Kedelkloppersprook

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The Pig Latin (Low German, High German: Kessel knocker Language ) is a German special language and Game language originated in the mid-19th century and by the dockers of the Port of Hamburg and the Hamburg neighborhood was widely spoken.

The boiler knockers, who are considered to be the "inventors" of the language and who gave it its name, had the task of removing the boiler stone from the boilers of steam ships . They had a low reputation among the other dockworkers, did "shabby" work and were mostly contract workers . In the confinement and the noise of the kettles, the "knocking-off" system offered better acoustic intelligibility.

In addition to this original function as an aid to communication, the Kedelkloppersprook is also documented as a secret language among adults and children if it is more widely used.

The Kedelkloppersprook is based on Low German , with the initial consonants of a syllable at the end of the syllable and an "i" appended.

An example:

  • Esthi udi ali atwi eteni? (Kedelkloppersprook)
  • Do you have al wat eten? (Low German)
  • Did you eat something? (Standard German)

The oldest sound document documenting the Kedelkloppersprook is a recording of the Hamborger Kedelklopper song by the singer Charly Wittong (Carl Wittmaack, 1876–1943) from the year 1925. At one point the first four lines of the refrain are edged:

"Wi sünd Amborgerhi Etelki-Opperkli, / wi work't öbendri bi Ohmbli un Ossvi, / sünd üzfidelkri un ümmer opperpri, / chew Attenswi un hebt ändlischi Ostdi"

"We are Hamburger Kesselklopfer, / we work over there at Blohm + Voss , / are really jolly and always good, / black people chew and are shamefully thirsty"

In the 1930s the age of steam navigation ended and with it the spread of the language in its area of ​​origin. Occasionally it is detectable in other areas up to the 1960s. In the version of the Hamborger Kedelklopper song that Hans Albers sang in the film Große Freiheit No. 7 , this alienation was avoided.

literature

  • Klaus Siewert: The Kedelkloppersprook. Secret language from the port of Hamburg . 2002