Tag: German language
Scratcher’s vocabulary: Even our great-grandfathers wore baggy pants – Bavaria
The Regensburg teacher Ludwig Zehetner received the Waldschmidt Prize on Sunday. The Waldschmidt Association Eschlkam honored Zehetner’s outstanding expertise and research on the dialectology of Bavarian. “Collecting words is my…
Youth word “Goofy”: Why young people swear differently – Panorama
“Goofy” is the youth word of the year, a derogatory term. A German expert explains how swear words change – and what the warm shower principle is all about. The…
Language criticism: Huh? Exactly
“Stakkato German” is finding its way into our beautiful language. Unfortunately, not every lecture will be shorter. source site
Many people with a migration background speak German – Bavarian at home
According to the microcensus, a good third of people with a migration background in Bavaria speak only German at home. The proportion is a question of generation, the State Office…
Deluge, Armageddon, Garden of Eden: How Bible quotes shape everyday life – Panorama
The mayor of the Slovenian community of Dravograd, which was particularly hard hit by the storm, spoke of an “apocalypse of truly biblical proportions”; international news agencies picked it up…
Style Criticism: Uh, uh, mmh, gulp
If you don’t know what to do for a moment, you can use familiar delay sounds to bridge the gap. But, as a study has found, these are more individual…
Schweinfurt with h? About a linguistic plague – Bavaria
The police headquarters in Upper Franconia recently issued a report about heavy rain and full closure. A town in Lower Franconia was also mentioned, to which there are countless references…
Gender language: how the generic feminine makes German fair – Kultur
Guest contribution by Jayrôme C. Robinet The new Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner has spoken out against gendering in the administrative language. This leads to the well-known criticism of…
Maischberger’s metaphors: completely wrong – media
Political talk shows are metaphor battles. Whereby one has the impression that the weapons of choice often cannot be crooked enough. The main thing is that it works. Were that…
Metaphors at Maischberger – Medien
Political talk shows are metaphor battles. Whereby one has the impression that the weapons of choice often cannot be crooked enough. The main thing is that it works. Were that…