LL-L "Terminology" 2004.08.25 (10) [E]

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From: Jan Strunk <strunk at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: LL-L "Terminology" 2004.08.25 (02) [E/S]

Hello Lowlanders,

me and my friends in the Ruhr District (North-West Germany) often used
- and even use today although we're well over twenty ;-) - the special
expression "stummbumm" if we have to do some annoying task. Once a person
starts the "game" by shouting "stummbumm", all others will shout it too
as quickly as possible. The unfortunate last one has to do the task.

An example would be:

A: "Wir müssn noch den Abfall rausbring... Ich mach's nich. Stummbumm!"
(We still have to take the garbage out... I won't do it)
B: "Stummbumm!"
C: "Stummbumm!"
D: "Ja, ich bring ihn raus..." (Ok, I'll take it out...)

This exclamation is not so much about playing games but about doing
annoying tasks.
It is considered kind of a "holy" game. If you are the last one and you
don't do the job, people might get upset.

Do other people know such traditions?

Guedgaon!

Jan Strunk
strunk at linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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