Comments by "Holger P." (@holger_p) on "Driving on the Autobahn u0026 more! Ask a German Qu0026A | Feli from Germany" video.

One is English, one is German. There are no two names. German is the Latin word of a tribe living in Germany 2000 years ago. The french knew another tribe, they call it Allemande. (from Allemannic). In slawic languages it's called Nemetz. The British got mixed up with the languages also, that they call the people from Netherland the Dutch, although the word Deutsch refers to germans. That all happened centuries ago. The germans wonder more, why swine turns in pork, or cattle into beef, if you kill it ;-)
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Austria doesn't feel like another Nation to Germans. That's just administrative differences. Like coming from Texas to California. The food might change a little and the accent. No border control, no change of currency, only change of speed limit and change of color of police cars.
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I don't think there will be a common or representative answer on that. I think the german men is more self-confident, that means he does not need to pronounce his masculinity as much as the American do. Gym visits go up, Cars and other status symbols go down in the last decades.
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@Henning_Rech Yes, and since it's a direct translation, it's both right. Do you want to discuss why the Germans call the Computer a Computer and why they go 'Jogging' although german words exists ? It's both correct and you can choose what you like.
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@Henning_Rech I say exaggeration is not irony. Never. Whether one understands it, depends on context and education of the listener. One cannot be ironic on a topic, if the listener doesn't know anything about the topic. You need common knowledge from speaker to listener, to make irony work.
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@Henning_Rech Questions can be answered by anyone who knows the answer. You haven't been clear where your "hear" these things. It might strongly depend on your location and the language, the people are using. You ask questions like "why are people using different terms for the same thing". It's because they like to do so. Some do it this way, some in another. For me "Vereinigte Staaten" ist just too long and very very formal and old-fashioned. Diplomats would still use it. On the street, it's just refered to as Amerika. Yes, with a k, unlike in english.
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It's not age dependent, it's more competence dependent, you might have more doubt on yourself if you talk with "experts" like teachers, professors, your boss, especially if you are in a dependent (devote) situation. You hold yourself a little back, when criticizing your boss - but some bosses especially encourage you to do so. Of course it depends on the choice of words. But with anonymous people you consider everybody as equal leveled and not as wiser than you. Everybody can advice everybody. It's a battle of competence - and it's most often considered helpful - you help others to know and obey the rules. It's a bid of a game to guess, if an advice is welcome or not.
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But "highways" means that are roads with oncoming traffic ? That would be unthinkable in Germany. It has to be multi-lane in one direction plus a paved shoulder.
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@travissmith2848 OK, just wanted to make your you talk about an interstate, not just a country road. The distance to go or the number of cars cannot have an influence on the rules applied. you need to react faster on anything, like deer or bumps in the street, not just the other traffic. I think I went from Devils Tower to Billings some years ago, just didn't remember the details.
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