via The Daily What
Let us not be too hard on the young man. Here he was, being asked to translate difficult words like “basketball” from a foreign language by a guy with an accent. Ah, the obstacles on the road to manhood. But, fun fact: He likes basketball! Basketball. Not basketball players. So don’t go there. Basketball. Period.


Wait a minute…
He HAS German fans?
Dont forget, the germans like David Hasslehoffs singing.
Our parents did that, in the 80s. Everyone had bad taste in the 80s. Don’t blame us.
I don’t think he ever had German fans.
haven’t heared one of his songs yet on anything public, so i guess the Bieber Wave hasn’t sweaped over yet. All a matter of time since the Jonas one is crashing bye.
“Bieber” is Beaver in german
That kid seriously should visit school some time…
wait what? i actually dont get what the interviewer said..
“is german for basketball?”?
i dont usually like bieber.. but.. i got nothing on him right now.
yea its totally the interviwers fault..
“justin.. uhh.. bieber. sorry. is german for basketball. true or false.” he didnt say the sentence right.
Ya, I see why he wouldn’t understand the sentence but he actually didn’t know what German meant, the interviewer even pointed to the word on the question card and Beiber still didn’t know.! lololol! ;P
The interviewer was asking if “Bieber is German for basketball – true or false”… He did ask the question right, actually.
i dont think he has fans. period
No, we don’t like him. We make jokes about him because he is thinking that he is the reason for the fall of the wall. xD
And unfortunately he has german fans -.-
NO we DON’T! At least nobody I know does like that singing fail whale… I’m German and living in Germany. He just claims that he was responsible for the fall of the berlin wall by singing “Looking for Freedom”.. .which ist utterly riddiculous.
He’s just a kid. besides its cute!
im the same age… i would have done the same thing! get a life ppl. seriously…
When you were sixteen, you were not aware of country called Germany where they speak German? Seriously… This does not make my respect for Justin Biebers fans any better.
Check out Justin Bieber’s tweets. He thought the interviewer said “Jewman”
And he was then shown the spelling on the card.
And STILL failed to identify the word.
WHAAAAT??!?!?
ok, i KNOW us Kiwis a a difficult accents to understand, but JEWMAN!?!?!
come on justin, get a hearing aid. XD
What you pretty much just said that when you were sixteen you didn’t know about this thing called World War II which took place for the most part in Germany, where people speak German.
“World War II which took place for the most part in Germany”???
Maybe someone should’ve gone to history class…
yeah actually it did, not ALL of germany actually had a battle in it…
It was mostly fought in France. And even considering his actual age (16), not the fact that he looks ten, the Berlin Wall fell years before he was born (see Akhuna’s comment above).
Also, to Brookey J, Justine (not a typo, just a burn) actually said ‘GERMAN’, not ‘jewman’, while trying to understand the word. My guess is he watched that interview later and came up with an excuse almost as retarded as the fail in question.
Mostly in France was WWI… Jus’ sayin’.
Really? I generalize and get judged for it? Ya gotta love the internets. They’ll find faults with everything you say.
…ouch
Bieberbabe – you are extremely stupid, even for a child.
Peepers- you are an idiot. at least i have a life, unlike you!
^she is justin bieber
oh my god. you blithering idiot. I’m not calling you an idiot because you like bieber, or something… you’re an idiot because you’re implying that it’s normal to not know what “German” is when you’re 16.
Normal for people who miserably failed Geography. I’m 14 and I speak German.
I’m under 14 and know EVERYTHING about WWII
Let me just say this, when Justin hits germany, there will be riots.
I’m eleven and speak some German, but at least I know what it is!
I forget if it was when I was 7 or 8 when I learned what German is. I know that when I was 11 or 12, I learned very basic German.
Basically, with most languages and people groups, they’re derived from the name of their country. GERMANy and they speak GERMAN, ENGLand and they speak ENGLish, not that hard Biebs.
moy-moy,
Having watched the video twice, I can understand Bieber’s confusion. His problem was not that he’d never heard of Germany, which is what everyone on this board so far seems to think. His problem was that the host posed the question exceedingly poorly. The question was, “Is Bieber german for basketball?” However, when Bieber didn’t catch it the first time and asked for the question again, the host started repeating, “German for basketball, true or false,” which is a meaningless sentence.
While I can’t stand the kids music, you’ve got to cut him a little slack on this one.
Not to be apologist for Bieber, but to those of you who point out that the host showed him the paper, notice that the kid got approximately 1 second to read it and was certainly already flustered by not understanding the question for several seconds on what was probably live tv.
I’m sorry Bieber haters, this one was the host’s fault.
(I am by no means a Bieber fan – can’t stand his music)
sorry man, he should cut his hair if he cant hear
and he said what is german
I realized the same thing and fully agree. Can’t stand that kid’s “music”, but I’ll cut him some slack here.
Agreed. The Kid was confused. I still may not like him so I’ll compromise. They Both Failed. Simple as that.
Um no…i understood the question pretty well. If you can’t get it, i’m sorry but you’re pretty slow. I’ve heard questions written like how the host spoke it, and have written a few of my own in such a manner.
*this word* is *this other word* in*another language* is not a malformed sentence. I don’t hate bieber, but i’m not a fan. Either way, the kid messed up, and the host just had a fairly thick accent.
BieberBabe – you don’t have a life. You’re a child, and a stupid child. You will become a stupid adult.
the scary thing is that she’s already old enough to drive and may someday spawn children dumber than a wet tube sock.
Said the full-grown adult on roflrazzi.
and your point is?
Said by the pink triangle named joejonas.
Said the above person of win. *high five*
Funny, she seems more grown up to me than you do, calling a child stupid for admitting she’d be confused by a malformed question spoken in another accent in front of lights and cameras on live tv.
Which is why you are on a site where people make fun of celebrities.
Oh, logic, where are thee?
No, BieberBabe, you are the true idiot.
You’re 15.
What you consider “a life” now will merely be a facepalm when you realize at a later age that you’ve finally got one. Unless sane people kill you before you manage to get a real, actual life of course. Which might happen, as pretentious as you are (lol, it’s so cute that he doesn’t know of a major language that just about EVERYONE ELSE knows of! AND IF YOU DON’T THINK SO, YOU DON’T HAVE A LIFE, LIEK ME!!!”).
If you need to like Justin Bieber to have a life, I’d rather be dead, k thx.
Bieber Fan Fail.
Just because you admit you are as stupid as him, does not make him smarter.
idc what you say about me. anyone could have made that mistake. you just have nothing better to do with your life except talk bad about other people. get a life.
No. “Anyone” could NOT have made that mistake. I’d wager that at least 98% of 16-year olds are aware of the German language.
Even preppy idiotic girls in MY country (Mexico), which by the way is viewed as “just a 3rd world country”, woul’ve known what and where Germany is. Even they would point out its location on a map and its capital city.
i’m 16. i prove JLA’s point.
I have a life, a job and I know what German is…what about you?
@BieberBabe: I’m 20, I have a small business and I’m pretty sure I earn more money than your parents give you. I also have a hot girlfriend and I’m about to buy my second car. So don’t you tell me “get a life”. Take a look at yours: you’re listening to an idiot that everyone promoted because he’s a freak: he didn’t go through puberty yet and he’s proud of having a little girl’s voice. The only reason he appears everywhere is because even if people laugh at him, they still watch everything he’s in … and that means money.
So go to school to become more open-minded and guit watching TV.
I’m sure your “hot girlfriend” would be proud of you using her to one-up a little girl on the internet.
Dude, it’s the old Catholic way. You castrate em’ when they’re young so their voices never crack.
AAAUUUGGGGHHHH!!! ATTACK OF THE EUNUCHS!
No offense but… You can’t advice someone to be “open minded” if you call the musician they like idiot and freak (I don’t like his music and think his voice is annoying, tohugh).
And in my book, someone who has bought two cars in 4 years (assuming you started driving at 16) and rub in people’s faces they have a small business and a hot girlfriend isn’t exactly applause worthy.
By the way, I second candoia’s opinion
Why the hell would you buy a second car?
SewerShark, that comment just made an emo kid HAPPY.
how can you be so stupid!
Germany is a common country that you hear a lot about, even a dumb teenage girl like you should know about it.
Geez!
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ANOTHER PERSONS ACCENT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE DUMB!
he read the paper…i’m sorry, he’s just not aware of life around him, just like many people in the US and most celebrities
didn’t you see that the dude showed him the paper in case if he couldn’t understand his accent? or do you think that bieber is illiterate, as well as stupid?
He’s Canadian, actually…
He makes us Canadians look bad
No, he only makes himself look bad. I like to judge by character, not race/nationality. Most people do the same (its just sometimes fun to lump people into a box. You know what I’m on aboot, eh?
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Yes but he doesn’t seem to know he’s Canadian either – “We don’t say that in America” WTF?
Canada is in America… This whole continent is North America.
Wow sweetie you really should stop posting. You can’t dig your way out of a whole this big and shouting isn’t going to make you any less stupid
*hole* sorry
Jeez, ya don’t need to yell!
BieberBabe, you are a tool of the highet order if you think it is normal to not know of a huge country that exists in the middle of Europe; it is a country that contributed to huge parts of European history, to American history, to American economical structures, to the industrial revolution….
I hope you never breed.
BieberBabe is most likely a 46 – year old hermaphrodite who has fantasies regarding dressing as a 16 year old girl and wettin’ the bed with Justin Bieber. Which is totally fine, as long as he doesn’t pursue his dreams.
And to BieberBabe, you are not innocent either. Peds acting as 16-year old girls give Teenage girls in general a bad name. There are a few bad teenage girls out there, which I subcategorize as “Biebers,” “Twilighters,” and “Other.” But please, don’t make your fellow humans be ashamed of you.
And moreover, don’t confuse your fantasies with yourself when mailing in your Census.
Exactly. Germany is today one of our strongest allies!
ehm yea it’s okay dont to know germany at the age of 10.. but you shouldn’t forget, that justin bieber is 15 or 16 (idk/c) and just looks like he’s 10
i mean not to know*
Nah, Im 10 and I know what Germany is
One word…
Fail…
P.S Epic Fail
Damn that is a Grade A school you go to…
im twelve and i can speak German and understand that guys accent without having to hardly listen so really the kid has no excuse if you ask me. and the whole get a life ppl thing was kinda stupid to say because you imply that the people on here have no lives because they are on here but you too are on roflrazzi.
hahahahahahah ur 10??
Wow. What a moron!
I’m from German Speaking part of Switzerland (This is not Sweden Pippi Longstocking=Sweden Heidi=Switzerland (I mean the novel character not the Model Heidi Klum)). And here Justin Bieber is rather unknown. Here the teens scream for Tokio Hotel. (Bad in other way)
Yeah. “There go all of his german fans” = all two of them
YAY!!!! I have been saved from both of them! I only know them both by name from reading news articles, etc, but have never heard their music. Let’s give it up for Ireland * la la la la*
he does i live in switzerland, i know people who like him.
i’m guessing if he has swiss fans he has german fans
I say hardly. I live in Germany and I would never have heard of that… guy(?) if it weren’t for roflrazzi. What does he do? Some actor in a new sitcom?
Actually he’s just a terrible singer who sings (and looks) like a girl.
Nope. I am from germany, and I can say he doesn’t. Girls here are just still drooling for sparkling vampires. It’s your decision if this is better or worse…
Wait a minute- he has fans?!
“We don’t say that in Amarica.” OMG, he so stupid!!!
And he’s Canadian. Go figure.
he is?
well canada is in america am i right? so that he would have right.
… america =/= canada
actually USA=/= canada. America is a continent. actually it’s even two continents.
That’s true, but in the common vernacular one is usually referring the U.S.A. when one says “America.” At least in the U.S.A. that’s true; I obviously can’t speak for Europeans. Generally, people talk about the continent of North America if they intend to include Canada or Mexico.
Maybe that’s why Canadians have a good reputation – they’re required to pretend to be American when they do something stupid.
disguise WIN !!!
you know AMERICA and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are two different things right? America involves all the Americas (including North America, South America, and Central America) and the United States OF America is just a country in North America. It’s as if you were saying you live in America instead of Canada, or Brazil.
that may be true, but I rarely hear the word “America” being used to refer to all the Americas. And I highly doubt that beiber is intelligent enough to use the word in that sense.
perhaps the reason why you rarely hear it like that is because you might live in the USA?
Yet, generally when you refer to all of the Americas, it is pluralized and stated as The Americas. American is the term for people who live in the US of A, and thus should only normally be used for that. Everyone else does not appreciate being refered to as an American, and will take it as an insult.
not everyone, I know several people (including me) that hate when we sat I’m american and the logical question is really from where? I’m from (insert name of an USA state).
But really mi nephew is 11 and he knows that there’s a country that’s called Germany
hahaha I like this one Nyxie
Haha, go Drew. I’m from New Zealand where this interview was made and I thought this was hilarious when it aired.
Surely our accent isn’t /that/ confusing?
Oh, no, I myself love New Zealand accents! They’re not confusing for me! So yeah. Your country has a fan. *waves* I’ve always wanted to visit NZ.
Bieber is german for beaver
ah darn had a website failure this should go to Ill-Eagle 2 comments down
Almost. The German for “beaver” is “Biber”. It is pronounced the same, though.
Bibaral~~!!lawl! I learned pokemon stuff today!awesome:)
No it´s not. It´s Bpronounced with a B in the middle.
uhm not really^^ it’s biber, but i guess his name has his roots in germany and in the word biber^^
How Ironic because my friends and I call him Justin Beaver, because he’s a Canadian, and our national mascot is a beaver. BUt I didn’t know that his name ACTUALLY MEANT IT…
lol
Woohoo!! We have fans!! You should come her sometime. It is kinda awesome.
On a side note, this video made me lol. A lot. Literally.
*here
agreed – I’m from NZ too and it was funny as! And I really don’t get why our accent is to difficult to understand
To NZers its not confusing, but to be honest, we talk REALLY slackly, I mean listen to Justin Bieber, she forms her words properly and she’s from one of the America’s. But yes she did see the word ‘German’ and Bieber’ probably, so shes as dumb as a post.
‘She’
Its appearently a guy
I was suprised too XD
Regardless of the accent (which isn’t confusing at all), he got to see the card where “German” was surely printed right on it. *facepalm*
Maybe had it been a Scotsman interviewing him I could’ve understood the confusion.
What? Is German for basketball? WTF kind of question is that. That doesn’t make any sense.
The question was “Bieber is german for basketball – true or false?”
It´s false. The only similar german word is Biber, which means beaver…
ham
Um, he’s from Canada, not America.
So we can return him?! QUICK! Where’s the receipt?!
sorry already burned it allong with every thing that has to do with him:)
Canada is a part of America, no?
>__> Just as the United States and Mexico are?
OMG U ARE SO RETARDED!!! America is not a country. America is all of the Americas (NORTH SOUTH +CENTRAL). saying you live in America is like saying you live in Mexico or Brazil or Canada Or any place IN THE AMERICAS.
so many ignorant people in this world…pisses me off
Stop nit picking, he clearly isn’t smart enough to use the word right anyway.
When you start of a reply with “omg u are so retarded!!!” you really lose the right to end the reply with “so many ignorant people in this world…pisses me off”
And yet, no. When one refers to themselves as an American, they are usually refering to the US of A. They do not refer to themselves as an American generally if they live in Canada, or Mexico, or any other part of the Americans. Whether you like it or not, that’s how it is generally taken by most people living in The Americas themselves, where we prefer to be taken as a person of our respective country rather than continental or otherwise.
It’s not ignorance, it is common sense. If it is ignorance, do let me know what people from the US of A are refered to then?
Agreed. I’m from the US, but I don’t refer to myself as a United States of American, just an American. I know people from Canada who say they’re Canadian, not American, and Mexicans who say they’re Mexican, not American. So yeah.
No, America is not “all of the Americas.”
Notice that you said “the Americas” and not “America.”
if you want to refer to both North and South America, you either say “North and South America” or “The Americas.”
What you’re proposing would be like saying “I’m from Dakota” and meaning you’re from North Dakota. If said person were to say “I’m from the Dakotas,” while it would sound a little strange, it would be far more correct.
“America” is slang for the United States of America, while The Americas is used if referring to the two continents of North and South America.
A Canadian is pretty much an American, only without firearms
Canada has more guns than most places, we just use them for hunting, and target practice instead of shooting school mates and we don’t feel a need to carry them everywhere with us.
*doyoyoy*
canada is in the continent of America (north to be more specific) why are those from the u.s.a. so ignorant?, there is more to america than the united states
And most of us realize this. It’s just that the stupid ones get access to the Internet most often.
excellent!
Well then Columbia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia etc. are in the continent of America too(south to be more specific). and then there’s Costa Rica, guatemala, and so on and so forth.
There is no such continent as “America”. There is a North America and a South America, but on its own, “America” is usually taken to mean the USA. A person from the USA is called an “American”, not a “United States of American”. If you want to refer to both continents together, you need to talk about “the Americas”.
Your geography teacher wouldn’t approve.
You forgot Central America, Einstein.
just so you know “Einstein”… Central America isn’t it’s own continent. it’s part of North America. get your facts right before you criticize someone. and look it up if you don’t trust me.
It’s a continuation of North America but it keeps being Central America, it’s own continent. No one can say that someone born in Honduras is a North Amercan. Your afirmation is as senseless as saying that Europe isn’t its own continent since it’s a continuation of Asia…
First of all I’ve lived in Honduras and Brazil and been to most countries in the western hemisphere. No one but those from the U.S. refer to themselves as Americans. Second a quick look at Wikipedia would confirm that Central America is a part of the North American continent. How stupid do you have to be to not be able to use the internet?
Yeah, your right. And also, if one made it through sixth grade they should know with out using the internet that the seven continents do not include Central America.
Umm, Then please tell me what you refer to americans as? .. for that matter what do europeans refer to them as? .. I’ve never heard anyone talk about the ‘staters.’ Listen idiots, ‘America’ refers to the country ‘Americas’ refers to the continents.
Halleluja!!!
Zel, wow. You think Central America is a continent? You may be stupider than bieberbabe.
I may be wrong but its not considered its own continent due to the fact that it doesn’t lie on its own crustal plate.
Oh, and by the way, Central America lies on it’s own crustal plate, the Caribbean Plate.
I don’t think Bieber was referencing the continent. He was referencing the nation, which he has lived and worked in since he hit it big.
I hate to admit it, but… I completely sympathize with him on this one.
I’d go “What?” too, if I heard someone say “Bieber”, take a pause, and then ask “Is Jew men for basketball?”
I sympathized with him…Until he showed him the paper that said “German” on it.
Except that Justin clearly repeated the question … “German for basketball?”
He knew what the guy was saying, he just has no clue what “German” means.
I think he replied: “Chairman for basketball”?
His mind going a mile a minute.
There is no chairman in basketball, is there? What kind of question is that? Say soething nice about basketball. Quickly…
He looked at it, read it, then said “We don’t say that in America”…
Peepers doesn’t care what justin beeber knows or doesn’t know.
Oh God that was cringy.
you guys! think of it. he has over a million girls falling for him! he’s doing better then all you guys are for sure. PLUS anyone could have made that mistake. you prob would to so zip it.
Dumbass.
Look who’s talking. Don’t judge others of yourself.
“Don’t judge others of yourself”? WTF? And BTW, one of my friends heard one of his songs on the radio, and admittedly, they did compliment his singing voice, but here’s what they said: “Wow, the person who did this song has a great voice. What’s her name?” and it took me ten minutes to convince them that it was a boy. Somehow, I don’t see how anyone could be attracted to a sixteen year old who looks like a twelve year old and sings like a ten year old girl.
With the geographic knowledge of a newborn.
haha when i’ve heard him the first time on AFN Eagle, i thought this could be rihanna, but wasn’t sure.. but then the guy on the radio said blaa blaa justin bieber with one less lonely girl or whatever.. this was so shocking.. so uhm.. gay
The first time I heard “him” on the radio, my friends made fun of me because I asked “Who is this girl?”
Yet, you tell others that they don’t have a life? Errrr.
And, sure, he’s got millions of girls falling for him (hope they hit their head hard enough not to get up, btw) – preteens, most of them, being far younger than he is. They’re not legal. Don’t think (most) people here would care…
Peepers is also far more awesome than Justin Beaver ever will be. <3
(also, learn English. I'm not even a native speaker, but mine is still far better than yours.
Also, I do have a life, kthx. I know what German is, and I DID understand the guy's accent (and wouldn't have needed to see the cue card to get it either). So spare me your retarded drool that you try and pass for "words" and go back to crying into your pillow over the fact that The Biebs will never love you.)
XD Yeah I can see him in 30 years.
Here comes Paul Peterson.
your argument isn’t helping, hun. “anyone could have mad that mistake”. um, not after they SHOW HIM THE CARD with the question written on it. the added “we don’t say that in America” just makes him look even more like an idiot.
also, wtf does “having a million girls falling for him” have to do with anything? doesn’t mean he has talent. it means he got lucky genetically to be considered “cute”.
You guys need a life…
Says she who is stalking the comments on a comedic blog in order to defend a fifteen-year-old boy that sings like a twelve-year-old girl who has no idea what the country of Germany, the third-largest economy in the world, is.
WIN
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Can’t…stop…laughing….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Exactly what I said! ‘You guys need a life..” So do you. Seriously. Every time someone says something bad about him, you come on and say that he is perfect. Good job.
Anyone could have made this mistake?!? Germany isn’t this important as a country but at least in *writing* he should have got it! I mean, it’s just the name!
Somehow he reminds me of this blonde woman which was on failblog some time ago. She was asked about Hungary by the host of the quiz show she was in.
Ah, and who decides which country is “important” and which isn’t? The people of the United States?
I am german myself… and I personally don’t agree with people who blindly think that their home country is the best in any aspect just because it is the only one they know this well…
Uh…. so you’re just telling it’s unimportant because you’re German… is that right?
Dude, I’m American *coughs* I guess I should say United States of American, and yet I think Japan pwns!! I want to study the language, and eventually spend some time there!!
Ah, and who decides which country is important and which is not? The United States?
I agree, Germany is considered one of the largest powers in Europe, which is impressive considering they lost two world wars in a matter of a few decades.
You agree to what? xDDD You can’t blame or classify a country due to incidents in a period of about 50 years!!!
Not know what GERMAN was!?
I can understand not being able to tell what he was saying because of the accent but after he was SHOWN the piece of paper he still didn’t know.
The kind of people you follow, show how dumb you really are.
can’t you just SHUT UP?! why do you assume that we’re all as stupid as you??
he may have a million girls falling for him but what age range are these girls? 11-14 or even younger! i do not want girl of that age borderline stalking me! that would be wrong on SOOO many levels!!!!!
Didn’t I suggest you stop posting?
A million girls falling for him?
He’s a “moodle,” to quote the recent film.
Nothing wrong with moodles, but if I was a girl, I wouldn’t go friggin psycho over fantasy characters like Edward Cullen, or moodles like Justin Bieber.
not all girls do, some of us have some sense and a decent taste in music
That’s stereotyping. I’m 16 and I go crazy over Liam Neeson and Wentworth Miller.
If I had a 100 million teenage girls cutting themselves over me, I’d kill myself.
Okay. I assume Justin Bieber has a bunch of funs. Your point?
I would have done the same thing too if I didnt pass the 1st grade.
lulz
That isn’t fair, seeing as he’s starting preschool in the fall!
BeiberBabe just keeps making a bigger fool out of herself, by trying to defend another fool
im not a fool. im just a girl who has a point. and a brain to proove that he’s cooler then all of you guys here and that and yes i will say it again., ANYONE COULD HAVE MADE THIS MISTAKE
Your first task: please use your brain to PROVE that you can spell, capitalize, and punctuate your comments correctly.
Second task: please “proove” that you actually do have a brain.
Third task: drink acid so you won’t breed.
Fourth task: if task 3 fails, expose yourself to intense radiation as to become sterile.
NO not anyone could have made that mistake genius. Secondly People like you have such a delusionary view on life you think that people hate on something just because you think they are Jealous. XD WOW that is the most childish logic I have ever heard. Majority of the people that make fun of this kid are not Jealous you tool. We just think it’s so dam funny what an ass he makes out of himself and how simple minded his fans can be. In other words when we make fun of someone it’s not because we are jealous it’s because you’re a pretty dam sad individual.
Anyone could have instantly forgotten their Geography or History education? I doubt it. The kid’s stupid.
Prove honey, it’s spelt prove
Ok lets slow down. it seems to me your making a very simple mistake. You make it sound like i get a choice when im 16 with these two answers.
1. know anything about anything that isnt america
2. Have a life.
I tend to you know, have both? Any girls that like justin bieber i would dislike anyway because of the taste in music, he can have them. I like to think of it as weeding out the weaker and stupider girls, you know like natural selection? It leaves the better ones for us. Yay justin bieber! A world wide dumbass filter.
also “your point” that no one who is 16 is expected to know anything about anything that isnt america? Thats just pants on head retarded, Justin might be a popular singer but its no excuse for not knowing something so ass tardidly obvious. “thats not something we say in america” is priceless, this is so on my i pod. Only infants make this mistake.
I thinks is a shame people judging you because you like Justin Bieber. You have as much right to like him as they have to hate him.
But I am interested nonetheless: What is your point? And also: What if he’s cooler than everyone here? What’s so grand about that?
I have to stand up for Justin Bieber here… it SOUNDS like the guy is saying “Is German for Basketball?” because the way he says it doesn’t make it clear that he is asking if “Bieber” means Basketball in the German language. I too was like, WTF is he asking?
but like eveyone sais like a million times, even though its hard to understand the dude, he freaking showed the damn card where is was clearly written to the moron, and he still didn’t get it!!!
Maybe he can’t read…
Thank you kayy!!!
Are you blind or something? Did you not see the comment RIGHT ABOVE YOUR OWN?
Yes Kayy, but then he repeats the word german and shows Bieber how german is written, and still Bieber doesn’t know what that means, so or he doesn’t know what is Germany, or he doesn’t know how to write it.
I don’t think Bieber’s issue was that he didn’t understand the word “German,” but that he didn’t understand the question itself. The host asks the question, “Is German for baseketball?,” then repeats the word “German” several times and then points out the word “German” on a card.” That doesn’t really clear up the problem, does it? The is issue was not the word “German,” it was a very poorly phrased question.
Host fail on this one.
Presumably Drew had the entire question and probably the answer written on his card, so unless he had covered up everything except the word ‘German’ I don’t see how he could have gotten it wrong.
YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES, YES! Narcil – WIN! This is the problem – the question made no grammatical sense!
You could have a Rhodes Scholar sitting in that chair, who’d have answered “I’m sorry, what was your question?!?” This whole string of posts makes me worry about the future of our planet…Most of the LOLCats make more sense.
wow he’s dumb
She has fans? Well, right now I am just glad that I do not live in Germany.
I do. Will you pity me?
yes
no
’cause it’s allright for him not to know ‘german’
after all we don’t know about him either
and we don’t give a ****
Well, seriously, I’m not surprised. AT ALL.
He’s such an idiot!
Wow she’s pretty dumb
jk kidding on the she part i know hes a guy (only untill he vote him out)
But ive knew about germany for a long time if you know what Nazis are and who Hitler is you should know about Germany
never ever gonna shake THAT image, sigh
how about ‘that guy who left the new iphone in
a GERMAN beer-bar’ as an example?
or the country we should thank for automobile? germany did great things too!! great inventions!! it’s not just hitler! if you knew the pilgram experiment, you knew that this could happen to every one of us (the thing with jew killing and so on!) and it’s not because germans are aggressive or what ever.. no! germans are polite! nice! friendly!
Dankeschön
I do love my Volkswagens, just got the 2010 GTI. Thank you, Germany! I hope to someday drive one of your BMWs!
Ha! Thanks Florian! That’s exactly what i thought!
umm, actually, Hitler was Austrian. (Not that we’re proud of that, but it’s still a fact)
Yep like everyone else, this doesn’t surprise me. what a total moron. theres no excuse here
ugh. BieberBabe seriously might need to get an education along with Bieber. Sheesh Kid Pay attention to the question and If he cant comprehend then that’s sad. Either way there is no defending this Kid’s stupidity this time.
it was a mistake anyone could have made. you guys think that everybody thinks the same way as you. i can tell you now. we (me and justin) had a problem understanding what he said, and then the question itself. so get a life and stop judging ppl the wrong way.
why do you keep tellin people enjoying the vid and lollin at Bieber’s fail to get a life, when you troll comments? Your an example of why I could care less of Justina Beaver
Any body could’ve made that mistake….. if they didn’t graduate the third grade.
hypocrite. by saying “it was a mistake anyone could have made” you assume that we all think the same way you do.
You say that we say that everyone thinks the same way we do… well that seems to be true, because the only ones to disagree don’t seem to think at all.
Do the World a favor and quit riding Justin Biebers piece like a rodeo. You’re just proving how sad and what a no lifer you are by constantly defending a celebrity who needs none of your mindless comments. What dont you get that the question was in plain english on the piece of paper?!? Sheesh woman you are fighting a losing battle. The only one who is defending such Stupidity is you. Now Logic would deduct that if everyone besides you came to the conclusion that this was just a pure idiotic mistake then you might agree as well. Sadly you’re too busy trying to “Proove” how smart you are by saying anyone would have made that mistake at the age. Well considering 16 year olds now a day I would probably have to agree with you.
“Quit riding Bieber’s piece like a rodeo.” Lol, you just made my day.
omfg! HE READ THE QUESTION!!! C’mon! How could you be so ignorant?!!!!
Bieberbabe… Seriously. The guy sounds like his parents stamped on his testicles every day untill he was five. I couldn’t stick Bieber before, but after this video I hate the moron even more. ‘it was a mistake anyone could have made’… You…Do have an education don’t you? Or have you seen TV before, germany is sometimes mentioned on Dora the explorer, or is that programme a little too strenuous on your feeble, ill-educated mind?
Okay that’s creepy, you realise that you just spoke about the two of you *me and Justin* as if you were on speaking terms, are perhaps a bit sad and delusional
Bieberbabe
He READ the card and still didn’t know what he was talking about… maybe he can’t read? Also, it is possible to be educated and have a life.
Nice use of punctuation, you must really be kidding me? No one is judging you their simply criticizing the way that you support you Idol. Clearly you fantasize about him since you say we meaning justin and YOU NOT (ME and FREAKBOY.) Boom headshot.
Lol Shut up BieberDude.
Lolololol let’s hope Beiber never meets up with Kellie Pickler. There would be too much facepalming watching them combining their “knowledge” of all things Europe
I live in NZ and i watched this, srsly WTF how does he not know what the word “GERMAN” mean?? He was shown it and our accents don’t make it sound weird, just shows that Justin is dumb and he is a DIVA, he showed that when he was in NZ too.
*means
also i found this highly amusing even my mum was like what is wrong with that kid?..
DREW is the man!!!
Yea, I live in NZ too and pretty much every time I saw this dude/chick on tv while he was over here he said something wtf or was rude and up him/herself.
Most Europeans or Americans I’ve met have told me that my accent is easy to understand too..
So I distinctly remember learning Geography in Kindergarten…
Wow, what an idiot! I’m fourteen, like, two years younger than him. What, was he in kindergarten the whole time? I think I’ve known what “German” is since I was like…probably six or seven.
Haha…kindergarten is a German word..
We need to be kicking this idiot out of America, not the Mexicans. Go back to Canada dumbass.
Please do not send him back here. Send him to freaking like, India or something, just NOT here.
lol
do you think people want him in india? what about sending him to the moon?
but then again, what if one day, mankind will have to settle on the moon because we destroyed the earth?
uh, decisions, decisions…
I vote we send him to atlantis.
Obviously Beiber thought, and I thought, that the Australians have begun using German as a verb. Beiber is german for basketball. Could have avoided it by asking, “Beiber means basketball in German. True or False.”
I am german for this clip beginning the use of german as a verb.
Lol this is a New Zealand show..
I agree. To be fair to the Bieber kid, I didn’t understand the question either. The interviewer should have at least repeated the ENTIRE question again.
… Australian accents and NEW ZEALAND accents aren’t REALLY that similar are they?? o_O”
They are kind of similar….
to me. but I’m American.
What is the interviewer even asking? “Is German for basketball?” That’s what I keep hearing.
Exactly! It sounded to me like the interviewer was asking “Is Jim into basketball?” Well, who the heck is Jim? Poor kid. Considering the traditional fate of Disney manufactured teen stars, he’s certainly not going to be translating German, or Bwitish.
BieberBabe
It’s a funny blog, making fun of celebrities, if you were on it to begin with, then you’re on it to get a laugh at celebrities. Justin Beiwhatever is a celebrities. If you look at the English word German on a piece of paper, at 16, and you have no idea ‘what it means’, then you are a moron. There is no opinion one way or another there. You can be as famous as you want, it doesn’t earn you a PHD.
The image of a 12 year old sitting at the other end of the internetz, refreshing over and over, waiting for the next comment so she can tell them to get a life, needs to be screenied for the Irony page.
Dear Jesus! As an American trying to stand up for all sensibly educated
people, we do not claim Just Bieber as an American. He is a pasty-skinned foreigner whom we wish to permanently export.
Who the hell is Justin Bieber and how does she not know what Germany is? The education system has obviously failed in the case of this poor young lady.
Do you really not say that something is ‘german for’ a word or ‘French for’ a word in America?
Just curious…I’ve heard people say it in every other country I’ve been to.
No, Justin is just stupid.
HAH Holly me too what a douche he was, super rude too, did you see him on What Now when the L&P fizzed everywhere on him and he had a tantrum, walked offf and refused to come back on till he got a new shirt WTF. Drew is THE MAN, he even showed this clip on the show today and said that it wa son the news in Aussie and the US. HAH
Jawoll!
He does not know of our existance. ZIS IS PERFEKT for meine Plaaans!
LOL Ressurecting the 3rd Reich? XD
That…. was…. lame…
Hahah, both Drew Neemia (the host) and and Justin are kind of idiotic, and deserve each other.
And even though the question wasn’t phrased in the best manner, saying the word ‘german’ doesn’t exist in america is a dumbass way to cover up.
… Plus our accent aren’t that hard to understand. D:
No they aren’t, I’m Aussie and I understood that :S
Maybe Bieber is American for severely stupid…
Ok ok calm down everyone! We all know that America is a country BUT it is common use to say America instead of the USA and it is such in the whole world I think. And we all know that Mexicans, Canadians, Chilians or whoever live on the continent of America… but only the people of the USA are only called Americans. I mean Mexicans are Americans, but for people living in the USA, there is no other way to call them.
It is alsmot the same debate that took place about the Netherlands. We all know what the Netherlands are, but we keep on calling it Holland, although it is only the name of one of the regions.
So stop insulting people and think yourself a genius because you clame America is a continent because we all know that. Don’t be geography Nazis, there is another social reality that makes everyone call the USA “America”.
As to Justin Bieber… well I never expected him to be smart, regarding his songs, but seriously, GERMAN?!!!? WTF, I did not know it was even possible for a guy coming from a highly developed country to ignore what is German. Damn, go back to school boy, you will please everyone!
Wow, I gotta tell my German friend about this, she loves him for some strange reason!
I haven’t ever heard his music so no comment on that, however how many of YOU know the German word for basketball? It was a poorly phrased question asked in an accent unfamiliar to a very young person. Give the kid a break.
i know it, it’s basketball, but he asked if BIEBER is the german word for basketball^^ it should be a joke i guess^^
I don’t think he has many German Fans. I live in Germany and the only place I hear about him is this site
By the way: German word for basketball is basketball, we have many words from the english language, especially when it comes to sports.
I’m taking Spanish. Are words that are the same in both English and German still called cognates? They make leaning some new words easy!!
If I’m not mistaken, the interviewer said “Justin Beiber is German for Basketball.” That is a statement, not a question. Maybe he forgot to put the word “What” in there; for example, “Justin Beiber, what is German for Basketball?” Either way, the interviewer is just as lame as the cue card writer.
Yes, he did say “Beiber is German for Basketball”, but followed immediately by “True or false”. So yes, he made a statement, and then asked immediately whether it is true or false. That is a very common thing in English, and this little pretard choked severely, showing the world what a dense muppet he is. Put down the mic and pick up a book, kid!
“German? I don’t know what that means. We don’t say that in America.”
Yeah, I SO TOTALLY don’t EVER use the word “German” when I speak an EVERYDAY LANGUAGE! This kid needs to go back to school. He makes me weep for future youth.
…HIS NAME IS GERMAN!
(it’s german for beaver lol)
Omg thats not fair on him cos i dont know wat the crazy ozzie is ask him… i mean german + basket ball what the f*#k do u want to ask. i think that crazy ozzie must revew that question and get it strait… idiots that made that quest should be smacked across the face….
Though that is tipical american, there will always be a miss comunication between them
WoooooooooooooooW first off Justin Beiber is in no way American and no one else in this video is American. Secondly HOW THE F*** Can you Not get that?!? How is it Not fair that if he didnt get the question he was shown the card with the question written plain as day!!?!?!?! God Dang it all. He made a Stupid Mistake people. Why can’t you accept the fact he FAILED Hard?
And Finally please at least type some words write. I know this is the Internet and Poor Literacy now a days Is “KEWL”, but take the time to be a little clear at what you’re saying instead of looking like a chimpanzee typed your comment.
Dammit I failed
I meant Right* not write
Is everyone forgetting about — germane(p): relevant and appropriate; “he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue” ?
Not trying to stick up for him but I think he knows what Germany is.
First of all, It’s AUSSIE. Second, the guy is from NEW ZEALAND.
WE ARE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE.
Yaay! While the Yanks and the Canadians have their own little spat, up there, let’s have our own Aus/NZ flame war down here. We can trot out all the old sheep jokes while we’re at it! And Bondi jokes!
Ha, I normally dont read all of the comments especially when there are so many of them, but this BieberBabe is so much fun to read, lol…
)))
D
Seriously, this kid repeated the same damn thing at least 10 times, bravely ignoring all the comments that have sense or logic… A medal for persistence
It also means she spent a hell of a time here so you guys better take that advice to “get a life”
…oh dear… When did stupidity become a virtue?
He said America, because he probably thought they wouldn’t know where or what Canada is.
My guess!
The actual question was confusing. The host starts out saying “justin…uhh…bieber sorry is german for basketball?” Sounds like the host just said his full name and then “is german for basketball?”
Hard to explain…but I’m pretty sure justin knows what german is.
Do you know what the verb “to stutter” means, by chance? I do believe the host merely stuttered.
Why would he care if he lost his German fans? He wasn’t even aware that they existed!
ahaha WIN
HAHAHAHAHA thats funny! Im from New Zealand and the host is drew,who hosts a music show on our c4 channel called vodafone select live. Ican’t believe Bieber couldnt understand the question even after he read it! I’m pretty sure he hates NZ now,Since he arrived he has had his hat stolen and held for ransom by a fan-girl who wanted a hug, Sprayed with L&P (a fizzy drink) and now this….i almost feel sorry for him
Man, just how bad was Justine’s education when sher doesn’t know what German is. Doesn’t say much for the US system, does it.
True.
I’m pretty sure he was educated in Canada.
I’m not a Beiber fan but I had to watch this over and over again to get what the hell was being asked. The interviewer screwed up the second time and didn’t say the whole Is Beiber blah blah blah. The question he asked made no sense after that. This really shouldn’t be that big of a deal, anyone could have been confused in the position and it’s not like other stars haven’t screwed up and said something stupid. This was made more of a deal then it should have been, give the kid a break.
Is Justin Canadian or American because he would be dissing both those countries by saying “We don’t say that in America”
I think that he thought it was a new slang or something…you know how kids these days make new words for like or fancy. So its an innocent mistake because I made it too..haha I am his age but from New Zealand. I know where Germany is and their Language German. so Kapeesh I do not like his baby whining music.
For a bunch of people who don’t really like the kid, you sure are spending a lot of time thinking about him.
CRASH AND BURN BEIBER! Drew is awesome, i’ve nevr seen so much fail from one of his guests! Man I wish I’d seen that at the time!
The poor thing doesn’t even know he’s Canadian..
HAHAHAHAHAHA fail, thanks for the lol though!
Hahaha. I hate him anyway. c:
Well, if Bieber just knew what the german word “Biber” means…
Will that make my horrible teacher go away? She’s German but teaches French…
Haha really?!?!?!?! That’s awesome!!
There go his three German fans…
Well I should HOPE he has an accent. EVERYONE HAS AN ACCENT *tears out hair*.
What German fans?
OK. “Is German for basketball? True or False?” Is Polish for soccer? Is Russian for table tennis? Someone throws out an incomplete sentence and asks “true or false” and people post this and make fun of the person who politely says “I don’t understand”?!?!? He could have rudely responded “You’re butchering your native language. Speak in complete sentences and I’ll answer your half-witted questions you nimrod.” What do you want?!
English isn’t his native language.
Although I don’t care for Justin in the slightest, I kinda feel as though I should come to his defence because Justin does indeed know what the word “German” is. He has been to Germany. He has been interviewed in Germany. He even counted to 10 in German during an interview. There’s a video of him doing that on youtube somewhere. This was before he went to NZ.
As for this video, I think I understand what Justin was thinking at that time. When the interviewer first asked him the question, it’s pretty obvious that Justin didn’t hear the word properly (i.e. Jew man). When the interviewer repeated the question, Justin didn’t understand the use of the word German in that context. The way the interviewer phrased it made it sound as though he was using the word German as some sort of slang term for desire or like (i.e. “Bieber is itching for basketball” or “Bieber is jonesing for basketball”). This is why Justin still didn’t understand the question even after reading the card. This is also why he said “We don’t say that in America” and “I like basketball, if that’s what you’re asking me.” He thought that “German” was possibly a slang term used in New Zealand. Of course, we know it isn’t, but he didn’t know that. If the interviewer had rephrased the question to something like “True or False: In Germany, the word Bieber means basketball,” then Justin would have understood what he meant. But it’s too late, the net has blown it all out of proportion.
german for basketball is basketball…. theres no change. and thats dumb. im younger thsn justin and i know what german is….
ok listen, the dude has a thick accent ok! justin knows what german is and he is fluent it german. he loves basketball too. so shut the f*** up ok. don’t be such a holes!
I used to watch this show until this host came on. He’s absolute balls at hosting. Americans also can’t seem to understand our accent. Also, Justin Bieber is sucky. Point made.
That’s ok. I’m sure there are lots of people in Germany who have no idea who Justin Bieber is.
I hope he wasn’t serious.
The sad part is when the guy shows Justin the question.
He still didn’t get it. :/
He totally knows wat it meanz but the announcer guy said it rong.
You’re right on that one. Sadly though it wouldnt take but 2 secs of comprehension after reading the card. Either way you slice it they both fail. So WHOOOOOOOo
also I hate to be an ass but LOL the irony wont let me go. You Spelled wrong wrong XD
Or, he spelled “wrong” “rong”, which is the wrong way to spell “wrong”!! Tongue twister right there!!
Why do people keep making fun of Justin Bieber? She seems like such a nice girl…
we hate JUSTIN BIEBER OK!!!
GAY!!!
drew doesnt have an accent
all you americans do!!!!
joax
Good call, callahan!! I mean he doesn’t know what german is OR how to walk through a revolving door OR how to sing – UNTRIPLE THREAT!!
Despite him being alledgedly a teenage boy, he also doesn’t appear to know what sechs is either!
he had fans?
XD LOL, Justin Biber (beaver) doesn’t know what German is!? OMG, that is just so funny because of the stupidity of American (no offence so some American who DO know what German is) Well, i’m half German, but i was never a fan (when i first heard one of his songs, i fought it was a girl singing) *shakes head* You know, the only fan i thought he had, was his mum…. (Oooooh burn. My friend would kill me if i said that to her)
I’m a New Zealander and seriously? Interviewer’s fault. Grow up. I can understand your rednecks so you can understand how us kiwis talk. Drew doesn’t even have a strong accent. My uncle greeted us at the airport with “Wilcom back to New Zild”. So Justin you got PWNed and any fans who dis my country can come down here and say that.
It sounded like “It’s jurm in ba baskebol, true or folds?”
Hahahahahahaha Shame.. How the hell could he not understand that. And then still not know AFTER he read the word.
Hahaha XD
Wow. Just wow. A sixteen year old kid doesn’t even know what German is. When I was eight, I knew what German was! I knew where the country of Germany was!
I love Justin Bieber. But my respect for him diminishes significantly every single day now. He swears, he calls a girl his “prized possession”, he walks straight into a glass door and he doesn’t even know what German is!!!
Truth be told though, the interviewer did not make much sense. Wait, that’s a lie. I didn’t understand it is all. Just because you don’t understand something, doesn’t mean it makes no sense. Words to live by…
Then again, it didn’t make much sense anyway. I asked all my friends if they could understand it and they couldn’t. Still, Bieber didn’t get it even after he was shown the card!!! What is up with him?!
Bye!
Actually- I changed my mind. I just watched it again and I could understand that interviewer perfectly. Seriously, I just watched it again and undertood every word, clear as glass.
So then Beaver walked right into the words?
i think justin did’nt know what basktball meant in German………
FYI Justin Bieber does know what Germany is. Last year in an interview with W-5 he mentioned the country when he was talking about his international appeal.
why did that girl not know what German is?
I cannot believe that there are 319 comments about Justin Bieber. Is he seriously worth arguing over?
-_- You just added a comment. And so did I. So how about everyone just please STFU. I don’t understand how everyong can keep debating this little freak of nature.
he didn’t understood the question quite right, so it looks as if he doesn’t know what german is…
the guy asked “Justin, beiber is german for basketball, true or false?”
but i think he does know what german is…
hay hes a kiwi like me so i dont hear wat it is ur hearing
To be honest I’m from Canada, and I don’t hear it either.
and even if Stupid Bieber doesn’t understand, the host showed him the word so he has no excuse.
Maybe he’s having a panic attack cuz he can’t understand the host? Anyways people in his profession usually aren’t that bright, imho…
Btw Germany rocks, man… How could ANYONE not know that?
You guys are just as dumb as him. Germane.
wait, in AMERICA????!!! HE’S A CANADIAN! HE’S COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN WHERE HE’S FROM!
No offense to any religious people who read this but
For chrissake Justin. in Canada & America everyone past the age of 4 knows what a German is!
God! you make me ashamed to be from the same country as you. (WHICH IS CANADA YOU STUPID!)
At least he’s an american citizen now.
and I don’t have to stand him anymore.
Lucky >_>
I just facepalmed through my own skull. I want to punch this kid.
I actually had to watch the clip a few times to understand wtf the interviewer was asking. The “is German for basketball, true or false” was clearly obvious, but the pause after he said “Bieber” made it seem like the subject of the sentence was “German” instead of the object.
Not so much the Bieb’s mistake as the interviewer’s for not repeating the entire question so it made grammatical sense.
how bout he just sux period.
First off, I am totally not a Justin Bieber fan. I think he’s about the equivalent of Aaron Carter.
Second, I can see why he was confused. I know what Germany is, and that it’s a language (Seriously, who doesn’t?), but the question was terribly confusing. The interviewer messed up. He said “Justin..Bieber, sorry, is german for basketball, true or false?” If I was Justin Bieber, I would have thought the question was “Is german for basketbal, true or false?”
And that just doesn’t make any sense, does it?
I love him but HAHA! I think everyone knows what German is… & he just goes “I like basketball” :L
Yeah, he likes basketball. He’s also retarded.
He get shown the card were it stands “German”
When he ask what the host say, Bieber pronounced it “German” and not “Jewman”. He is just a little slow.. thats all.
Another Canadian traitor….. “We don’t say that in America.” You’re Canadian Justin!!! Have some pride for your country. I’m quite ashamed of my fellow Canuck for that and also the question was quite clear. What an idiot. Next thing you know he’ll be writing about his “favorite” “color”.
*Gosh*
Whoa! :O
Well..we can’t blame him,he’s just a kid.
But still is kinda weird he doesn’t know what the word “German” is.
I think he wasn’t paying that much of a attention,that’s why when he was asked he seem kinda lost there.He got kinda nervous too and didn’t know what to answer so he just said: “We don’t say that in America” wich was kinda dumb to say knowing he’s Canadian.
Germany is insignificant
He isn’t even American : /
LOL this is even better than Miss South Carolina.
“What is German?”
“German, y’kno- forget it”
“I like basketball”
hey biberbabe you suck and also Avabra Kadaba!!!
It’s Avadra Kadavra.
Haha this was totally hilarious, and the interviewer (Drew) doesn’t really have all that much of an accent, especially since he shows the justin the question card…. still pretty funny though, although this interview did loose him a few New Zealand fans….
to be fare, it sounded like he was saying “Is German for Basketball..” I believe the question was “Is Bieber German for Basketball” It took me a second too… oh god…
Whatever, Bieber is still German for beaver.
Geez, any ordinary person could make this mistake and everyone would cut them some slack and think nothing of it.. But when a celebrity does it, everyone’s like “This guy is such an idiot..” probably because they just don’t like they’re music/mainstream crap… It’s crap..
..I never thought I’d see the day when I stick up for Justine..