Tiffany LiJul 20, 2023

American recommendation letters: “This candidate is the most brilliant person alive. I will never in my entire life have a student as smart as this one again.”

European recommendation letters: “This person completed the requirements for my class. They are currently alive.”

Show threadanonimnoJul 20, 2023
@tiffanycli Know exactly what you saying … there is a saying in this part of Germany I live in. It says in German “Nicht geschimpft ist genug gelobt” (not written in the Swabian dialect as I do not know how), this translates to something like “Not scolded is praised enough”.
Show threadteepJul 20, 2023
@anonimno @tiffanycli the greatest Swabian complement I ever received was "basst scho" - "passt schon" - "it's adequate"
Show threadTinaJul 21, 2023
@potato_hijinks @anonimno @tiffanycli Same in Franconia. People here are famously grumpy. I'm always surprised how jovial Germans can be when I visit Cologne.
Show threadanonimno
@tiffanycli @spinni81 @potato_hijinks Do not think the rest of Germany is like Cologne 🙃. My first time in Cologne I thought I was in Rio on the carnival. Stuttgart and Swabia is a loooootttt different.
Jul 21, 2023 at 4:51amWeb
Show threadTinaJul 21, 2023
@anonimno @tiffanycli @potato_hijinks I know, I'm German. Parts of Southern Germany are closer to Northern Germany temperament. They share, let's say, a very low level "enthusiasm" or as I call it: "Norddeutsche Extase".
Show threadTiffany LiJul 21, 2023
@spinni81 @anonimno @potato_hijinks My partner’s family is from Baden-Württemberg, so this whole conversation is very amusing to me 😂
Show threadanonimnoJul 21, 2023
@tiffanycli @potato_hijinks @spinni81 Extase 😂😂😂