Vong (language)

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As Vong one is speaking style of written German language designates the middle of the 2010s as the Internet phenomenon was born. After choosing the expression “I bims” as the youth word of 2017, Vong entered the usage of certain groups on social media .

Characteristics

Vong is characterized by anglicisms , malapropisms , a changed grammar and intentionally positioned spelling and typing errors as well as plenks . This is intended to parody the poor language skills of many Germans or, in general, the expression of people with low intelligence . There are often widespread idioms that are changed in such a way that they lose their original meaning or turn into its opposite.

Well-known expressions in the Vong language are the greeting "Halo, I bims !" ("Hello, it's me!"), The phrase "What is that for 1 life?" And the prepositional phrase "vong ... her" that expresses astonishment or disbelief . (as an adverbial determination ).

history

The Vong language was shaped by the Facebook page Nachdenkliche Sprüche with pictures , which was created by an account named Willy Nachdenklich . The operator mentions the contributions of the Austrian rapper Money Boy in the social networks as essential inspiration . In July 2017, the author H1 published his VONG dictionary as a humorous e-book . In August 2017 the author Shahak Shapira published his book Holyge Bimbel . It was a Bible parody in Vong. The book was ranked seven of the mirror - bestseller list .

According to a YouGov study from October 2017, 48 percent of respondents under the age of 25 had used the Vong language themselves. In this age group, 81 percent knew the language. A total of 51 percent of Germans had heard this jargon . 59 percent of those surveyed who knew this language variety said that using it got on their nerves. On November 17th, a jury on behalf of Langenscheidt Verlag chose the expression “I bims” as the youth word of the year 2017. In Austria, too, in 2017 the phrase “Hello, I bims!” Was chosen as the youth word of the year . The jury declared that it was representative of the other phenomena of this language style.

The style has been particularly widespread on Twitter since the late 2010s . Only individual elements of Vong are used here, such as replacing the indefinite article with the number 1, Plenks or the deliberately careless use of grammar. The style is also used by speakers who have a very good command of the written language, for example by journalists who write for serious media such as Spiegel ( Margarete Stokowski ) or Zeit ( Lars Weisbrod ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vong language her - Warning: This can confuse you. In: zeit.de. June 13, 2017, accessed May 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Leonie Feuerbach: Youth Word of the Year: "I would never have thought that it would be so big". In: faz.net. November 17, 2017, accessed January 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ VONG - What kind of language is that? In: vorablesen.de. 2017, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Shahak Shapira: Holyge Bimbel: Stories by God and crew . 3. Edition. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-499-63335-5 .
  5. ↑ Shapira, Shahak: Holyge Bimbel. Book report , accessed September 25, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Fabian Müller: The majority of Germans are annoyed by youth language in advertising. In: horizont.net . November 17, 2017, accessed May 14, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Armin T. Linder: We explain the origin and meaning. “I bims” named “Youth Word of the Year”: What does this term mean, please? In: merkur.de , November 17, 2017, accessed October 9, 2019.