I do know what that means "I am a stupid American and I speak no German"
I know enough Deutsch to get me in trouble and thats about it. Atleast I am trying to learn so Fick dich!
Okay, the only reason I'm not deleting this is, that the issue needs some explanation
He was indeed not trying to say that you're stupid ... he was indeed just referring to Uncle Kage. When we invited Uncle Kage to be our GOH in 2002, he told us that (not surprisingly) he didn't speak any German, and was feeling a little bit uneasy what to say when someone should adress him in German. And being a man of goof humour, he asked us to teach him how to say "I'm just a stupid american, and I don't speak any German" in German, so he'd at least know a funny phrase to make clear he didn't understand, and be funny at the same time. The mentioning of this phrase has become a sort of running gag, and is in no way meant to be offensive to americans.
Now, to you personally, Jager, don't worry. If you think that Europeans think that Americans are all individually stupid, that's just a prejudice, and it's not true. Especially not for EF. Guests from overseas are valued just like everyone else, and in a crowd that is as international as Eurofurence's you're not going to stand out
Just to give everone an impression, here's the list of countries that Eurofurence is drawing attendees from:
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- USA
- The Netherlands
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Finland
- France
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Canada
- Belgium
- Sweden
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Poland
- Australia
- Norway
- Republic of Ireland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Estland
- Greece
(List is sorted by number of attendees per country.)