German Secrets - Achtung to Zeitgeist

German Secrets - Achtung to Zeitgeist

von: Paul Smith, Ken Taylor

LG Publishing, 2009

ISBN: 9783839192290 , 89 Seiten

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German Secrets - Achtung to Zeitgeist


 

List of Contents

6

Introduction

9

Achtung!

11

Angst

12

Beate Uhse

12

Beer

14

Bosses

15

BreakfastRolls

16

Bureaucracy

17

Cars

17

Cheers!

19

Christmas Markets

20

Clubs

21

Der - Die - Das

22

Dinner for One

24

Directness

25

Dogs

25

Doktor

26

Du and Sie

27

Facial Hair

28

Family

29

Food

30

Football

32

Funny English

33

Geography

35

Goethe

37

Handshaking

37

Health

38

History

39

Humour

41

Hunting

42

Instant German

44

Inventions

49

Italy

50

Mittelstand

51

Mobile Phones

51

Money

52

Music

53

Names

53

Nudity

54

Oktoberfest

54

Ostalgie

56

Perfection

56

Punctuality

57

Religion

57

Rubbish

58

Rules

59

Sauerkraut

59

Schiller

60

Skiing

61

SmallTalk

61

Stammtisch

62

Television

62

Tipping

63

Toilet Attendants

64

Toilets

65

Tourism

65

Trains

66

Wagner

67

Wine

69

Work and Pleasure

69

World War II

70

Xmas

71

Zeitgeist

72

Birkenstocks, Beer and Bratwurst

76

Time is of the essence

76

Teutonic perfection and efficiency

77

All work and no play

78

Brutally honest

78

Germany’s past

79

The arrogant German

79

Humourless in Berlin

79

Prussian bureaucracy

80

Sprechen Sie Englisch?

80

Business,Romance,andNationality

81

Business Advice

81

Pragmatic love

82

Vive la France!

83

Rule Britannia!

84

La Dolce Vita!

84

Statistics

85

The Authors

87

Acknowledgements

88