that's not gone well... ok, it's gone terribly wrong
And this may be the end of Maradona... once and for all
half the world doesn't know what that means.
Doesn't make England look quite so bad now, at least we gottwoone.
C'mon, you'll see countless of non-germans who will shout that line at least 3 times, and therefore, those 3 words mean nothing wrong.
Also noone knows the german national anthem. Everyone knows Deutschland deutschland ?ber alles.
Commiserations Argentina, Nati as you are FG?s only (?) member from your country, your team was great to watch and the head coach was always entertaining, if a little outspoken sometimes. (e.g. Comments about Pele & referees etc.)
Yeah, although I wonder if they still think now, that their game would have had a different ending, if they were give the 2nd goal
Isn't it enough, that a German tells you it is inappropriate in the presence of Germans?
Hahahah Messi Biggest disappointment of World Cup 2010 maybe?
@ Aces High: Apology accepted, by me at least.
i was rooting for argentina now that brazil was out and i've always hated the german team but they played better today (or argentina played worse, their defence, seriously...). here's rooting for my last hope spain now that brazil and argentina are out but i see a holland-germany final in my nightmares. pleasepleasePLEASE not that, i'll have to drink a 12-pack at least before i can watch that game.
here's rooting for my last hope spain now that brazil and argentina are out but i see a holland-germany final in my nightmares. pleasepleasePLEASE not that, i'll have to drink a 12-pack at least before i can watch that game.
Try Mexico.* speaking of national anthems: Compared to the German one, many others are quite... war-happy, as I have noticed this last few weeks.
Mexicans, at the cry of war,
make ready the steel and the bridle,
and the earth trembles at its centers
at the resounding roar of the cannon.
and the earth trembles at its centers
at the resounding roar of the cannon!
Let gird, oh Fatherland, your brow with olive
by the divine archangel of peace,
for in heaven your eternal destiny
was written by the finger of God.
But if some enemy outlander should dare
to profane your ground with his step,
think, oh beloved Fatherland, that heaven
has given you a soldier in every son.
War, war without quarter to any who dare
to tarnish the coat of arms!
War, war! Let the national banners
be soaked in waves of blood.
War, war! In the mountain, in the valley,
let the cannons thunder in horrid unison
and may the sonorous echoes resound
with cries of Union! Liberty!
O, Motherland, ere your children, defenseless
bend their neck beneath the yoke,
may your fields be watered with blood,
may their foot be printed in blood.
And may your temples, palaces and towers
collapse with horrid clamor,
and may their ruins continue on, saying:
Of one thousand heroes, here the Motherland began.
Motherland! Motherland! your children swear to you
to breathe their last for your sake,
if the bugle with its warlike accent
persuades them to battle with courage.
For you, olive wreathes!
A memory for them of glory!
For you, a laurel of victory!
A tomb for them of honor!
Why do you have so much against a possible Holland - Germany final?
We've been watching the games at work and even from Germany's second game I've been saying they're going to win the whole thing which has been drawing strange looks from my coworkers. But from the looks of it my crazy prediction might just be true.
MacG: It can hardly be considered to be an insult if the person who said it have no idea what the words mean and are just repeating what he or she have heard. It would be inappropriate to carry on after being told in the presence of people who might take offense in real life, but this is the internet, and the internet is not a place for the easily offended.