Post a pet peeve.

[Ukko]

it coming from Germany, im German and i've never heard it said there or in anything German

This, after banging on about so called proper Australians and British ancestors?

[LT. COL. John Sheppard]

only a little bit German it comes from an Uncle im not even related to sooooo im lost my self

[LT. COL. John Sheppard]

That's because it's derived from a type of German called Middle Low German, last spoken about four hundred years ago.

Also, you're German? So you're not really properly Australian in that case, are you?

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[Goose]

only a little bit German it comes from an Uncle im not even related to sooooo im lost my self

How can you be even a little bit German if you're not even related to the Uncle who's German??

[LT. COL. John Sheppard]

its one of those things how your say dads best mate is classed as your Uncle i think in Europe you use the God-mother/father terms

[Ukko]

How can you be even a little bit German if you're not even related to the Uncle who's German??

Because of Charlemagne! Hehe.

[LT. COL. John Sheppard]

Charlemagne?

[Goose]

its one of those things how your say dads best mate is classed as your Uncle i think in Europe you use the God-mother/father terms

Does t make you German though...

[LT. COL. John Sheppard]

i get lost sometimes

[Whytewytch]

Stating an opinion that rides the edge of "politically correct" and watching my friends tear each other up over it.

I only meant that it's frustrating to walk into certain stores and be unable to get help because NO ONE speaks the native language very well. This is a rampant problem where I live. Sorry I stirred up such a kettle of fish!

[fems]

People who think they're better than immigrants just because they happened to have been born in their country, which incidentally is often a nation built by early immigrants who trampled all over the indigenous people of said country.

[Ukko]

Cheesecake.

[Goose]

Stating an opinion that rides the edge of "politically correct" and watching my friends tear each other up over it.

I only meant that it's frustrating to walk into certain stores and be unable to get help because NO ONE speaks the native language very well. This is a rampant problem where I live. Sorry I stirred up such a kettle of fish!

Oh, don't get me wrong, that is quite annoying, and I do believe that immigrants should make an effort to learn the language of their new country, but there's a difference between that and saying that all immigrants are bad, idiots, or whatever.

People who think they're better than immigrants just because they happened to have been born in their country, which incidentally is often a nation built by early immigrants who trampled all over the indigenous people of said country.

this.

[jelgate]

People who don't worship the great Bacon

[mr_kennedy]

Cheesecake.

Yes Cheesecake is very annoying