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[–] Badge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the insight, that explains a lotπŸ™

 

I'm from Germany and the concept of time zones is very foreign to me since we only have one time zone across the country.

As America has multiple time zones I was wondering which time zone is most commonly used to describe a time nationwide. For example if there is a TV show airing at a specific time or someone wants to describe an event happening in a different State.

I often hear people mentioning the Eastern Time (ET) and Pacific Time (PT). Eastern Time understandably applies to the east Coast including New York City. And as far as I understand Pacific Time actually is the Western time including Los Angeles, which also makes me wonder why it's not called "Western Time (WT)".

So I wonder which time is the one people most commonly use across the States.

And how do people keep track of that time zone if they're not living there? Do most people have multiple clocks on their phone or do they Google the time each time or do they calculate when that time is relative to their time in their head?

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Very interesting!

 

I'm from Germany and after noticing that many American personalities have German backgrounds I recently looked up that apparently German is the biggest ethnic group in America and that like 12% of all Americans have German ancestry so basically more than 1 out of every 10 people.

I knew that there are some people in America with German ancestry but I never thought it's that many. I always thought that there were other way more common ethnic groups such as UK, Irish or something Asian/African and thought Germans are a minority. I never thought that Germans are so prevalent in America though and that they're actually the biggest ethnic group. I wonder if that is a topic in American conversation cause I assume many Americans are curious about their ancestry and many might even have had contact to family members that are directly from Germany. And I wonder if they identify as American or German or both? (For example I always hear "African-American" being used but I'm not sure that I heard "European-American" that often)

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Lol I'm like the exact opposite, if someone isn't smiling at me I'm thinking "Did I do something wrong?" but of course I know that not everyone is smiling at you unfortunately

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Yea it definitely doesn't sound as bad as many other Germans but I don't have the American sound down to the nuances so you could definitely tell. Idk why but I think it's quite hard to get the nuance if you haven't been raised with the language, it sucks if you don't sound 100% authentic, I hope it will come with time.

But you really have to study each tone down to its core including its cultural context to get it perfectly. Imma try to do that though for sure

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The good thing is I somehow just can't gain weight but I also don't eat too much junk food and somewhat keep the balance.

It often frustrates me that we only have McDonald's, Burger King, Subway and KFC here. I always wanted to try stuff like Taco Bell, Wendys, Jack in the Box and In n out Burger.

I prolly spent my whole childhood at McDonald's (we ate there at least 4 times a week) and I always wished we had other chains. But that was the closest I could get to an American environment as a kid.

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I think I watched too much American TV it's kinda hard for me to do the German accent now and it feels weird to do tbh

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Okay. I hope you guys have my favorite candies overseas which are Reese's peanut butter cups, Little Debbie and Pop Tarts.

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Damn. Not the heart😭

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

What do you mean by accent? I can only do an American accent (maybe a little British if I try hard)

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh I wasn't trying to generalize..😞

[–] Badge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Badge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm from Germany specifically.

 

Hi European here.

I always heard America is pretty competitive and that the people are very direct/speak their mind.

I'm quite the sensitive person, so I was wondering if it could be hard for me if I would ever go to America and if I needed to become more "tough".

And would someone like me even be welcomed or would I be rejected?

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