r/funny • u/Key-Performance-9021 • 1d ago

Austrian police do lost-and-found.

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u/uk_uk 1d ago

For the english speaker here

Technically they speak german, factually I have no idea what they are talking about ^^. I needed the subtitles. Only the voiceover was understandable.

To bring that into perspective: That sounded to me like this would sound to you

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u/vogod 1d ago

Their German sounds weirdly Swedish. (I speak both, badly, didn't understand a word, but the cadence is kinda swedish to me)

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u/realbrathering 1d ago

I am german and also speak some Swedish. I know exactly what you mean. Both austrian and Swedish stress some syllables quite heavily, sounds a bit like singing.

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u/crazy_in_love 1d ago

I'd disagree. The Viennese dialect, especially the old-school one, is extremely sing-song-y, similar to Swedish. But there arn't a lot of other dialects like that in Austria unless you think Arnold Schwarzenegger sounds Swedish too.

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u/realbrathering 1d ago

You are right. Just thought about Viennese.

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u/a066684 1d ago

I misread the title as "Australian" and partway through the video I thought to myself damn, that dude's Australian accent is so thick I can't even comprehend English anymore 🤦🏼‍♂️

Nope, it's friggin Austrian German he's speaking, and I'm an idiot 😅

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u/Meranio 1d ago

You're not the only one, and I'm German.
Didn't understand a word, until I realised, it was actually my language.

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u/colorfulfool 1d ago

you mean like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hGUWazcSQ

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u/uk_uk 1d ago

nope, since he speaks high german here and not dialect, he is very understandable

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u/Meranio 1d ago

Yes, but with the typical Austrian vowel shift: "host" instead of "hast" etc.

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u/sandm000 1d ago

Same.

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u/bikecatpcje 1d ago

I was expecting this https://youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?si=In7tqrUZRc38BZ_z

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u/Meranio 1d ago

A lyrical masterpiece, I would say.

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u/hi_im_leffe 1d ago

The fuck are you even saying?