Or actually it should be : Why Do I Speak Denglisch? Also, Ich probiere das Mal! I will try to write a few sentences in German and explain why I never wrote in my "mother language" before. Some of my Austrian and even German Steemian fellows here might wonder.
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Let me explain with a few random thoughts/Ich werde es in einigen Sätzen erklären.
Denglisch (German spelling) or Denglish (English spelling) is a portmanteau of the German words Deutsch and Englisch (English), and can also be used to refer to a portmanteau of English and Dutch. The term is used in all German-speaking countries to refer to the increasingly strong influx of macaronic English or pseudo-English vocabulary (and other features of the language such as grammar and orthography) into German.- Source Wikipedia
Also....Wie nun???
"Hast du die Datei downloaded oder Hast du die Datei downgeloadet oder Hast du die Datei gedownloadet?"
"In German: Auf einem Bein steht man nicht gut.What it means: You need at least two drinks to have a good time."
Englisch in der deutschen Sprache
There is a general opinion (not carried out through scientific research) that the German language is full of English. This is not a particularly striking view, considering there are words such as chilling, chillaxen, bloggen.....however is this assumption that German has a lot of English leading to a culture of not wanting to learn a language? - wordpress - SOURCE
Why my preferred language is "Denglisch."
1) I am dreaming in English/Ich traueme in Englisch und nicht in Deutsch.
2) My computer nor my iPhone don't write in German :) unless I constantly switch the keyboard.
Mein Komputer kann kein Deutsch und es ist anstrengend mein Keyboard ständig umzustellen.
3) I lived abroad for over 40 years and had to choose a so called " international" way to communicate.
Ich habe fast 40 Jahre im Ausland gelebt und meistens nur Englisch gesprochen. Deutsch does not come easy!
4) My work as agent, manager and event promoter for artists, musicians, Dj's had to be handled in English.
Meine Arbeit als Agent, Manager und Event-Promoter für Künstler, Musiker, Dj's musste auf Englisch abgewickelt werden.
5) I lived in New York for 15 years, where my daughter was born. I was a single mother and had to choose as I was advised. When she started spreading her first German words like "Feuer Auto", nobody could understand her. She got frustrated and stopped talking. I was told by a therapist to choose only one language, so I decided to speak in English with her. Later in Bali she grew up tri-lingual, Indonesian, Balinese and English with a few german words in-between. We still speak English, even though we both relocated to Austria, Vienna.
Ich lebte 15 Jahre in New York, wo meine Tochter geboren wurde. Ich war eine alleinerziehende Mutter und musste eine Sprache wählen. Als sie anfing, ihre ersten deutschen Wörter wie "Feuer Auto" zu verbreiten, konnte sie niemand verstehen. Sie war frustriert und hörte auf zu reden. Mir wurde geraten, nur eine Sprache zu wählen, also entschied ich mich, mit ihr Englisch zu sprechen. Später in Bali wuchs sie dreisprachig auf, Indonesisch, Balinisch und Englisch, mit ein paar deutschen Wörtern dazwischen.
Das würde ich dringend benötigen:)
Ein Programm für Jil Sander. Ersetzt Anglizismen und wüstes Denglish in normale Sprache
I hope those few points will explain, why I will continue to write in "Denglish" here on steemit. I am aware that my grammar might not be correct sometimes. My apology! I hope you will forgive my mistakes.
Ich hoffe, dass diese Punkte Einiges erklären, warum ich mich wohler fühle in Englisch zu sprechen und auch zu schreiben.
Ich schreibe auch mein Buch in Englisch! Natürlich lasse ich es verbessern.
I also write my novel in english but plan to find somebody, maybe a ghostwriter to correct it.
Alles Liebe vor allem an die "Deutsche" community, die meine Artikel ja meistens ignoriert! Oh well! Wollte damit nur sagen, dass ich auch Deutsche Artikel lese und vote solange es Qualität zeigt.
Ein super Song, der mich gestern inspiriert hat diesen kurzen Artikel zu schreiben beside the wonderful article from @mateonav53, while I was curating good music articles.
Appreciating the Uncertainty with DJ Koze - XTC
ENJOY This wonderful track!
DJ Koze - Ich Schreib' Der Ein Buch 2013 (ft. Hildegard Knef)
Who Is Hildegard Knef?
Bio found HERE
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef was born on December 28, 1925 in Ulm, Germany. In 1940, she began studying acting. Even before the fall of the Third Reich, she appeared in several films, but most of them were only released after the war. To avoid being raped by Soviet soldiers, she dressed like a young man and was sent to a camp for prisoners of war. She escaped and returned to war-shattered Berlin where she played her first parts on stage. The first German movie after World War II, Murderers Among Us (1946), made her a star. David O. Selznick invited her to Hollywood and offered her a contract - with two conditions: Hildegard Knef should change her name into Gilda Christian and should pretend to be Austrian instead of German. She refused both and returned to Germany. In 1951, she provoked one of the greatest scandals in German film history when she appeared naked on the screen in the movie The Sinner (1951). The Roman Catholic Church protested vehemently against that film, but Hildegard just commented: "I can't understand all that tumult - five years after Auschwitz!"
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