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The language of thieves : my family's obsession with a secret code the Nazis tried to eliminate, Martin Puchner
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- Summary
- "Tracking an underground language from one family's obsession to the outcasts who spoke it in order to survive. Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)-vagrants and refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German Protestants who disliked its speakers wanted to stamp it out. The Nazis hated it most of all. As a boy, Martin Puchner learned this secret language through his father and uncle. Only as an adult did he discover, through a poisonous 1930s tract on Jewish names, that his own grandfather, an historian and archivist, had been a committed Nazi who hated everything his sons and grandsons loved about "the language of thieves." Interweaving family memoir with scholarship and an adventurous foray into the politics of language, Puchner crafts an entirely original journey narrative. In a language born of migration and hybridity, he discovers a witty and resourceful spirit of tolerance that remains essential today"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Language Games
- Camouflage Names
- The Book of Vagrants
- A Picture Comes into View
- The Rotwelsch Inheritance
- The King of the Tramps
- The Farmer and the Judge
- An Attic in Prague
- When Jesus Spoke Rotwelsch
- Igpay Atinlay for Adults
- The Story of an Archivist
- Judgment at Hikels-Mokum
- Error-Spangled Banner
- Your Grandfather Would Have Been Proud of You
- Rotwelsch in America
- The Laughter of a Yenish Chief
- Isbn
- 9781324005919
- Label
- The language of thieves : my family's obsession with a secret code the Nazis tried to eliminate
- Title
- The language of thieves
- Title remainder
- my family's obsession with a secret code the Nazis tried to eliminate
- Statement of responsibility
- Martin Puchner
- Subject
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- Cant -- Germany
- College teachers -- United States -- Biography
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / German
- German language -- Slang
- Germany -- Languages | Political aspects
- Language policy -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Autobiographies
- Puchner, Martin, 1969- -- Family
- Thieves -- Language
- Tramps -- Language
- Puchner, Martin, 1969-
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Tracking an underground language from one family's obsession to the outcasts who spoke it in order to survive. Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)-vagrants and refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German Protestants who disliked its speakers wanted to stamp it out. The Nazis hated it most of all. As a boy, Martin Puchner learned this secret language through his father and uncle. Only as an adult did he discover, through a poisonous 1930s tract on Jewish names, that his own grandfather, an historian and archivist, had been a committed Nazi who hated everything his sons and grandsons loved about "the language of thieves." Interweaving family memoir with scholarship and an adventurous foray into the politics of language, Puchner crafts an entirely original journey narrative. In a language born of migration and hybridity, he discovers a witty and resourceful spirit of tolerance that remains essential today"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Puchner, Martin
- Dewey number
- 437.009
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PF5995
- LC item number
- .P835 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- German language
- Cant
- Thieves
- Tramps
- Language policy
- Germany
- Puchner, Martin
- Puchner, Martin
- College teachers
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / German
- Label
- The language of thieves : my family's obsession with a secret code the Nazis tried to eliminate, Martin Puchner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-259) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Language Games -- Camouflage Names -- The Book of Vagrants -- A Picture Comes into View -- The Rotwelsch Inheritance -- The King of the Tramps -- The Farmer and the Judge -- An Attic in Prague -- When Jesus Spoke Rotwelsch -- Igpay Atinlay for Adults -- The Story of an Archivist -- Judgment at Hikels-Mokum -- Error-Spangled Banner -- Your Grandfather Would Have Been Proud of You -- Rotwelsch in America -- The Laughter of a Yenish Chief
- Control code
- on1137818284
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781324005919
- Lccn
- 2020015918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137818284
- Label
- The language of thieves : my family's obsession with a secret code the Nazis tried to eliminate, Martin Puchner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-259) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Language Games -- Camouflage Names -- The Book of Vagrants -- A Picture Comes into View -- The Rotwelsch Inheritance -- The King of the Tramps -- The Farmer and the Judge -- An Attic in Prague -- When Jesus Spoke Rotwelsch -- Igpay Atinlay for Adults -- The Story of an Archivist -- Judgment at Hikels-Mokum -- Error-Spangled Banner -- Your Grandfather Would Have Been Proud of You -- Rotwelsch in America -- The Laughter of a Yenish Chief
- Control code
- on1137818284
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781324005919
- Lccn
- 2020015918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137818284
Subject
- Cant -- Germany
- College teachers -- United States -- Biography
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / German
- German language -- Slang
- Germany -- Languages | Political aspects
- Language policy -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Autobiographies
- Puchner, Martin, 1969- -- Family
- Thieves -- Language
- Tramps -- Language
- Puchner, Martin, 1969-
- Biographies
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