kimberlybjrc
    @kimberlybjrc 3 роки тому +1

    Great video idea!

  • @Carodiconda1
    @Carodiconda1 3 роки тому +1

    he is so funny! do more videos with him, very sympatisch oida ;) Grüße aus Schwabing

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Glad my guest is appreciated, will do. Grüße somewhere in München auch

  • @andreasklein2811
    @andreasklein2811 3 роки тому +3

    a quest for you: the expert for bread is the baker. find a german baker who agrees that toast is a bread then you can call it bread ...
    I
    personally fine it should be forbidden to call toast a bread ....

  • @allienaomi4197
    @allienaomi4197 3 роки тому +1

    Saffa too living in Hamburg ♥... And the German girl sounded so South African I would have never guessed she was German ☺

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Heyyy fellow Saffa 🇿🇦👋🏿! A lot of people mentioned that quite a lot ☺️

    • @NataschaO
      @NataschaO 3 роки тому

      She imitates her boyfriend's English, that's why.

  • @katjathefranknfurter2374
    @katjathefranknfurter2374 3 роки тому +2

    This is so funny! Here in Frankfurt Pizza is always cut. How I eat it depends on where I eat it and how hot it is. In the beginning or in a restaurant I usally start with cutlery. When I eat it in a park I'll only use my hands... 🙄😂
    Munich is very posh. You will find thousends of people in gym clothes on the street everywhere else. I think it has to do with social status. The poorer an area is the more people in Leggins and Jogginghosen you will see. I actually like the thought of changing my clothes after sports...
    We Germans love our bread. 🥰 We have lots and lots of different kinds. "Toasted Toast" for Breakfast is fine but for a sandwich it doesn't have enough taste (imho) and it always leaves me hungry. I would rather have a Brötchen or any other kind of bread because it tastes so much better and will last longer. To be honest, I love the english sandwiches when I'm over there. But after some time I really miss german bread. I love Baguette though ... 😂 I think bread is our soft spot.
    As for people being naked in the park - this only happens in Munich. I remember feeling rather disturbed when I first came to Munich. In Frankfurt you might sometimes see women sunbathing topless but it is really, really rare and more in secluded areas. I am rather sure nobody in Hamburg would do it in a public park. Also not in smaller towns. Maybe if there was a nudist zone. But I think in eastern Germany it was also more common. So there are regional differneces. 😉

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed the video 😊! The regional differences are crazy here but bread seems to be that one thing all regions relate to.

  • @naledivimbani
    @naledivimbani 2 роки тому

    Now I understand with the food. I was watching Annette & Slavi channel and they were at a restaurant and the steak was so small in their plates, I could not believe it. I concluded they wanted small portions.

  • @susannewitt6112
    @susannewitt6112 3 роки тому +11

    "Meat is expensive here" - Really?
    Ask the French, they would say the opposite.
    But very nice video. And toast(bread) is toast, whether toasted or not toasted. Bread is something complety different. /typical german arrogance off ;)

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Yes meat is expensive in Germany, ask the South Africans :)
      Haha thanks for watching

    • @fjellyo3261
      @fjellyo3261 3 роки тому

      @@tebogop8818 of course things are more expensive here compared to SA the average wage is also way higher 😂😂😂.

    • @strasbourgerelsass1467
      @strasbourgerelsass1467 3 роки тому

      @@tebogop8818 You think so? I didnt find the meat cheaper in Joburg. Nearly nothing was really cheaper in the supermarket. I dont know where you are buying. If its in organic stores the price is higher of course.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      @@strasbourgerelsass1467 I agree with my guests, meat is cheaper in SA (supermarkets and restaurants). Pick n Pay, Woolworths & Foodlovers. I really wonder where you were buying.

    • @strasbourgerelsass1467
      @strasbourgerelsass1467 3 роки тому

      @@tebogop8818 I ve been in Woolworth and Pick n Pay (Southgate) for example. And the meat was not cheaper as in Edeka or Globus for example. I made a check right now online. Pick n Pay Gauteng: Minutesteak 0,733 Euro (40R)/100 g
      Globus Germany: Minutenschnitzel 0,75 Euro/100 g. I know its not really important, but I was sure my feeling was n wrong. LOL joking. It was only one example. Maybe u and ur guests r generally right.

  • @lafabricadebodas
    @lafabricadebodas 2 роки тому

    omg I dies laughing. Toasted toast. Untoasted toast. Toast should be toasted!

  • @jombadumajombaduma4
    @jombadumajombaduma4 3 роки тому +1

    Visited in Germany in 2009 and loved it. Now live in the UK.

    • @jombadumajombaduma4
      @jombadumajombaduma4 3 роки тому

      I must say customer isn't grt here in the UK. My wife tells me I'm always complaining abt customer service.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      That’s nice :) Nice to know something about the UK

  • @NataschaO
    @NataschaO 3 роки тому +4

    I don't know anyone who says just Toast. People say Toastbrot and that makes sense.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      I know people who call it toast, it’s all a personal experience.

  • @7.obermonster457
    @7.obermonster457 3 роки тому +1

    Germans have many differences concerning the food culture. So it is actually quite common that people are willing to pay more even for less food since it is kinda a way to give it value. And the way we adress toast is kinda natural since the white bread doesn't get eaten until it is actually toasted. XD

  • @miriamweber4071
    @miriamweber4071 3 роки тому

    Loved this vlog 😂 I started studying in Germany a couple of years ago and in my first semester I sometimes came in sweatpants or like flowy pants with patterns on them and every single time I got quite a few comments "oh hast du verschlafen" I came out of the habit to go out in sweatpants 😂😂
    Ooh and with the burgers, you guys should try Effe und Gold in Freising (on the border of Munich) ... Really yummy with big portions and tons of good stuff 😉 loved your guys' vibe!!

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      “Oh hast du verschlafen” 😂😂😂 ! Thanks for the suggestion and for watching 😊!

  • @katytreptow7682
    @katytreptow7682 3 роки тому +1

    the real question of life : Toasted or untoasted Toastbread

  • @JakobFischer60
    @JakobFischer60 3 роки тому

    "Toast" is the short form of "Toastbrot", which means a special bread for making a toast. You can top it with ham, ananas and cheese to get a Toast Hawai.

  • @balticdubai950
    @balticdubai950 3 роки тому +1

    Yep, we try to avoid nonsens (small talk) in a conversation. Come to the point and bugger off, don`t waste my time. 😂😂😂

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      SMH 😂! Small talk is a skill ☺️, a lot can happen when you master it!

  • @fjellyo3261
    @fjellyo3261 3 роки тому +9

    Untoasted toast is way to soggy you can't chew it properly in my opinion ;).

  • @shiddoh_eth
    @shiddoh_eth 2 роки тому

    The part about small talk is 100% accurate, we germans don't know, don't care about small talk, we want usefull conversations or none simple as that
    The thing about toast is the same for me: toast becomes toast when it is actually toasted, but on the other hand it does not qualifiy as "bread" regarding to our high variety and standards for what we call bread so untoasted toast is smt in between
    Great content, made me smile :)

  • @markusamshoff7359
    @markusamshoff7359 3 роки тому +1

    You definitely can find toast in other shapes in Germany but not in all stores.

  • @hansmuller3099
    @hansmuller3099 3 роки тому

    it's called toast here, because the only purpose of Toastbrot is being toasted to be able to spread it with some cold hard butter, so it doesn't fall apart.
    I personally roast all sorts of bread when eating at home.
    Pizza is not cut in restaurant, because the serve it coming with fork and knife.
    I would reclame pizza that is precut, even when it's for takeaway, because the bottom get's soaked.
    I want a crunchy bottom...
    For checking for a free table, stand a short time waiting at the entrance and make eye contact .
    Hömopathie is no medicine. The less of substance there is in, the more "potent" it is called.

  • @NataschaO
    @NataschaO 3 роки тому +5

    I wouldn't be caught dead in my gym clothes outside the gym.

    • @nomirrors3552
      @nomirrors3552 3 роки тому +2

      So it's okay to be naked at the park, but you can't wear gym clothes there? XD

    • @NataschaO
      @NataschaO 3 роки тому +2

      @@nomirrors3552 Anything is more tasteful than gym clothes. :-P

  • @not-even-german4892
    @not-even-german4892 3 роки тому +2

    Sehr schön💖💞🙏

  • @danielroy1966
    @danielroy1966 3 роки тому +1

    Well, the "English Garden" in Munich is THE exception as far as nudity in concerned. Apart from some specialised beaches, you on't see many naked Germans in public. :-)

  • @rolfstade1233
    @rolfstade1233 3 роки тому

    Schön das Ihr von South Africa kommt. 💕 Ich habe auch Contakt whis Tracy Chapman and Trevor Noah. Seringeti darf nicht sterben.
    Have all a good Time my Friends.
    Honour and Respekt for you all. Gemeinsam sind wir stark und erreichen was wir wollen. Gary Kicking Wolf 🐺 🏹🏹🏹🏹

  • @noniLaus
    @noniLaus 3 роки тому

    It's so fun to see different cultures side by side like this! I'm one of the people who eats pizza with a knife and fork because I really hate having anything sticky on my hands, I also eat ribs with knife and fork xD My family always says I'm horrible for that and that I don't know how to eat pizza the right way lmao
    Here in Austria we had a horrible trend of people wearing these leggins that hat a galaxy or animal prints printed all over it a few years ago, it was so ugly and everyone was wearing it, so glad that phase was over quickly xD

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      Wow even ribs? You win 😂!
      Yes I remember the trend, sad to admit that I was so into it back then but I’m also happy it faded so quick.

    • @fromgermany271
      @fromgermany271 2 роки тому

      Whether you eat pizza with hand or tools depends on the situation. In a noble Italien restaurant you might do it a bit more posh than at a pizza takeaway outlet. And I understand the hate for sticky fingers. Some things are just not eatable by me. I live in SA for a few months nearly 30y ago and we had often piles of meat, but I avoided „caveman meals“. I don’t want to offend someone, do whatever you like, but I will save manually picking meat out of skeletons for times that really need it. And I hope they never come (even though you never knew how extended the suicide of a „short w/o shirt“ might become)

  • @Argonaut1988
    @Argonaut1988 3 роки тому +1

    When i start my job in aviation, the question who are you? Was really hard to answer, but now I am comfortable with it.

  • @frauleinanni1528
    @frauleinanni1528 3 роки тому +1

    I actually was as confused about the recurring "How are you?" when I had to train a colleague in India on a certain software. The calls always started by her asking "how are you" and she would not proceed before I had responded with "fine" or something like that. I never got comfortable with this habit actually and now I wonder whether greeting her in Telugu or Kannada (the usual dialects in the Bangalore area) would have suited more.

  •  3 роки тому

    I think we change the clothes e.g. for the gym because we learned it at school. When we had Sport on the schedule it was a must to bring gym clothes and sport shoes. Without it was forbidden to participate.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Interesting, same rule applies for South African schools.

  • @susannewitt6112
    @susannewitt6112 3 роки тому +3

    Globuli does not work beyond the placebo effect.

  • @romanyimesgen6136
    @romanyimesgen6136 3 роки тому +1

    That’s so interesting.The South African sound like American it’s amazing so you guys would fit in perfectly here. One thing I agree with the German is the serving size . We Americans are so fat we don’t need more food (completely my opinion)so I think the serving size makes sense to me. Also here in the United States we take way too many pills so homeopathic sounds very good to me.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Yes South African is quite American. Homeopathy is interesting. 😊

  • @minookalantari
    @minookalantari 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @noobster4779
    @noobster4779 3 роки тому +1

    The "sweetpance" part is rather simple to explain: If you are at home, you can do whatever you want. If you are outside, you represent yourself with your closing. Certain clothing has certain stereotypes. For "sweetpance" or "gym cloth" it is usually (partly thanks to tv shows) the look of "lazy, useless, poor" people.
    You dont have to go out dressed for a fancy dinner or something. Germany is very liberal when it comes to clothing (in my opinion at least) but there is a certain low bar you simply dont cross if you dont want people to think you are a "lazy or jobeless" person. What counts as "outside cloth" generally has a big varierty though. You can walk around like a "bitch" or like a stuck up priest, i doenst really matter. As long as you dont cross a certain low level and your cloth are clearly differentiated from a "i wear that in bed" look you are fine.

    • @shalom5978
      @shalom5978 2 роки тому

      To be honest as someone living in America many people do in fact walk around in their pjs or go out in pjs particularly to school or when going to the grocery store. I personally like that people will wear whatever and no one cares because in all honesty if they are clean and tidy what’s the issue? Unless it’s for a particular event, a lot of people generally don’t care what people wear.

    • @fromgermany271
      @fromgermany271 2 роки тому

      @@shalom5978 ok, is It because of this that there is a „casual Friday“ where you can go to office w/o a tie? 😎
      I know not in general, but the company I work for has also American branches and these colleagues are very posh in clothing compared to the German ones. Casual here is more your personal style and not dictate by the calendar. And if someone comes to the office with suits, we often joke: „are you applying for a new job“.

  • @michelleblewis6869
    @michelleblewis6869 3 роки тому

    Very interesting hahaha

  • @demiankeinam4667
    @demiankeinam4667 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks for your comparison. It was quite enlighting.
    BTW homeopathic 'medicine' does not have any effect above placebo

  • @Biloxiblues77
    @Biloxiblues77 3 роки тому +1

    Toast is Toast In Germany because it is the shitiest bread available in Germany! It is a bread only used for toasting!

  • @Argonaut1988
    @Argonaut1988 3 роки тому +3

    "Wer eine Jogginghose trägt, hat die Kontrolle über sein Leben verloren"

  • @_simplyshuga
    @_simplyshuga Рік тому

    😂 I have never been to Germany but I think they probably call it Toast because it is sliced and can fit perfectly on a toaster compared to the other different shapes I have seen in pictures. 😂 I am taking a wild guess here. Imagine a round sourdough bread, that doesn't fit nicely on a toaster even if you try to cut it. OMG!😂😂 I actually paused the video @08:51 to write this comment only to find out that Ricarda is going to explain exactly my thought.

    • @johaquila
      @johaquila Рік тому

      Actually, we call it Toastbrot (toast bread) because it's bread in a very wide, loose sense, but according to our tastes it is only palatable when freshly toasted. It's just not usable for anything else. That's the only reason it is sold in the first place. Toast is just our abbreviation for that.
      I guess the key point is that it is totally weird and eccentric for a German to eat untoasted toast bread. So we have no need to distinguish the two states, just like we don't need a special word for raw steaks.
      Nowadays we also have a second category called Sandwichbrot (sandwich bread). The slices are about 50% larger and not quite as rectangular. This is the closest to English/American/Dutch/South African bread you can get in Germany, but I think the only reason it is widely available is that the size is more practical for sandwich toasters. I have never seen anyone use this kind of bread for untoasted sandwiches. That would be just weird, as they taste far better with proper bread.

  • @arnodobler1096
    @arnodobler1096 3 роки тому +11

    Karl Lagerfeld Modeschöpfer RIP: "Wer eine Jogginghose trägt, hat die Kontrolle über sein Leben verloren“ 😂
    Ich würde das weiße quadratische gummiartige Zeug, auch nicht als Brot bezeichnen, sorry!
    "Deutsche Brotkultur" UNESCO Weltkulturerbe seit 2014
    Nice Time👍

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      Ooh wow the late Karl said that 🤭, in that case it makes sense then.
      Thanks for watching

    • @andrecostermans7109
      @andrecostermans7109 3 роки тому

      my mother would certainly asked me if I where sick wearing joggins all day, it is a lack off selfesteem/confidence living in the same clothes all days of the week ; so Karl L. was pretty right

  • @markusamshoff7359
    @markusamshoff7359 3 роки тому +1

    Burgers are very very good with high quality of ingredients in it in Germany. Where were you in Germany in restaurants? In Mc Donald's? We Germans don't call them restaurants, we call them Frittenbude or just MC, we don't see them as a qualified restaurant. We make a difference. You definitely find very good and outstanding restaurants in Germany making also the best burgers you can find in the world. Where I live in Ahaus in NRW Münsterland I new directly 3 outstanding shops and haven't tested every shop now. But food in Germany is normally and generally expensive comparing to south africa but for rich countries like Germany and western world countries it is very, very cheap. The discussion nowadays is, it is too cheap, so that German or European farmers can't live any longer of it. They close there farms more and more. A bitter fact.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      We also don’t call McDonald’s a restaurant.

  • @hangar4851
    @hangar4851 3 роки тому +1

    The german habits concerning nudity is going back to a movement end of 19. century called Freikörperkultur (FKK). The movement was heavily influenced by romantism (back to nature, etc) and health through sports (Turnvereine, Turnvater Jahn, Männerbünde für Sport). In the 70ies nudism was revived through the free sex hippy movement. The nudists of the english garden and Isarauen is actually very special. Sometimes I wonder whether the tourism board hires these people as a tourist attraction. Personally I also do not like the human Radlständer (butts).

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Interesting! Thanks for watching 🙂

  • @danielroy1966
    @danielroy1966 3 роки тому

    Hmm ... what Ricarda calls "toast" is also known as "Weißbrot" in German. But yeah, some Germans also call it "toast" before it is toasted.

  • @CandyKeigh
    @CandyKeigh 3 роки тому

    😂😂 I loved this video!!
    Argh momma. Congratulations on 1k subbies !! ❤️

  • @CharmaineWardenbergMMA
    @CharmaineWardenbergMMA 11 місяців тому

    Hilarious!!!

  • @StepHanie-fb9nn
    @StepHanie-fb9nn 3 роки тому

    In Germany: only ask if you‘re seriously interested.
    The "how are you" part is just empty words for the German speaking countries.
    Toast is definitely "toasted“…and proper bread isn‘t toasted (and has more nutrients 😄).
    Yes,,,fork and knife is big…I cut my pizza…table manners. Keep in mind: going out for a meal is a treat.
    Germans cook more. And in the UK you also get tab water…mostly lime scaly pee from old pipes😂
    I think in most European countries you don‘t get served tab water,,,
    Weather is a huge topic in the UK 😂
    Service: if you depend on tips, you‘ll bend over offering service ott🤓
    So funny you know about Globili (the homeopathy)👍🏻 Super nice video ☺️

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Interesting! Glad you enjoyed the video & thanks for watching 😊!

  • @escamoteur
    @escamoteur 2 роки тому

    On potion size that largely depends on the region and type of restaurant.

  • @hightidemidafternoon
    @hightidemidafternoon 3 роки тому

    don't know about bavaria, but in Hamburg it's perfectly fine to be out and about in sweats.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Interesting, good to know 😊

  • @landserkorps796
    @landserkorps796 3 роки тому +1

    Toast is a sponge and a crime!

  • @a.b.4317
    @a.b.4317 3 роки тому +1

    Afaik somethin like the English Garden is unique in Germany - it is not a common thing to have a place of nudity in th mid of a city.

  • @rolfstade1233
    @rolfstade1233 3 роки тому

    Africa to be beautiful people.

  • @walkwithorr
    @walkwithorr 3 роки тому

    Interesting, Germans are very organized people😀. Actually 'how are you' is meant to start a conversation, Germans got it right there. Even here in SA you are most likely to strike a conversation but some people would just give you an 'I am fine' answer and leave it there you will know that small talk is not an option. I live Germany, I would like to visit one day.

  • @marileegarcia4294
    @marileegarcia4294 3 роки тому

    And why doesn't "Toast Brot" have crusts? What do they do with all the crusts? I love a toasted crust with butter and some OXO and cheese. (for example) but, the Germans have decided that the crusts are not included in the package! :D
    Everything is too relatable :D I've stepped around the corner and ran into the free willies and my in-laws are from East Germany, so when we go swimming they just strip down and change like it's nothing!

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому +1

      Only realizing it now 🤦🏿‍♀️, wow I wonder what they really do with the crusts indeed! As for point 2, I’ll never get used to it 🙈

  • @haukegebhardt3378
    @haukegebhardt3378 3 роки тому +1

    toast is called toast becausen no would eat it before it was toasted, its not a bread

  • @markusamshoff7359
    @markusamshoff7359 3 роки тому

    Maybe Germans dress up also for the normal shopping for wearing out your clothes and feel good. We don't have the sun year around so we do wired thinks to feel good like wearing nice clothes every time and give more kicks around the day.

  • @rolfstade1233
    @rolfstade1233 3 роки тому

    Sorry i must go to a Meeting. Tschau my Friends

  • @fjellyo3261
    @fjellyo3261 3 роки тому +1

    Most people eat Burger and Pizza with hand even here in Germany.

    • @andrecostermans7109
      @andrecostermans7109 3 роки тому

      and in Belgium also

    • @Warentester
      @Warentester 3 роки тому

      Depends on the restaurant you're in.

    • @fjellyo3261
      @fjellyo3261 3 роки тому +1

      @@Warentester well even in a star restaurant it would be accepted to eat these things with hand so the people who do it do it because they want to. Majority eats with hands so it's fine.

  • @michelleblewis6869
    @michelleblewis6869 3 роки тому +1

    OK I'm from Cape Town and also eat my pizza and burger even fish and chips with knife and fork.

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Interesting. There’s always an exception but definitely not a South African norm.

  • @dulcipetrus6800
    @dulcipetrus6800 3 роки тому +1

    notification gang

  • @maxmustermann3285
    @maxmustermann3285 9 місяців тому

    If you think not knowing about nudity in german sauna brought you into a difficult situation just imagine how it was for me to find out the hard way about no nudity in Sauna abroad.

  • @thorstenziglasch22
    @thorstenziglasch22 3 роки тому +1

    Casual questions do hardly exist in german culture. If you ask a question, Germans feel obliged to answer correctly. Small talk or beating around the bush is not really the german way.
    We bluntly speek facts and to the point which might even be considered offensive in other cultures. Asking a question to the well being of a person is considered an intrusion, if you you are not a family member or a friend. That's why you get the confused looks.

    • @shalom5978
      @shalom5978 2 роки тому

      How do you make friends without small talk though? Also it breaks my heart that genuinely being concerned about the general well-being of others who you don’t know well is considered an intrusion. Truly a stark difference from America, where you can learn about a strangers hopes and dreams after starting a conversation with the weather. I kinda like it that way but I can see how this sort of thing would make people uncomfortable.

  • @oeliamilasi1782
    @oeliamilasi1782 Рік тому

    It's taboo in South Africa to walk around naked😮😮😮😮

  • @johannarozakis-siu1053
    @johannarozakis-siu1053 3 роки тому

    It's just not even in the realm of imagination for ppl to eat untosted toast bread. So, the normal way to eat road bread is toasted. However, the untoasted version is just some uneatible fluff without any qualities that would make it be bread - from a German perspective XD

  • @iampuco445
    @iampuco445 3 роки тому

    It’s not called TOAST, it’s called TOASTBROT, which is a German compositium that enlarges in BROT ZUM TOASTEN (bread to be toasted). And yes: it’s considered to be inferior. Because it is ... from the nutrition point of view. It’s like calling „fermented American milk products“ cheese. French wouldn’t even touch it (Germany had hundreds of different breads, France had as many different cheeses)
    According to prices for food: have you ever been to Switzerland 😂

  • @agn855
    @agn855 3 роки тому

    Having only one sort of bread named "toast" bc it gets toasted, and not understanding that the generic term bread can‘t be used because you‘re in an environment > 300 different kinda sorts of bread is kinda ignorant at best.
    Laugenbrot (bathed in "Lauge")
    Rosinenbrot (contains raisins)
    Roggenbrot (mainly made from rye)
    Toast-Brot (bc it gets toasted)
    Knoblauchbrot (flavored with garlic)
    Franzosenbrot (AKA Baguette, because it’s from France)
    ... and that other hundreds of different breads.
    So only a naive one would go to a German bakery expecting explicitly getting a Toast if asking for bread.

  • @fjellyo3261
    @fjellyo3261 3 роки тому +1

    How are you? Is a typical English question. Wie geht es (dir)? Is very direct and unusual in Germany Hallo or Guten Tag is more commen.

  • @Why-D
    @Why-D 6 місяців тому

    Why should someone wear clothes, when the aim of a Sauna is, to sweat freely?
    Ak the Finnish people, naked sauna is the way to go, they have to know it.
    Why should you ask a question, if you don't want to get the answer. Why not just say "Hi"?
    Toast is simply, the short version of toastbread. To show, that that kind of bread is not proper bread, we call it toast.
    We have more than 3000 different types of bread, so we know bread!
    And after you toasted a slice of toast bread, it is a toasted slice of toast bread.
    As we have only few food, that we eat with the pure hand, we always get cuttlery with every meal. But eating a burger with knife an fork is unusual. Pizza in the restaurant, you usually eat with knife an fork.

  • @suserockle7332
    @suserockle7332 3 роки тому +1

    Meat is expensive? What Germany are you talking about.

  • @melinda8343
    @melinda8343 2 роки тому

    Toasted toast 😆

  • @andrecostermans7109
    @andrecostermans7109 3 роки тому

    restaurants serving pizza's and burgers, hmm these are usually called snackbars here in Belgium, or called with their brandname, Pizza-Hut, McDonalds aso

    • @tebogop8818
      @tebogop8818  3 роки тому

      Interesting how countries differ. I call McDonald’s & Pizza Hut fast food chain.

  • @lanamack1558
    @lanamack1558 3 роки тому +1

    Toast bread does not deserve to be called "bread".