Questions

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Questions I have for Germany:

Why is everyone allowed to wear spandex?

Why are shoes required to be worn everywhere, even in the house?

Why are the y and the z switched on German keyboards?

Why do all students, even those who are 8-9 years old write with fountain pens?

Why do you think it's gross to drink tap water when mineral water tastes terrible?

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Comments

[jane Chew]

1. Shoes are certainly not to be worn in the house; what you wear in the house are Hausschuhe. The point is that your street shoes don´t touch the inside floors, and your inside the house shoes don´t touch the street. Something to appreciate if you have to clean your own house. 2. The z and the y are different because they have a far greater need of the z than the y, so it is part of the "home keys". 3. The mineral water is a matter of taste. I prefer sparkling water to tap water. And acquired taste I guess.

[abalada]

Answers
Why is everyone allowed to wear spandex? A: there is no law forbidding this - that's alone a good reason for the law abiding Germans Why are shoes required to be worn everywhere, even in the house? A: Everywhere? Just thinking of saunas and FKK beaches. Why are the y and the z switched on German keyboards? A: the character z is much more common than y in German and was thus already in typewriter times at this place Why do all students, even those who are 8-9 years old write with fountain pens? A: that the radio moderator can ask you in an interview: Pelikan or Geha? Why do you think it's gross to drink tap water when mineral water tastes terrible. A: first you need to get the children used to that a good beverage must contain carbonate. This with adding the alcohol and the hope flower comes in the next step. A for 1-5: tradition

[Lydia]

Spandex?
Reallz? Everzone? That's a lovelz mental image. Mazbe the shoes keep the spandex from exploding. :) Love zou, Lzdia