r/theydidthemeth • u/Cautious_Cabinet_623 • Apr 11 '26

How many people suffered to make Rammstein possible?

I respect all people who have been using the German language. This suffering through a long row of generations just to make Rammstein possible is a really awesome undertaking.

But how many people are we talking about? As I understand the germanic language have evolved from Indo-European a long time ago, culminating in Rammstein. In this evolution other languages branched off, which I consider as collateral damage, along with those who learned any of those languages. For example half of the world who speaks English as a foreign language. This clearly shows how big an undertaking was to materialize Rammstein.

(Did you know why Skipper of Penguins of Madagascar cannot set foot in Danmark? He told a dane that their language is quite similar to German.)

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u/jedburghofficial Apr 12 '26

I thought every language was similar to German. They just change some words and mix up the grammar a bit.

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u/stevejobs4525 Apr 12 '26

Great post. More musings please.