"Some of us wondered if this was just a psychological ploy, whether they were only saying these things to lull us into thinking that they weren't going to take us seriously – after all, who has ever heard of a German team that doesn't do its homework?" The thing was, this German team really had not done their homework.
We've all heard of the German chap who found his willing main course on the web, convicted first of manslaughter because of the consent of his victim, then murder at a retrial where it was argued that consent to such an act indicated an unsound mind, hence... valid consent could not be given.
Surely you've heard of the German Enigma machine and the Allied efforts to crack it during World War II.
"The 'God is Dead' guy," I answered when my teacher asked our class if we'd heard of the German philosopher.
The decision to hire Marc Forster as director of the next James Bond film will delight some, disappoint others, and baffle the vast majority of filmgoers who've never heard of the German-born filmmaker.
Maybe it was on these excavations, surrounded by hair-growing, non-washing, chain-smoking 1970s students that I also first heard of Werner Herzog, the radical German film-maker.
Most of our readers have probably never heard of Pennergame, a controversial German game that asks players to rise from virtual homelessness to great wealth, by any means necessary.
When Germans heard of his emphasis on positive psychology and his reliance on outside experts, they tended to dismiss it as a touchy-feely threat to Germany's macho resolve.
You've probably never heard of Lovoo but in German-speaking countries (Germany, Switzerland, and Austria) it's the number one dating app in terms of app store downloads.
MILAN, Sept. 30 — Not many people know the name Raf Simons, though they have probably heard of Jil Sander, the minimalist German label he was asked last year to design.
