18.11.2009, 09:23
I've heard the term 'Indianer' being used in radio chatter in German. It sounded like 'Indiana' (the mid-west state) to me and it always mystified me ... ha ha
But the same pack has different voices from different 'actors' thrown together and while most of the voices are by native-speaking Germans, a few are so obviously American and in stinted and badly pronounced German as to totally ruin the overall effect ...[/quote]
Indianer means Indians! Apparently westerns have been very popular in Germany for a very long time. A fellow named Karl May created westerns that often featured characters like Old Surehand and his Indianer companion Little Sure Shot. I guess they're a lot like the Lone Ranger and Tonto. May is still a German national treasure even though, sadly, he was Hitler's favorite author!
Is there another package of chatter available beyond the present one?
As for the Actors, the voice that mans the German control towers reminds me very much of the actor that played Pips Priller in The Longest Day.
lordish
But the same pack has different voices from different 'actors' thrown together and while most of the voices are by native-speaking Germans, a few are so obviously American and in stinted and badly pronounced German as to totally ruin the overall effect ...[/quote]
Indianer means Indians! Apparently westerns have been very popular in Germany for a very long time. A fellow named Karl May created westerns that often featured characters like Old Surehand and his Indianer companion Little Sure Shot. I guess they're a lot like the Lone Ranger and Tonto. May is still a German national treasure even though, sadly, he was Hitler's favorite author!
Is there another package of chatter available beyond the present one?
As for the Actors, the voice that mans the German control towers reminds me very much of the actor that played Pips Priller in The Longest Day.
lordish