I read somewhere that before WW1, German had the second-largest number of speakers in the US, with many newspapers even being printed in German, but its use drastically declined after the two world wars, especially after Germans started being persecuted as spies or enemies of the state.
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I thought he shot an ostrich because he was hungry?
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Imagine being the butterfly effect for TWO world wars 💀
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Austrians stepping over Hungary and Germany’s bodies like Jack Sparrow when they light the fuse twice.
“We… Awww, are victims too and we just want to uhhh… Become neutral like our great neighbors the Swiss!”
(wipe some gore from their jacket)
“Edelweisse! Edel…weisse”
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The town of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – which still hosts the 2nd largest Octoberfest in the world to this day – was once called Berlin, and changed its name for uh, WWI reasons
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I read somewhere that before WW1, German had the second-largest number of speakers in the US, with many newspapers even being printed in German, but its use drastically declined after the two world wars, especially after Germans started being persecuted as spies or enemies of the state.
I thought he shot an ostrich because he was hungry?
Imagine being the butterfly effect for TWO world wars 💀
Austrians stepping over Hungary and Germany’s bodies like Jack Sparrow when they light the fuse twice.
“We… Awww, are victims too and we just want to uhhh… Become neutral like our great neighbors the Swiss!”
(wipe some gore from their jacket)
“Edelweisse! Edel…weisse”
The town of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – which still hosts the 2nd largest Octoberfest in the world to this day – was once called Berlin, and changed its name for uh, WWI reasons