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No more Fräulein - BIG GOOF

posted 8 years ago by catflap001
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In the Zermatt hotel Pine keeps addressing the female hotel clerk as Fräulein. In the 1990s the German language authorities got rid of that assignation. It only exists in old films and books. It is not used anymore. It is considered improper and impolite. In real life the female clerk would have taken him down a peg or two, and sued him for sexual harassment after having slapped him silly. The hotel scenes took place in 2015, not 1915.

Stupid tv writers and producers don't do proper research.

[–] cococlown 7 years ago

Im also German and its usually older people that address young girls/women as "Fräulein". Happened to me already too and it didnt bother me at all.
If a younger person would address an older woman as Fräulein it would be somewhat inapproriate and a polite native German speaker wouldnt do that but as a non native speaker it will certainly be forgiven.

In real life the female clerk would have taken him down a peg or two, and sued him for sexual harassment after having slapped him silly.

Im having a hard time believing that youre actually a German speaker or have any idea about the German speaking world. What you wrote is Bull****!