# Frivolous German translation question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067 "2015-09-30T19:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/41 "2015-10-06T23:43:18Z")
^ That’s actually pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/42 "2015-10-07T01:26:01Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > Surely there are better ways to learn German? > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > _Ahem_ I don’t think so, and quit calling me Shirley. Das ist mein Ernst! ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/43 "2015-10-07T05:41:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > These German folks weren’t kidding; I thought _someone_ would jump on this. I feex! > > _Ahem_ I don’t think so, and quit calling me Shirley. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/44 "2015-10-07T08:40:24Z")
> [@Donnerwetter](#): > > IMHO, the German dubbing of this scene (i. e. having the African-American speaking Bavarian dialect) comes across as crude. A more or less butchered Bavarian accent is what you get from German central casting when you order a “hillbilly who talks funny”. IIRC, Roseanne (in the sitcom of the same name) also had a Bavarian accent. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/45 "2015-10-07T13:19:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Ein bayerisches Mädchen sagt, ‘Kuss mir, Kasimir!’ > > Kasimir sagt: ‘Nicht “mir”; _“mich”!_’ > > Die Bayerische Mädchen sagt, ‘Kuss mir, Kasimich!’ > > (In my high school German class, it was explained that ‘mir’ was sometimes used in Bavaria where ‘mich’ should have been used. Apparently, the quoted exchange is a ‘Bavarian joke’.) That just reminded me of good old Poldi “[Ich will Dir fressen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2I09tY_WTw)” ---
**Author:** ![SpyOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@SpyOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpyOne)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/46 "2015-10-07T13:31:24Z")
I’ve noticed something similar coming the other way: apparently Japan has its own regional accent that denotes hillbilly hayseeds. Frequently a character in an Anime will be voiced with such a accent as a quick shorthand way of giving their character. When the dub those anime into English, it seems they almost always give that character a Texas accent. So if you are watching a dubbed anime, and there’s a character with a Texas accent, that’s supposed to tell you that they are stupid. Which hardly seems fair to Texas. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/47 "2015-10-07T13:50:35Z")
> [@SpyOne](#): > > I’ve noticed something similar coming the other way: apparently Japan has its own regional accent that denotes hillbilly hayseeds. Frequently a character in an Anime will be voiced with such a accent as a quick shorthand way of giving their character. > > When the dub those anime into English, it seems they almost always give that character a Texas accent. > So if you are watching a dubbed anime, and there’s a character with a Texas accent, that’s supposed to tell you that they are stupid. Which hardly seems fair to Texas. 😉 To bad… [them Redneck are just to smarts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs) ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067/48 "2015-10-07T21:55:42Z")
> [@SpyOne](#): > > I’ve noticed something similar coming the other way: apparently Japan has its own regional accent that denotes hillbilly hayseeds. Frequently a character in an Anime will be voiced with such a accent as a quick shorthand way of giving their character. > > When the dub those anime into English, it seems they almost always give that character a Texas accent. > So if you are watching a dubbed anime, and there’s a character with a Texas accent, that’s supposed to tell you that they are stupid. Which hardly seems fair to Texas. 😉 … and we’re not supposed to make political snide remarks in this forum… darn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frivolous-german-translation-question/733067.md?page=2)