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RE: [Freedom of Speech] It's a joke you f!&king c%nts | Count Dankula and the Nazi Pug
I can watch the video, but it's not really a surprise as I live in the only European country where Nazi material is not against the law... We even have own version of the Nazi song "Erika" (renamed as namesake of city where I live, also a female name).
I didn't think Nazi material was illegal in this country, certainly not in the context of a joke. I dunno if you'll have heard of it, but many years ago Prince Harry wore a Nazi uniform to a party... no context there. Just did it, but he didn't get arrested or convicted. Hmmmm...
I'm gonna have to go look that song up now, sounds... interesting!
Law doesn't recognize such context as a joke. Something is either illegal, restricted or legal. People frown upon me if me and my friends speak German among non-German people, because they don't understand what we are talking about and can't deduce the context of the conversation.
My family has roots in Pilsrundāle in Latvia, Żagań in Poland and Germany (my family moved a lot), so me and my grandfather did study German language. I'm not really sure how much my dad understands German language, but when I was just few years old, some of the books he did have were written in German language.
Sadly, I think you're probably right there. Just out of curiosity, did you find the pug video funny? I'll be honest and say that I chuckled when he raises his little pug leg to Sieg Heil.
Wow, you've got quite a varied cultural background there! My German is minimal to say the least, I did French and German at High School but years of not using it has made my language skills rusty at best.
I did study German for 3 years in junior high (grades 7-9 here)... I can't say I'm still fluent in it, but I do understand basic grammar and quite a few words.
I don't think the video was really funny... I stopped watching it after few seconds. It was hard to follow due to strong accent.
ah yeah, his Scottish accent is a bit thick. I used to struggle a lot more with that accent, but I watched a few Scottish comedies like The Limmy Show and Still Game, I eventually started to be able to understand. It can be like studying a new language!
After trying to learn 13 languages, I think my head can't occupy more dialects or languages... I even struggle with some American accents and I have worked with American people for last 15 years. Best days I use 5 different languages myself and sometimes me and my friends have to switch between 3 languages in single conversation to make ourselves understood.
That is so impressive, so what are the 13 languages you've tried? What about the 5 you use regularly? Accents really aren't a strength of mine, even the tamest accent can sometimes throw me off.
I mostly use Finnish, English, Swedish, German and Spanish...
I also understand Portuguese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, Tagalog, Russian, Polish, Livonian, Estonian, Flemish...
I think that's already more than 13 languages, but should be all I have tried to learn since I was about 4 years old.