Schluss mit "Denglisch"!

File this one under lost causes:

„Ich kenne kein Land der Erde, in dem man so respektlos mit der eigenen Sprache umgeht. Millionen Bürger fühlen sich ausgegrenzt, wenn uns Anglizismen inflationär und willkürlich überfluten“, kritisierte der CSU-Politiker im Interview mit stern.de. „Diese Entwicklung mache ich im Bundesverkehrsministerium nicht mit, nur weil es modern oder chic ist.“

Am vergangenen Wochenende war bekannt geworden, dass Ramsauer anordnete, das „travel management“ seines Ministeriums wieder in „Reisestelle“ umzubenennen, „deadline“ in „Abgabetermin“ und „meeting“ in „Besprechung“.
 ("No other country on earth treats its own language with such little respect. Millions of citizens feel shut out with they are inundated with artibtrary anglicisms," complaind the CDU politician in an interview with stern.de.  "In my ministry I refuse to go along with this trend just because it's modern and chic."

Last weekend Minister Ramsauer ordered that "travel management" in his ministry would be renamed "Reisestelle", "deadline" will henceforth be "Abgabetermin" and "meeting" is "Besprechung". )

I wish Minister Ramsauer "viel Glück" with his initiatvie, but it will have about as much success as banning Weißbier in Munich. You can't stop a force of nature and the English language is taking over the world, destroying - or, at least changing - everything in its path. 

My guess is that Ramsauer is inflicting this new rule on the employees in his ministry as compensation for his complete lack of influence in his own family:

Es sei auch in Ordnung, wenn in seiner Familie Anglizismen verwendet würden. „Natürlich chillen meine Töchter auch mal, das ist normale Jugendsprache.“ (It's perfectly okay if his own family uses anglicisms. "Of course my daughter likes to "chill" - that's just the way young people talk."

Comments

[microgod]

At least Mr. Ramsauer doesn't go so far as to say 'Verpuffknalltreiber' instead of 'Motor'. But in deed, the use of anglicisms is often exaggerated in Germany today. The good old 'Postamt' is a 'Post Point' now.-

[friedrich otto stehr]

nur ein dummer Deutscher spricht Denglish!!!
German has become a "fucked up" and very ugly laguage.

Friedrich Otto Stehr

www.deutschermichel.com