Tylor
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Post by Tylor on May 5, 2010 20:47:38 GMT -5
The Internet is in a tizzy over an interview in which teen dream Justin Bieber appears to not be familiar with the word "German." .
In the interview, a talk show host from New Zealand asks the 16-year-old a few true-or-false questions, including the query "True or false: 'Bieber' is German for basketball." .
Bieber gets confused over the word "German," and the interviewer repeats it. .
After this back-and-forth, Bieber says he doesn't know what the TV host means, and finally gives up on the question, proclaiming: "We don't say that in America.".
It seems obvious that Bieber was simply perplexed by the interviewer's thick Kiwi accent (which the host himself points out). Or perhaps he was just annoyed at being asked an inane question. .
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Bieber offers his own explanation, via Twitter. "I thought this interviewer in NZ said 'Jewman' instead of 'German' people think I don't know what German is?".
Either way, the video has gone viral as blogs have ridiculed Bieber for exactly that as he did actually read the cue card that seems to say the word 'German.' One such blog, The Huffington Post, had to amend its post making fun of Bieber when it found an interview the singer did in Germany way back in August, in which he talks about his German great-grandfather and even counts to ten in the language..
Bieber mentions that interview on Twitter, saying "I count in GERMAN and translate my own name. Guess I know what German is. Guess home schooling is working out. Do your research next time b4 making a lame attempt at hating on a 16 year old." .
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In other Bieber news, Kim Kardashian says she's getting tweet threats from Bieber's rabid fans after the reality-TV star jokingly tweeted that she had "Bieber fever." .
She contracted said "fever" when she met the 16-year-old at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last weekend. Bieber answered Kardashian's tweet by calling her his "girlfriend," which was, apparently, enough to ignite the ire of his most ardent fans. Bieber responded telling his fans to "calm down": He added an invitation for everyone to be friends and "hang out often." No doubt his fans would not mind that opportunity.
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Post by Oskanowski on May 5, 2010 20:49:59 GMT -5
If someone asked me " Is German for Basketball " I'd basically just not understand. As much as I can't stand Bieber, I have to agree with him here.
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Post by Double J on May 5, 2010 20:50:21 GMT -5
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Post by Sam Hain on May 5, 2010 20:51:26 GMT -5
Wait, "We don't say that in America"  You're a Canadian, you ass wipe! |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2010 21:25:57 GMT -5
Read about this yesterday...Slow news day for sure then...
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Post by CM Poor on May 5, 2010 21:28:28 GMT -5
I know plenty of people in America that say "Jewman".
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on May 5, 2010 21:28:41 GMT -5
WTF? How could you not understand that? "Justin....I'm sorry, 'Bieber' is German for Basketball, True or False?" It's not that hard to understand. Jeez this kid is dumb!!!!
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Post by Oskanowski on May 5, 2010 21:52:36 GMT -5
WTF? How could you not understand that? "Justin....I'm sorry, 'Bieber' is German for Basketball, True or False?" It's not that hard to understand. Jeez this kid is dumb!!!! So you knew Bieber is German for Basketball? If that is what your saying? |
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Post by fattic on May 5, 2010 22:23:18 GMT -5
I don't know about you, but sometimes when someone says a word you're not expecting, it just sounds weird and doesn't fit. Like a few months ago, someone said something about a 'castle', and for the life of me, I didn't know what they meant. I thought they were saying 'kassel', and I was just like, what the  is a kassel? Then I understood and I was like OH, duh...might just be me though. ...Me and Bieber.  |
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Post by Mr.GT on May 5, 2010 22:24:43 GMT -5
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on May 5, 2010 22:28:18 GMT -5
WTF? How could you not understand that? "Justin....I'm sorry, 'Bieber' is German for Basketball, True or False?" It's not that hard to understand. Jeez this kid is dumb!!!! So you knew Bieber is German for Basketball? If that is what your saying? The question. No I don't know what it stands for, the interviewer's question. He said "Justin....I'm sorry, 'Beiber' is German for basketball, true or false?" How is that hard to understand? He asked the kid a true or false question.... |
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Post by Jimmy on May 5, 2010 22:44:07 GMT -5
JUSTIN BIEBER CAN'T READ
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Post by mikehawk on May 5, 2010 22:48:03 GMT -5
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Post by Kenny Powers on May 5, 2010 23:46:19 GMT -5
I was going to aree with him till I saw he looked at the card. That kind of makes him look stupid but whatever the news is even dumber for putting this in the news.
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Post by Edge618 on May 6, 2010 0:06:42 GMT -5
Yeah thought maybe the accent was throwing him off, but when he looked at the card he blew it. "We don't say that in America" Wat a effin tard.
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Post by Deadshot on May 6, 2010 0:17:27 GMT -5
The real problem here, is New Zealand. in kiwis... |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2010 0:51:43 GMT -5
The first time it sounded like jewman but even Bieber saidGerman so...
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Post by k5 on May 6, 2010 8:23:39 GMT -5
that is all kinds of greatness |
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Post by Lk™ on May 6, 2010 8:28:37 GMT -5
what a kid.
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Post by Oskanowski on May 6, 2010 9:28:33 GMT -5
J1mmy3Tears: Thank you Shawn! I just watched the video again, Lmfao. Did you not even hear what was said correctly? " Uhhh, okay, Justin... Um, Bieber, Sorry, Is German for Basketball? True or False. " so.. How could you not understand that? "Justin....I'm sorry, 'Bieber' is German for Basketball, True or False?"Not sure how you couldn't understand it really even when a video is provided.  |
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I dont know good luck 
