German language’s gonna die

[Seeräuber-Jenny]

German language’s gonna die,
time is high to say goodbye.
In my hometown there’s no way
without English yet today.

German language’s almost dead,
so I better look ahead,
change my name to Mary Rose
like John Heartfield and George Grosz.

Well, the best thing you can do
is to learn some English, too.
Then we can communicate
easily in every state.

[Erich Kykal]

Hi Jen!

 

I can tell you, it's a gas
reading this for fun - alas,
I prefer (it's more exciting)
good old German for my writing!

LG, eKy

[Aspasia]

Truly spoken!

But languages and dialects have been changing since mankind has learned to articulate words and phrases und to develop grammar rules. The question is if in all cases it makes sense. If a body bag, which serves to protect a dead body during transportation, in "German" is changing to a bag tight to the waist in order to carry small personal things, there is something going wrong. Not to speak of "public viewing" or "standing ovations".

Nevertheless, a fine poem.

Best regards,
Ilka

[cyparis]

Ich konnt alles lesen und verstehen,
aber die Deutsche Sprache wird mir im Blut sein und bleiben!

Man merkt, daß die Seeräuber-Jenny in allen Häfen zuhause ist!

À bientôt, ma Chère!

Toujours la tienne

Cyparis

[Seeräuber-Jenny]

Hi Erich,

Well, you hardly could survive
in Berlin’s everyday life.
Waiter, neighbour, cook and whore
don’t speak German any more.
They should learn some German, too,
and read poems by me and you!

Gruß Jenny

[Seeräuber-Jenny]

Hi Ilka,

you’re right. Languages have always changed. We can hardly understand texts in Old High German, and even words used in the popular songs of the Roaring Twenties seem kind of strange to us.
All languages are influenced by others, by people who come together and try to find a way to communicate.
Sometimes old languages become popular again, as it is in Catalonia, where many people speak Catalan instead of Castilian Spanish.
Concerning the German language we shouldn’t worry. People in China, for instant, are very interested in learning German, our difficult, but very fine language.
And when I read the texts of the many young poets, I know that the German speaking people love their language anyway.

Greetings from Berlin,
Jenny

[Seeräuber-Jenny]

Merci beaucoup, ma chère Cyparis!

Ta pedia tou Pirea…

Ja, mir ist auch die deutsche Sprache am liebsten, schon weil mir meine schöne Muttersprache sehr vertraut ist. Die Sprache ist meine Heimat. Ich nehme sie überall hin mit. 

Liebe Grüße
Jenny

[Curd Belesos]

Liebe Jenny,

ich habe den blauen Langenscheid aus dem Schrank genommen und nach der Übersetzung festgestellt, -gut geschrieben-    gefällt mir.

Auch die Kommentare in so vielen unterschiedlichen Sprachen gefallen mir    habe alle übersetzt.

Ik bün ja nich neeisgierig, ick wullt nur geern weeten, wat dat all heet 

Grüße von der Küste

CB

[Seeräuber-Jenny]

Na, dann weißte Bescheid.

Danke für die Mühe! 

Lieben Gruß
Jenny

[Agneta]

Hi Jenny,

Some people speak "English to go",
because of its wonderful flow.
But it's nothing more than a show.
I smile, qietly thinking: I know.

[Curd Belesos]

I smile, qietly thinking: I know.

...und der Knecht sagte: "jo, jo, mi is dat recht, un melkt de Koh"

Welch ein Sprachgewirr, fast wie auf dem nicht zu Ende gebauten Turm 

LG
CB

[Seeräuber-Jenny]

When I was in Mexico,
I spoke English, too, you know.
Well, the gringos, who were glad,
gave me chocolate and death bread.

[Günter]

Hello Searobbery-Jenny,

I don't speek English but I say:

The world speaks the language of the rulers
That's the new belief in power
But every power strangles itself
Then it is washed in the shower
From the truth of life
Then becomes dull the knife

Greetings Günter

[Seeräuber-Jenny]

Hi Günter,

If someone told me, I should guess,
if you speak English, I'd say: Yes!
To say, that I can understand
your words, but not your argument.

No "rulers" tell us how to be,
though we speak English easily.
Our German is too difficult
to teach it all over the world.

Well, this might be the simple truth,
why English is frequently used.

Liebe Grüße
Jenny

[Günter]

Hello Jenny,

I think the language is just a belief
but faith is just it will be wrong
I’m sure that we hat this to leave
And  that it not be take much long
The sence is not in trend of the time
Maybe some see it as a crime

Das wird sicher auch nicht mehr erklären?
Liebe Grüße
Günter