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"A language is a dialect no one would want to touch with a ten-foot pole" - Max Weinreich (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by some_random_nick@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] GrievingWidow420@feddit.it 16 points 7 months ago

You batter explain it, pal

[-] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

idk about the england and dutch,
but the blue checkered flag is Bavaria.

Bavarians have a very awfull accent,
that is closer to austrian german than High German.

[-] tourist@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Is the difference between the kinds of German obvious in text too? Or is it more like comparing American English to UK English

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

All official texts use standard German, but the differences appear in day-to-day communication. People usually write in their dialect and since there is no orthographic standard, it looks quite bizzare. If you know a little bit of German, take a look at Tapakapa Erklärt. An Austrian guy speaking and subtitling in his (Vienna?) dialect.