Munich, Germany

[M3 Mitch]

Have never spent time in Bavaria, but would like to. Maybe I can explain the importance of dialect using the Texas analogy - if a foreign person learned to speak English with a strong New York accent, how well do you think that would go down in Texas?!

What can I say, Munich is the HQ of BMW - so to us Bimmerheads, it's essentially Mecca...

In Germany, it's actually *against the law* to make bad beer.

So, brush up your proper Bavarian dialect of German, learn to drive like a proper German, and - enjoy!

[CBB]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

What can I say, Munich is the HQ of BMW - so to us Bimmerheads, it's essentially Mecca...

A friend who lives in Eastern Germany visited, and the first thing she mentioned was how many BMWs she saw in our area (plus the two in our garage). I never realized that because I see it every day.

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

In Germany, it's actually *against the law* to make bad beer.

That's true. We have a law called "Reinheitsgebot" about which ingrediences are allowed in beer. Very few actually.

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

So, brush up your proper Bavarian dialect of German, learn to drive like a proper German, and - enjoy!

I never managed to speak Bavarian dialect (and if I tried it would sound silly) and still, after 20 years in the Munic area, I find it hard to understand some natives.
Don't know how a proper German drives, tho. Some drive good, some bad, it's just like in the U.S.

[CamaroGuy]

I visited Munich back in 2000 and loved it there! Nice people and great food.:-)

[irman]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

So, brush up your proper Bavarian dialect of German, learn to drive like a proper German, and - enjoy!

Unless you are born and raised there (in the *heart of Bavaria*),
or, you were raised there from a very young age, and attended the local schools,
you will NEVER make it in *urbayerisch*.
Been there, done that.
I have lived and worked there (in the heart of Bavaria) a long time
and I still can not speak *their language !!!
(It is NOT a dialect !!! )

OTOH, what is exactly :
<<<learn to drive like a proper German>>>
Are there any Improper Germans ?????

While living and working in that area, I was once told:
Geesj,
you look like an Asian,
----(heck, you seen one, you've seen them all ???)
----(my Mother's Family is from Luebeck !!!)
you drive a German car,
----[uhuh, an Audi (you would NOT catch me in a BMW) licensed in Germany]
you have an American Driver's License,
----(Only for a year, then I got my German Lifetime one !!!!!)
you drive like an Italian,
----(Really ????, I guess I was aggressive enough to qualify for that classification)
----(Dang, come to think of it, I NEVER left my *left blinker* on forever ... )
and after all that, you are driving in Paris ?!?!?!?!?
----(I figured that driving in Paris, is totally insane, IF you can not make up your mind fast !!!)
----(You act first, then apologise ..... the ONLY way to drive in Paris ???)

[effie g-tad]

^<ich will keinen porsche turbo?>


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