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Acquire German through Listening and Reading. Based on Stephen Krashen's Input Hypothesis and taught through Beniko Mason's Story Listening methodology.

Münsterländer

2/11/2010

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There are so many different stereotypes about Germans that are true, partly true or complete humbug. It is hard to stereotype over 80 million people, because not everyone of them is punctual, tall, blond, efficient or enjoys a good bit of Schadenfreude. Another problem with stereotyping is that two Germans from two different regions will have stereotypes for each other, much like you find them in the U.S. On "Die deutsche Welle" I found a little category in which Germans are separated by region to show you what a real Münsterländer or Bayer is like. This, while also not true for everyone, is much more accurate than most of what you will find in a textbook.

This was my favorite passage, being a Münsterländer in Philadelphia:

Verlässt ein Westfale jedoch seine Region und hält sich in der großen weiten Welt auf, dann entwickelt er plötzlich Heimatgefühle. Und vielleicht fängt es sogar an wie ein Verrückter nach einer Mettwurst, dem traditionellen Gericht der Region, zu suchen. In einer Sache sind sich Münsterländer, Siegerländer und Sauerländer im Ausland jedenfalls auf einmal einig – Sie sind doch alle Westfalen, egal ob in Tokio, New York oder Johannisburg.

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