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From my fairly limited experiences in Vienna, Munich, and Frankfurt, Germans tend to be friendlier overall than Austrians. I've also have friends who confirm this and one even said that he(White European descent) and his wife(Latina) were sometimes discriminated against when they lived in Vienna.
There is more Magyar, Slavic, Hunnish admixtures in Austria, whereas Germany is more "Teutonic". Austria is more connected to southern Germany and to the High German speech. Hitler an Austrian by excellence, was more similar to the Bavarian, he felt closer to Bavaria than to others regions of Germany.
Austria was originally in the Roman days was the land of Celts, Illyrians and Raetians. There existed a Celtic kingdom in Noricum, Pannoni an Illyrian people lived in Pannonia, Raetians in Raetia were actually an ancient Alpine people related to Etruscans. Then Barbarian invaders from the north(Germany), Germanic people the Bavarians, Allemani, Lombards who were powerful and domineering. Later in the east came Slavs, Huns, Avars(Turkic-speakers). So Germany would be somewhat different.
Sounds like an excellent explanation. Have no clue what you are talking about. Now, can you repeat all that in High English and/or Plain German.
From my fairly limited experiences in Vienna, Munich, and Frankfurt, Germans tend to be friendlier overall than Austrians. I've also have friends who confirm this and one even said that he(White European descent) and his wife(Latina) were sometimes discriminated against when they lived in Vienna.
Sure, Germans are generally friendlier more open, while Austrians are much more reserved.
From my fairly limited experiences in Vienna, Munich, and Frankfurt, Germans tend to be friendlier overall than Austrians. I've also have friends who confirm this and one even said that he(White European descent) and his wife(Latina) were sometimes discriminated against when they lived in Vienna.
My guess is, that it was not a case even twenty years ago.
I think that Austria ( because of its multi-national past) has been over-run by foreign nationals faster than "Germany proper."
And that's what made *Austrian Germans* to be more resentful and cold to foreigners in general I think.
I remembered Austrians as easy-going and quite cheerful people, but I could see the uneasiness already back THEN towards increasing immigration from neighboring Yugoslavia and whole bunch of other people ( Vienna was coming across as quite *international city* back then already.)
And Austria is a small country, so I can't really blame them.
"Österreich ist schön, komm bleib" was a thing of the past and sounded more and more as an irony or a bad joke.
( "Austria is beautiful - come and stay.")
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Now, can you repeat all that in High English and/or Plain German.
