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Expat Chatter

It"s true. Even after years of living in Munich, Germany, I find funny stuff to talk about. Language gaffes, cultural confrontations, and life abroad. It"s an ongoing adventure!

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9:32

German precision meets American vastness

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2025/04/21

Germans are usually so logical, it’s hard to believe how that can make misjudge distances so badly when they visit the U.S. But to be honest, it’s kind of gratifying.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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6:26

Bring out the Easter eggs – the girls are coming home

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2025/04/13

I first published this two years ago. COVID seems like a distant memory but reading this brings it all back. Just as I was getting used to not being a mother, my COVID-harassed daughters came home - left - and came home - repeatedly. Now I'm trying to remember, what was it again that I always did for Easter? Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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9:40

My cowboy boots didn’t fool the cowboy

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2025/04/06

I thought cowboy boots would help me develop my rodeo skills. An evening at the Grizzly Rose bar in Denver was enough to teach me otherwise. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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10:00

The French girl who wouldn't talk

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2025/03/30

Language class is where you learn to speak a language, but just memorizing vocabulary and practicing dictations won’t do the trick. I found a surprising way to get our exchange student to talk. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:30

How chicken legs, triangles and sphincters will make...

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2025/03/23

The German language is very precise and detailed, sometimes to the extent that it goes well beyond being descriptive and descends into hilarity. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most outrageous examples. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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7:51

The 100 meters between fascism and democracy in Munich

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2025/03/16

On just a 10-minute walk through Munich, I passed by the places that witnessed three pivotal moments in the city’s history: the scene of the murder of the president of Bavaria’s first parliament just after the end of WWI, the site where the anti-Nazi White Rose movement came to an end, and finally, the site of Bavaria’s first parliament, which was obliterated in WWII. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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7:03

Land of the Free, Home of the Waste

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2025/03/08

The U.S. is not just a large country, everything in it seems bigger, too. This includes the huge piles of garbage created from every restaurant visit that are not recycled. For someone living in Germany, a country that prides itself on recycling, it takes all your willpower not to separate your garbage and instead put the whole pile straight into the garbage can. In the end, I found I just couldn’t do it. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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9:13

One foreigner is not like another - here's why

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2025/03/01

Germany has become a land of immigrants but is still grappling with this new identity. Munich’s population consisted of 30% foreigners in 2023 and has continued to grow. The perception and treatment of different nationalities is altered by what happens back in people’s home country. Little did I suspect that this would change how people see me, too. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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9:13

Not teaching foreign languages will make America more...

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2025/02/23

Do you speak English? This question is often answered with “Yes” all around the world. Why bother learning another language if everyone speaks yours? Apparently, this is what many U.S. universities are thinking as they eliminate their foreign language programs. But this language hegemony leads to cultural ignorance, perhaps not an ideal state of affairs for a world power such as the U.S. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:37

Spicing up an e-mail is as easy as 1-2-3

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2025/02/15

Every language has its peculiarities, which should be respected. But when you translate into another language and aren’t careful, elements of the original one can remain. This can cause confusion or more often, simply make for a shoddy translation. To my horror, I recently spotted a peculiar strain of German called Beamtendeutsch creeping into English. Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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7:26

Talk better - talk like a dog

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2025/02/02

We train dogs, but they have much to teach us. Babies are fluent in body language but over time it is sacrificed to verbal communication. Anyone with a pet pooch will confirm that our fluffy friends not only manage to express a myriad of emotions – but they can read ours, too. Time we learned a trick or two from them! Support the show www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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9:12

What’s in a name? More than you think

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2025/01/26

People’s identities are tied up closely with their names. But even when you are careful to pronounce it correctly you can still get into trouble. In Germany, some people with doctoral degrees have two “doctors” in front of their names—a doctor to the second power, perhaps. And then some people have “baron” in their name but aren’t royalty, while other royals are six years old and wear sweatpants. But it was the guy with the perfect Italian name that did me in—it turned out to be German. Very ...

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8:33

Better than bread: Krapfen are the best excuse to...

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2025/01/19

The Krapfen is the best thing since sliced bread - or in Bavaria, since the monks began brewing beer. During Carnival season or Fasching, the bakeries explode with these delicious pastries. But there's an interesting history behind them, too.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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6:48

Blasting our way into the New Year

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2024/12/29

Germans are so careful about maintaining their cars and they build their houses so well that they are practically airtight. But on New Year’s Eve, their sense of caution quite literally vanishes into thin air.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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4:46

'Twas the Night Before Weihnachten

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2024/12/22

On a trip to the Christmas market in Munich, I was inspired by the holiday cheer and the number of foreign tourists and was especially impressed by their boisterous enthusiasm for holiday wares.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:45

Christmas cookies: Good, better, German

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2024/12/15

I loved Christmas cookies growing up and thought they were pretty good, but have since discovered that German holiday confectionary is in a league of its own – the premier league.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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6:47

The 37 Days of Christmas

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2024/12/08

Send us a textGermans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but they celebrate Christmas half the winter. Starting at the end of November with the first of Advent, it culminates on January 6th, Heilige Drei Könige, Three Kings’ Day, or Epiphany, which is the Eastern Orthodox Christmas, but Germans figured it’s another holiday—we’ll take it. Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:17

What happened to my pumpkin pie?

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2024/11/24

Send us a textI have cherished memories of holiday meals from my childhood. Certain foods were always on the table for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it just wasn’t a festive spread without them. Pumpkin pie for dessert was a must. But that was many years ago and 8,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean and the pie I bake today is quite different from the one my mother made. Pumpkins originally come from America. Although first imported to Europe centuries ago, they were not always a...

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8:04

Germans put the fun in fungi

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2024/11/17

Send us a textMy experience with mushrooms was confined to cans as a kid. In Germany, collecting them is a cherished hobby – but don’t bother asking anybody where to find them because they aren’t telling.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:32

Celebrating St. Martin from the couch

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2024/11/10

Send us a textAmericans celebrate fall with Halloween, but Germans have St. Martin. Children carry lit lanterns in processions through the dark, singing. It sounds so lovely, until you’re the one out there battling the cold wind to keep the lantern lit. This is a festival best enjoyed indoors.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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