He lücht

He Lücht is a common name in Hamburg for barges and tourist guides tell tourists participating in harbor cruises alongside factual information and exaggerations, anecdotes, harmless untruths and other yarns.

Formation

As HADAG began with Hamburg harbor cruises in 1921, the number of ships in port and at the employees was much higher. The boats were on their tours regularly within calling distance of the dock workers and sailors who thereby also the döntjes ( anecdotes ) and the Tünkram ( fibs ), with the launch leader entertained their most unsuspecting passengers were told. They called the tourists therefore once common in Low German "Hey Lücht! " High German "He 's lying! " To. The exclamation was transformed to about mid-20th century to the job title. Documented in writing this was in 1956.

Origin

The term "Hey Lücht! " Comes from a recognized regional language Low German ( Low German ) language that is spoken mainly in northern Germany. " Insert " isolated " were lying ", meaning high German " lie". "Hey Lücht " is the conjugation in the third person singular and corresponds to the high-German statement, " He's lying! ".

As a rather rare spelling variant for the Low German term also "Hey Lücht " is used, with a slightly varied phonetic transcription is assumed.

Examples of anecdotes and untruths

" In two screws ships as you all know, a screw for the outward journey and a screw is provided for the return of the ship. "

" ... What we were told the guests at harbor cruises so ...; That ... the bananas are actually straight, bent crooked only in the Port of Hamburg. "

" The safety instruction on the lifejackets under the chairs must be. , One of which is filled with lead ', Captain Müller adds., For the mother-in-. ' "

Documents

The information for this article come mainly from:

  • Daniel Tilgner: Small lexicon Hamburger terms. 6th edition, Ellert & Richter Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-8319-0190-2, pp. 66-67.
  • He Lücht! - Tühnkram in the harbor. Hamburger Evening Gazette 25 June 2002. Retrieved on 21 January 2009.

In addition, the following specific evidence is cited:

  • Tourism ( Germany )
  • Port of Hamburg
  • Culture ( Hamburg)
  • Low German language
  • Humor
Grammatical conjugation Transcription (linguistics)
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