This is just a list of common clichés about Luxembourgish people... but they're all so true. You know it's just fun and therefore we want you all to contribute to this project by telling us what else you think defines us.
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You know you're from Luxembourg
when...
1)you absolutely hate the Germans, although you constantly watch German TV, read German newspapers, listen to German music and know more about what's going on in Germany than in your home country.
2)you call lasagne & spaghetti meatballs "Pastaschutta".
3)your national football team makes it to the front page of your newspapers after they've won a game. Once every twelve years.
4)everyone's proud of your national football team after they lost 1:0 against Lithuania.
5)you love your Prime Minister, although you didn't vote for him.
6)you use articles with given names.
7)you think that your hands and your pockets are inseperable.
8)you call UK England and won't admit that Scotland, Wales or NI exist.
9)you think Mr. Bean is hilarious.
10)you like it when Luxembourgish people become famous, but when they get too famous you don't consider them Luxembourgish any more.
11)you think that Fränk Schleck will win the Tour de France 2008.
12)you constantly joke about government employees, but eventually end up being one.
13)you think that passing your driving license implies you being the best driver of all times.
14)you have to drive at 180 km/h as soon as you cross the German border.
15)you drive as a group from exactly the same starting point to the same place and everybody takes their own car. Then you complain about the lack of parking lots.
16)you want to buy drugs, you take a one day trip to the Netherlands.
17)you cannot order a croissant in your mother tongue (except if it happens to be French).
18)you worship "Kréckel Néckel", "De Bip bei de Wiichtelcher" and "Tatta Dillendapp".
19)you like the band Placebo, although you know that Brian Molko hates you. He does.
20)you're allowed to drink alcohol at age 16, but people motivate you to start drinking at age 13.
21)you never drink foreign beer. Yours is superior.
22)you think that studying for at least ten years without doing a degree is quite a common thing.
23)you'll NEVER leave your home country for good.
24) you go abroad and you have to tell people that you're mother tongue is neither French nor German, but Luxembourgish.
And NO it's not Dutch either.
25) you get rather upset when you notice that you've forgotten your "Ökotut".
26) you use two different words fir "2".
27) you know the correct answers to the questions "ça geet?", "wat ass lass?" and "wat leeft?"
28) You use the present continuous inappropriately when you speak English: 'I am coming from Luxembourg.'
29) you use the sentence 'Yes, it's a real country' at least once a week.
30) you use the same words to express 'I like you' and 'I love you'.
31) you don't bend to pick up any amount of money which is inferior to 1€.
32) you participate at the dancing procession in Echternach, but not because you're religious, but because you want to get drunk afterwards.
33) there is a prison break and your first reaction is: 'Again?'
34) you know that it will take you 30 mins max to drive to either France, Belgium or Germany.
35) you consider Trier a Luxembourgish city.
36) you go shopping in Trier and curse about the far too many Luxembourgish people in the city.
37) you hate the Germans for blocking your local petrol stations.
38) you know that the University of Luxembourg is merely a joke.
39) you stop zapping whenever Luxembourg is mentioned on TV.
40) you know at least 5 jokes involving stupid Belgians.
41) you've been to Cap d'Agde/France.
42) you pronounce Lloret de Mar 'Lorré del mar'.
43) you are unable to pronounce the following sounds: the German 'ch', the English 'th' (neither of them). Furthermore you can't tell the difference between the letters 'w' and 'r' in English.
44) you put the stress in pizzeria, cafeteria and any other Italian word on the wrong syllable.
45) you buy at least one new mobile phone per year, but still consider Nokia 3110 to be the best phone ever. (It definitely is!)
46) you've been called Luxlait, Luxair or any other brand name with the prefix 'Lux' by a Portuguese person.
47) you call Portuguese people 'Guallen', Italians 'Biren', Germans 'Preisen' and the French 'Heckefransousen'.
48) 1€ Macdonald's cheeseburgers are an important part of your nutrition.
49) you know that there's nothing better than a good 'Bouneschlupp', apart from a 'Paschtéitschen mat Fritten an Zalot'.
50) you despise any sparkling water other than 'Rosport'.
51) you know at least four languages, but can't write in your mother tongue.
52) you know Fausti lyrics better than your national anthem.
53) you know Fausti lyrics in the first place.
54) one of your childhood memories is having a 'Jean la gaufre' waffle at the 'Schueberfouer'. Once you're 16 all you care about are the "Dikkrecher Béierstuff' and the 'Schwarzwaldhaus'.
55) you talk to your friends, strangers think you're drunk.
56) you remember ODC.
57) you don't sing. You shout unintelligibly.
58) you hear the sentence 'You're the first one I meet from that country' once a week.
59) you hear the sentence 'Tell me something in your mother tongue' once a week.
60) you put a conditionnel after 'si' in French.
61) you have to translate texts for your professors.
62) you think it's quite normal to have your own car, even if you're only 20 years old.
63) you visit Paris, London and NY for Christmas Shopping.
64) you think that paying 500€ for your one room flat is a pretty good deal.
65) you study abroad and speak more in your mother tongue than in the foreign language.
66) you complain about your 3star hotel, while you're on holiday.
67) you know the police officer who arrests you and the judge who judges you.
68) you always meet somebody you know when you go out.
69) you think that Starbucks is something special.
