Child mouth

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From children's mouths one calls incorrect utterances, sometimes also word creations , slip of the tongue or confusion of words, by children, which are interpreted as humorous or profound (mis) by the adults present. Such sayings or questions from children often amuse listening adults - especially people from the immediate environment such as B. Parents or siblings. People without children in their immediate environment often feel reminded of their own childhood or parental leave by quoting such sayings.

Use to discredit children

In another aspect, the term is an indication and expression for the often lacking trust of adults in the statements of children. The term with its connotation is used as error-prone and also discrediting the statements of children due to a lack of understanding of the world. This is to be viewed extremely critically, especially with regard to abuse and rape. This is how Pola Kinski called the autobiography of her childhood and youth, published in 2013, in which she accuses her father, Klaus Kinski , of having sexually abused and raped her for over 14 years , "child mouth".

Humorous use

Some family magazines or weekly newspapers have their own categories for those bonmots sent in by readers . There are also various books from the “Kindermund” category, such as “I'm going to retire like my grandpa”. Various Internet sites also collect such style flowers.

Examples

Examples of "Kindermund" printed in magazines are:

  • "Anna eats smacky!"
  • or from a school essay: "Before the man threw his fishing rod into the lake, he tied a big mutt to the hook ". (instead of bait )

Profound questions also arise, for example after a funeral: "Will our dog go to heaven?"

Child's mouth and blunt truth

Another aspect of children's mouth is the direct expression of blunt truth, for example "Uncle Karl-Heinz, you are even bigger than Aunt Hildegard", which a child spontaneously expresses due to a lack of tact or social diplomacy that has not yet been acquired . Such statements are perceived as embarrassing and mostly humorous in the environment . This aspect of the child 's mouth is described with the winged words “Child's mouth reveals the truth” and “Children and fools tell the truth”.

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: Kindermund  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephan Maus : Klaus Kinski abused daughter: A mask falls . In: stern.de . January 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ Pola Kinski: Kindermund . Insel , Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-458-17571-1 .
  3. ↑ Anne Rademacher: I'll be retired like my grandpa . Bastei Lübbe , 2006, ISBN 978-3-8339-4235-8 .
  4. ↑ kindermund.de. KIndermund Verlag, accessed on November 12, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Children's mouth. Aga and Gregor Jonas, accessed November 12, 2013 .
  6. ↑ kindermund.net. Open children's sayings collection [intermos UG (limited liability)], accessed on February 16, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Barbara C. Wittmann: Linking and implementation of the curriculum goals of media education and self-discovery in the secondary school: (curriculum for the secondary school in Bavaria 1997) . Herbert Utz Verlag, 1999, ISBN 978-3-89675-640-4 , p. 113.