>tfw Texas German will be extinct in 20-30 years
>tfw nobody will ever say "der Cowboy" unironically again
>>61958491
>texas german
what?
Thats a good thing
>>61958491
>texas german
Cool. It's a thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_German
adiós alemán
>>61958491
What does Texas German sound like? I'm intrigued. It can't be worse than PA dutch.
>>61958661
I imagine like Otto from Malcolm in the Middle. But, he was an actual German pretending to be a cowboy.
>>61958491
>"der Cowboy"
How did you think Germans call Cowboys?
>>61958777
Otto was danish in the German version
>>61958825
Huh. Wikipedia fucked up I guess.
>>61958972
Not necessarily. The quote on Wikipedia just implies they created that word independently, not that they were the only ones to use it.
>>61958864
That's not as funny.
>>61958661
https://youtu.be/tS1FpkQ08ig
>>61958491
>cowboy + german
Nice way of destroy the spanish heritage the first and true one on Texas
>>61960087
>"Texas" is derived from an injun word
>lol estamos primeros
fuck you
t. Texan
>tfw European German will be extinct in 20-30 years
>tfw nobody will ever say "der Hirtenjunge" unironically again.
>>61962445
>European German will be extinct in 20-30 years
Feels Anglo :^)
![baby-skunk%20(18)[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/DKjNNaV.jpg "baby-skunk%20(18)[1].jpg")
I'll help to save some words.
I'll be calling Skunks "Stinkkatzen" (lit.: stinking cat) from now on.
>>61958864
What does a stereotypical Danish accent in German even sound like?
>>61963140
How would Germans/Autrians act if I were to speak German to them but with Texas German vocabulary?
>>61963498
Like someone swallowing the whole time while they speak, strange pronunciation of endings, nt, sch, ch, and confusing endings.
>>61958825
Cowmensch*in
>>61963140
Der Cowboy
>>61958825
mookowmanshaften?
>>61960482
No, fuck you.
t.Texan
>>61959770
What do you Germans think of this?
I'd be curious to hear your opinion.
>>61958661
Like Bavarian Germans in 1850.
t. Texas German
>>61968788
Are you implying you speak the language? If so I don't believe you.
>>61968985
I do.
Cannot write it for shit, but I can speak it.
>>61968718
That is damn nice. Even makes me somewhat proud that out there in the world there are some Germans left that somewhat stick to their traditions and language. Crazy how much of our cultural influence was destroyed just because 2 stupid wars.
The language sound kinda primitive (very simple structured etc.) and with a very thick accent, tho. Like someone that just started learning German.
>>61969742
Most of us only start learning at 8-10 when hipster German-Texan parents want us to learn a "foreign" language for our resume.
My grandpa is probably better at German than you though.
>>61969573
vocaroo
>>61969834
>want us to learn a "foreign" language for our resume.
So you lean normal German?
>My grandpa is probably better at German than you though.
If that is true it's pretty nice.
>>61968718
Unlike Pennsylvania (?) Dutch, it's quite easy to understand. You definitely hear an American influence, but not too much. Most of the distinct features I heard can be found somewhere in Germany, too (except for the American accent of course).
There were not too many samples of actual Texas German being spoken in the video, so I can't say too much though – from the small sample size I couldn't really assign this accent/dialect to a region in Germany.
>>61970051
What's wrong with the way the Pennsylvania Dutch speak?
>>61969573
How old are you?
>>61969573
proof or gtfo
>>61958591
>der cowboy
cute
>>61970142
It's based off the Palatinate dialect of German which I don't really know to begin with. Add some rather intense American influence to that and it becomes rather hard to follow.
