Caelum pretender design

[Arryn]

Karacan said:
I'm german, and the arrogance and lack of respect for other cultures and Languages shown by some germans (among others) always tics me off.

Not much different than similar behavior by all too many of my fellow Americans. However, what's particularly egregious about Boron's Last post, and something that especially annoys me, is that after he was corrected on the subject of gender, he continues to do things his way (regardless of being wrong). What that shows me, as apparently it does to you, is that he's willfully dismissive of all things that do not fit into his rather narrow worldview. Whether such things be proper language use, game rules he finds inconvenient, people's opinions, or even historical events.

Thanks for trying, Karacan. But I'm afraid you're wasting your efforts with him. And do not worry about the image he presents of your countrymen, as he's not representative of the average or majority (at least not in my own experience with Germans). Though I do sympathize with the bad taste he leaves you.

[Arryn]

Pickles said:
It is an Indian word but I do not know what language.

Hindi, IIRC.

[Gandalf Parker]

Arryn said:

Not much different than similar behavior by all too many of my fellow Americans.

If we call someone who speaks two Languages
bi-lingual

And we call someone who speaks three Languages
tri-lingual

What do you call someone who speaks one language?
(american)

Its a joke. Really. Might not be one told in your circles but its a fairly common joke Im told.
Want to hear a good "white guy" joke?

[Arryn]

Gandalf Parker said:
Its a joke. Really.

A sad, but too true one.

Top 5 most arrogant nations, more or less in order from worst down:

1. United States
2. France
3. Japan
4. UK
5. China

I won't endeavor to actually attempt to score any of these. They just happen to be the most guilty. I (briefly) debated Germany in place of China, but China really deserves to be on the short list for a number of reasons, including lengthy historical ones.

Excuse me, so much for staying on my own topic. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon04.gif[/img]

[Kel]

A little less nation bashing, please. Even if it is your own nation, 'flaming' a whole nation, off topic, on a public forum is not likely to provoke anything but another flame.

- Kel

[Arryn]

Actually, this isn't a public forum. It's a private forum (open to the public) owned and operated by a corporation. A public forum wouldn't have censorship, and public ones in the true spirit of the term 'public' don't have moderation, either.

But I do get your point.

[Boron]

Karacan said:

Sorry, it's not. It's a thing of education.

So you're one of the reasons of the Pisa-results. "Die See" = the sea. The lake = "der See". There's a difference in there, and the right pronoun is rather important.

Please consider yourself a Christian for a moment. Now imagine some noob in some forum goes calling Jesus Christ "daughter of god", because her name sounds stupid for a male in his native language.



I'm german, and the arrogance and lack of respect for other cultures and Languages shown by some germans (among others) always tics me off.

Add edit:_ /rant off. Back to topic.

oh with der see and die see you are right karacan

i am not bad educated though . at least i made my abitur without much effort
i just never showed liking for the subject DEUTSCH .
and in the internet i don't care too much about capitalization and punctuation .

i am a christian and believe in god but i would see someone foreign calling jesus die jesus not too bad he just doesn't know better .
and humorous films about religion like southpark , dogma and life of brian i like very much too .


i find it rather funny though that nobody seems to have interest in the main part of my message that the nataraja is a good pretender too and instead just almost flaming me because i gave it a female pronoun instead of a male one half because i found it funny and half because i didn't care and didn't think someone might care if i use him or her for a few pixels anyway .


in german der and die nataraja sound both ****ty though .


but to judge ones education only with his ability to speak his mother language perfect is a bit too one-sided .
hey i am no second Wolfgang von Goethe .

i guess you are better in Deutsch as me karacan but probably i would beat you in history knowlegde e.g. i guess

[Boron]

Arryn said:

A sad, but too true one.

Top 5 most arrogant nations, more or less in order from worst down:

1. United States
2. France
3. Japan
4. UK
5. China

I won't endeavor to actually attempt to score any of these. They just happen to be the most guilty. I (briefly) debated Germany in place of China, but China really deserves to be on the short list for a number of reasons, including lengthy historical ones.

Excuse me, so much for staying on my own topic. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon04.gif[/img]

wow thats interesting

and i really wonder why you didn't put germany on a high position like 2 or 3 at least .
first we have our history . germany was probably the most arrogant nation from 1870-1945 .
second we are known as very unpopular tourists .
mallorca + ballermann are just 2 catchwords .
the italian president berlusconi has said that even in public .
he has a point there .

in most european countries we germans fight with the brits for the "honor" of being the most disliked tourists

with china i wonder what historic issues you mean .
if you wrote soviet russia because of the cold war i would understand
so plz enlighten me for entertainment

japan surprises me too .
i love japanese + chinese food . the chinese / japanese in the german japanese/chinese restaurants are all very friendly , much more friendly than in a restaurant owned by germans .
japan is just cool imo . probably the most techliking nation in the whole world
oh and i love chinese/japanese action movie films .

japanese rpgs are very cool like final fantasy series or grandia 2 . the characters look so cute and the gameplay behind it is as good as e.g. baldurs gate

[Cainehill]

Boron said:
and in the internet i don't care too much about capitalization and punctuation .

In other words, you don't have enough respect for the people you're communicating with to make an effort. When someone writes sloppily, readers tend to equate the content with the form - ie, both are viewed as sloppy.

i find it rather funny though that nobody seems to have interest in the main part of my message that the nataraja is a good pretender too ...

Perhaps because no one found that surprising or noteworthy? The nataraja has been viewed as _such_ a good pretender that there was a campaign to nerf it not all that long ago, on the premise that the nataraja was _the_ ultimate pretender and none of the others were competitive.

but to judge ones education only with his ability to speak his mother language perfect is a bit too one-sided .

When all the people _have_ is your written words, what else are they supposed to judge you on?

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Boron said:
in german der and die nataraja sound both ****ty though .

Would you say "der Tanzkönig" or "die Tanzkönig"?