Jan. 19, 2021
Have you ever tried Mr Tu's taxi?
In its "Good News" column, the Süddeutsche newspaper reports that Taipei's taxi booking app now also offers the option of ordering a Karaoke taxi, apart from typical special requests like an English speaking driver or a wheelchair suitable vehicle.
Allegedly, Mr Tu is Taipei's most famous karaoke driver. His taxi is equipped with external loudspeakers so that when he encourages his passengers to sing during the ride, not only the passenger, but also people on the street will be entertained. He often records his passengers singing and uploads the videos to Youtube, where some of the recordings receive more than a million views. He offers discounts or even free rides to those who sing, but he reports that the tips he receives from happy passengers often exceed the original taxi fee.
Is anything like this thinkable in Germany? Absolutely not. Germans typically believe to be bad singers and feel very uncomfortable when they have to sing in public. I have never heard of a German inviting his friends to sing Karaoke and I believe that the few Karaoke parlours existing in this country are mostly patronized by Asian clients. It was a huge culture shock for me when I was invited to play Karaoke in Asia for the first time.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/taiwan-taxi-karaoke-1.5165737
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Have You Ever Tried Mr Tu's Taxi?
In English, the first letter of all nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, etc., are capitalized in the title.
In its "Good News" column, the Süddeutsche newspaper reports that Taipei's taxi booking app now also offers the option of ordering a Karaoke taxi, apart from the typical special requests like an English speaking driver or a wheelchair suitable vehicle. In its "Good News" column, the Süddeutsche newspaper reports that Taipei's taxi booking app now also offers the option of ordering a Karaoke taxi, apart from the typical special requests like an English speaking driver or a wheelchair suitable vehicle.
Allegedly, Mr Tu is Taipei's most famous karaoke driver.
His taxi is equipped with external loudspeakers so that, when he encourages his passengers to sing during the ride, not only the passengeroccupants, but also people on the street will be entertained.
His taxi is equipped with external loudspeakers so that, when he encourages his passengers to sing during the ride, not only the occupants, but also people on the street will be entertained.
He often records his passengers singing and uploads the videos to Youtube, where some of the recordings receive more than a million views.
He offers discounts or even free rides to those who sing, but he reports that the tips he receives from happy passengers often exceed the original taxi fee.
Is anything like this thinkaeven remotely possible in Germany?
Is anything like this even remotely possible in Germany?
Absolutely not.
Germans typically believe themselves to be bad singers, and feel very uncomfortable when they have to sing in public. Germans typically believe themselves to be bad singers, and feel very uncomfortable when they have to sing in public.
I have never heard of a German inviting his friends to sing Karaoke, and I believe that the few Karaoke parlours existing in this country arhave mostly patronized by Asian clients.
I have never heard of a German inviting his friends to sing Karaoke, and I believe that the few Karaoke parlours existing in this country have mostly Asian clients.
“I have” is often written/said as “I’ve”.
“To patronize” is mostly used to display being critical of someone.
It was a huge culture shock for me when I was invited to playdo Karaoke in Asia for the first time.
It was a huge culture shock for me when I was invited to do Karaoke in Asia for the first time.
I wasn’t sure whether you “sing” or “play” Karaoke, so I put “do” instead.
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Jan. 19, 2021
It was a huge culture shock for me when I was invited to playdo Karaoke in Asia for the first time.
I wasn’t sure whether you “sing” or “play” Karaoke, so I put “do” instead.
It's "sing" karaoke, rather than "do" or "play", and the word karaoke does not need to be capitalised
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Have you ever tried Mr Tu's taxi?
Have In English, the first letter of all nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, etc., are capitalized in the title. |
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In its "Good News" column, the Süddeutsche newspaper reports that Taipei's taxi booking app now also offers the option of ordering a Karaoke taxi, apart from typical special requests like an English speaking driver or a wheelchair suitable vehicle. In its "Good News" column, the Süddeutsche newspaper reports that Taipei's taxi booking app now also offers the option of ordering a Karaoke taxi, apart from the typical special requests like an English speaking driver or a wheelchair suitable vehicle. In its "Good News" column, the Süddeutsche newspaper reports that Taipei's taxi booking app now also offers the option of ordering a Karaoke taxi, apart from the typical special requests like an English speaking driver or a wheelchair suitable vehicle. |
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Allegedly, Mr Tu is Taipei's most famous karaoke driver. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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His taxi is equipped with external loudspeakers so that when he encourages his passengers to sing during the ride, not only the passenger, but also people on the street will be entertained.
His taxi is equipped with external loudspeakers so that, when he encourages his passengers to sing during the ride, not only the |
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He often records his passengers singing and uploads the videos to Youtube, where some of the recordings receive more than a million views. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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He offers discounts or even free rides to those who sing, but he reports that the tips he receives from happy passengers often exceed the original taxi fee. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Is anything like this thinkable in Germany?
Is anything like this |
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Absolutely not. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Germans typically believe to be bad singers and feel very uncomfortable when they have to sing in public. Germans typically believe themselves to be bad singers, and feel very uncomfortable when they have to sing in public. Germans typically believe themselves to be bad singers, and feel very uncomfortable when they have to sing in public. |
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I have never heard of a German inviting his friends to sing Karaoke and I believe that the few Karaoke parlours existing in this country are mostly patronized by Asian clients.
I have never heard of a German inviting his friends to sing Karaoke, and I believe that the few Karaoke parlours existing in this country “I have” is often written/said as “I’ve”. “To patronize” is mostly used to display being critical of someone. |
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It was a huge culture shock for me when I was invited to play Karaoke in Asia for the first time.
It was a huge culture shock for me when I was invited to I wasn’t sure whether you “sing” or “play” Karaoke, so I put “do” instead. |
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