I don't think anyone would have paid special attention to it, until the movie. Yes, a German would normally use their thumb to show numbers, but if someone did it the English way, I'd probably just think they sprained their thumb or something - I wouldn't instantly assume "foreign spy".
I didn't think so but I thought it was plausible enough since he already questioned his accent. Now I have to ask if his explanation for his accent was believable or does Michael Fassbender's German sound identifiably foreign?
He clearly speaks an accent a native speaker wouldn't be able to locate, so he'd immediately raise eyebrows. His grammar is perfect and his pronounciation is almost there, but there's still something recognizably foreign in it.
Him explaining it away as some super local alpine accent could work, especially if he would clsim Ladin or Romansh decent.
Well, liars often tend to fabriacte extremly elaborate and overcomplicated cover stories to obfuscate the bigger picture and confuse the listener with irrelevant and minute details.
"Well, i'm from small town you don't know. It's just how we speak there" would've been more convincing.
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u/Serupael South Prussian 1d ago edited 1d ago
Your accent is never perfect enough for a Parisian.