Make more out of your Matcha tea!
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Howdy from Texas, dear readers,
Although the United States may threaten to go under (or at least seem to be totalitarianity), the world will never be able to stop adhering to and imitating them. Russians, the self-proclaimed enemies of the state of the Americans, naturally use new-fashioned-American terms such as “patterns”, “Abuser” or “content”. The French, fewer US enemies, but still vassals from the Académie Française, swinging “Vlogs”, “Bowls” and “Cocooning”.
The residents of both states parlize with the English terms in such a strong accent that one does not understand which language they want to simulate at all. But they do it with pride and a matter of course. Also eat smash burger, drink Matcha latte (and no, they come in the XL form, drowned by additives and nut liquids, certainly not from Japan!) And go to the cardio class in alooga sets.
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News from Fernwest: Jana Talke lives in Texas and writes about American and Americanized way of life.
And you in Germany? Not only that they constantly drift into Denglisch, in the media, at the university or chat with their neighbors with their ineffective “coaching”, their “street workers”, who do not “sex work”, and their disputed “science community”; No, you also want to adapt customs that don’t suit you at all!
When I left Germany almost nine years ago, my generation still felt that there was some regional and religious individuality with rumbling, Advent wreaths, the dance in May. If I now see the social media pages of old well-known or famous unknown calls, I only see American-inspired “baby parties” aka “Baby Showers” (who still knows the “baby pee”?! Bring it back!), Manifestation board- Crafting evenings and even the “Elf on the Shelf” in the German department store-shelves! Although I urged to warn here in this column. But it should be right for me, as a migrant, I didn’t take part in the “super -German” things from the ignorance and atheism of my family. But I’m sorry for her because all the Copy paste is a bit “cringey”.
I “blame” primarily the influencers with their hauls, hacks and highlights; Your crazy, Americanized lifestyle-run in the morning for the Matcha purchase, Gym, repack packages from a PR company, then contour the visa, manifest, prepare meal.
German magazines such as the »Cosmopolitan« are also mutated into Denglische Herzpipen with headings such as: »Iced chai latte nails: Hollywood now wears this manicure trend (after all!). German love for American films and series could also be the reason for fanatical denglization. But we also love French films, and hardly anyone feels compelled to read the “Fleurs du” and stare out of the window naked, as the Gallic film figures do. (The French manifest in the head, without a board).
But since the denglization process is inevitable despite my symptoms, I want to be so nice and provide you with a few fresh American terms with which you can score in the schoolyard, in the cafeteria, in the company outing or during the coffee session (or Matcha?) : “Slayen” may already know one or the other, that actually means slain someone, but in today’s context violently “serve” look “, so look awesome. “Period”, the point, not the period, is made according to a controversial or pointed statement. Most of the time you have eaten with such a saying, without letting crumbs (“ATE, Left No Crumbs”).
The “Diva” is not just a slaying woman, meanwhile it is called hot or funny homosexual men, mostly in the form of the question: “Who is this diva?” (Often the diva and leaves do not eat crumbs). “Tea” is poured aka “spilled” as soon as secrets are revealed – the tea is “hot” if they are particularly “juicy”. The “Lore” is a mysterious and quarreled background story that makes a diva. My lore – and now I spill the tea – is that I had to leave Germany to become a German author. And what is yours?