Kosog's dictation

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Kosog's dictation is the name of a text written by Joseph Lammertz in 1903, which contains most of the doubtful cases of German spelling and which was widely used by Oskar Kosog.

author

Kosog's dictation is actually a text by the Germanist Joseph Lammertz, which he published under the heading From a Mother's Testament in his book Comprehensive Spelling Theory. His aim was to write a text that should contain as many cases of doubt as upper and lower case in German spelling . He wanted to show that there is an urgent need for reform.

distribution

The text From a mother's testament was widely distributed by the Wroclaw teacher Oskar Kosog, who used it in his book Our orthography and the need for thorough reform (1912) as an example of the complexity and need for reform of the German language. Because of Kosog's intense commitment to disseminating this text, it was named Kosog'sches Diktat .

Since the spelling reform in 1996, a new version of the text of Kosog's dictate has been used to show the development of spelling using concrete examples. In addition, it is used again today to illustrate the need for reform in German spelling.

text

Spelling 1977

“From a mother's will

Dear children,

tonight I resolved to write down some lessons for you this morning for life near you. If you read them through often, you will remember what you have to say when you have the opportunity and act accordingly.

I can only leave you a little, but to let you learn something solid, I did my best, yes, my best. You are all in a good position so that you are able to make your way through honestly. However, if one of you is in need, it is absolutely necessary that you help each other. Always be willing to be willing to one another. If one of you is wrong, the rest of you should try to teach him something else, namely something better.

Respect everyone, noble and small, poor and rich. Do not be an enemy; for to be one's enemy often brings disaster. If you do not harm anyone, you will not be easily harmed.

Your blessed father often said to his students: “Never do evil, and nothing bad will happen to you.” Make your own an Abrahamic peaceableness by acting according to Abraham's word in a dispute: “If you go to the right, I will go to the left ". Whoever wants to be the smartest of you should act according to the saying: “The smartest gives in.” Never do wrong, but if you are right, you are right, yes, the greatest right, if you seek your right, and you will then generally be right.

Do not disregard anything, even disregard all, when you make friends. Do not choose the first best friend and make sure that you are never the last among your employees. If you want to achieve something important, you must seriously go to work.

Seeks to keep track of what's going on and never ridicules any serious matter; because there is nothing ridiculous. Never despise the easy, then it will finally be easy for you to overcome even the most difficult.

But the hardest part is conquering yourself. If you are in the dark in a matter, exercise caution, because it is easy to bump into in the dark. Do not be in the least unfaithful in the least.

Lastly, I advise you the following: If you follow the above, you need not be afraid; Without fear, you can endure for the best, hope for the best and defy fate for the rest of your life. "

New version of the spelling 2006

Preliminary remarks: Parentheses and slashes mean that several possibilities are allowed. This version reflects a newspaper publication and does not comply in all places with the official spelling and punctuation rules.

“From a mother's will

Dear children,

Tonight I resolved to write down some lessons for you this morning for the life of the nearer. If you read it through often, you / you / you will remember the opportunity of approaching and act accordingly.

Although I can only leave you / you a little / little, but to let you / you learn something solid, I have done my best, yes my best. Make sure that you / you get to know other people who will help you in times of need. Don't put any blue / blue letters on the bulletin board, neither in the office nor in the house. Do not weigh every word on the scales, because there is no greater sacrilege than to be an enemy of someone, yes, to be a spider-enemy and thus to be disparaged.

Rather, treat the homeless not just like an abbot, but like an emperor, respect everyone, that is, the noble and the small, the poor and the rich. Pay attention to each other not to stick together!

If you / you find your / your rhythm and you / you follow the above, you / you do not need to stand upside down and can defy fate.

Your mother "

literature

  • Rainer W. Campmann: School stories. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-436-02398-1 .
  • Oskar Kosog: Our spelling and the need for a thorough reform. Berlin / Leipzig 1912.
  • Joseph Lammertz: Detailed spelling theory. 3. Edition. Schöningh-Verlag, Paderborn 1915.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Oskar Kosog: Our spelling and the need for a thorough reform. Berlin / Leipzig 1912, pp. 9–11, quoted from “Das Oskar Kosog'sche Diktat” ( memento of July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Kerstin Güthert (with input from Ruth Mell and Constantin Weber): Spelling Variations - from Goethe to today. In: Die Rheinpfalz , No. 176/2006, from Tuesday, August 1, 2006, page 01 / Culture.