• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Bavaria is probably the most “German” german region. That’s where all the lederhosen stereotypes come from.

    Basically it’s the Texas of Germany. Old school, religious, and conservative.

    Edit: in the very rural parts, they even have their own dialect that to some Germans is almost completely unintelligible. I realized this when I took German language classes in high school in the USA and what they were having me learn was very much NOT the way my Bavarian mother spoke to me. It felt kind of irritating when they told me I was pronouncing things wrong and my grammar was wrong when I fuckin’ lived there as a child and spoke it fluently.

    • hstde@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Well it’s the part where after the second world war Americans temporarily governed and American soldiers and their families where stationed. So all they ever saw of Germany was Bavaria. They took their experience back home and so the image spread.

      Northern Germany is nothing like southern Germany. Yes they like their beer, but Bratwurst and pretzels? More fish and bread.

      • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I was with you in the first half. But northern Germany still loves their beer and brats. We had bbqs almost every weekend and if you didn’t have beer and brats, you might as well not have a party.

        Although there almost always way just a full fish on the grill at some point only in northern Germany so I will give you that.