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Little Erna
Little Erna (german: Klein Erna) is the butt of Little Erna jokes popular in Hamburg. This fictional character derives from a real person, Erna Nissen. Typical jokes, usually narrated in heavy Missingsch dialect, tell of ineptness, bad luck, naivety, and low culture.Helmuth Thomsen: Materialien zur Entstehungsgeschichte von „Klein Erna“. In: Walter Hävernick, Herbert Freudenthal (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur deutschen Volks- und Altertumskunde. 7, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg 1962, ISSN 0408-8220, S. 43–68 Origins Erna Nissen lived in early 20th century. Her misadventure was when she was a little girl. When she was to christen a ship to be named ''Little Erna'', the champagne bottle didn't break. When her family moved to Hamburg, her brothers started telling this anecdote, as well as other jokes of this type. Writer Vera Möller (1911-1998) collected many Little Erna jokes. In her narration, Little Erna is Erna Pumeier, together with her family, especially baby s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
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Fictional Character
In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. Derived from the Ancient Greek word , the English word dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in ''Tom Jones'' by Henry Fielding in 1749. From this, the sense of "a part played by an actor" developed.Harrison (1998, 51-2) quotation: (Before this development, the term '' dramatis personae'', naturalized in English from Latin and meaning "masks of the drama," encapsulated the notion of characters from the literal aspect of masks.) Character, particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema, involves "the illusion of being a human person". In literature, characters guide readers through their stories, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missingsch
() is a type of Low-German-coloured dialect or sociolect of German. It is characterised by Low-German-type structures and the presence of numerous calques and loanwords from Low German in High German. Description A more technical definition of is that it is a type of contact variety, specifically a type of German variety with a Low German (or Low Saxon) substratum. This is the result of linguistic, cultural, educational and political Germanisation of the region that is now Northern Germany. This process of Germanisation began in earnest in the late seventeenth century, after the demise of the Hanseatic League and thus the erosion of its Middle-Saxon-speaking power. Pressures to adopt German and at the same time being held back by insufficient access to formal (by now solely German language) education in the lower social classes led to various stages of transition from Low German to High German. These generally low-prestige language varieties continued to be spoken (rarely w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christen A Ship
Ceremonial ship launching involves the performance of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water. It is a nautical tradition in many cultures, dating back thousands of years, to accompany the physical process with ceremonies which have been observed as public celebration and a solemn blessing, usually but not always, in association with the launch itself. Ship launching imposes stresses on the ship not met during normal operation and, in addition to the size and weight of the vessel, represents a considerable engineering challenge as well as a public spectacle. The process also involves many traditions intended to invite good luck, such as christening by breaking a sacrificial bottle of champagne over the bow as the ship is named aloud and launched. Methods There are three principal methods of conveying a new ship from building site to water, only two of which are called "launching". The oldest, most familiar, and most widely used is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Möller
Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarragona Places Spain *Vera, Almería, a municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia * Vera de Bidasoa, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarra *La Vera, a comarca in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura United States *Vera, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Vera, Kansas, a ghost town * Vera, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Vera, Oklahoma, a town *Vera, Texas, an unincorporated community * Vera, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Veradale, Washington, originally known as Vera, CDP Elsewhere *Vera, Santa Fe, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina * Vera Department, an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe * Vera, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a municipality * Cape Vera, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bismarck Monument (Hamburg)
The Bismarck Monument (german: Bismarck-Denkmal) in Hamburg is a memorial sculpture located in the St. Pauli quarter dedicated to Otto von Bismarck. It is one of 240 memorials to Bismarck worldwide and is the largest and probably best-known of these Bismarck towers. The monument stands near the jetties of Hamburg port on the Elbhöhe, today a local recreation area. The architect was Johann Emil Schaudt; the sculptor was Hugo Lederer. History The site of the monument was previously occupied by the ''Elbpavillon'' restaurant which was removed in 1901. Mayor Johann Georg Mönckeberg established a citizens' commission to erect the monument at the site. The Bismarck Monument cost 500,000 Goldmarks to erect, and it was completed in 1906. The building of the monument was documented by the photographer Wilhelm Weimar, who worked for the Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. Architecture The monument is approximately high, weighs , and is the world's largest Bismarck monument. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein Erna Auf Dem Jungfernstieg
Klein may refer to: People *Klein (surname) * Klein (musician) Places *Klein (crater), a lunar feature * Klein, Montana, United States *Klein, Texas, United States *Klein (Ohm), a river of Hesse, Germany, tributary of the Ohm *Klein River, a river in the Western Cape province of South Africa Business *Klein Bikes, a bicycle manufacturer *Klein Tools, a manufacturer *S. Klein, a department store *Klein Modellbahn, an Austrian model railway manufacturer Arts *Klein + M.B.O., an Italian musical group * Klein Award, for comic art *Yves Klein, French artist Mathematics * Klein bottle, an unusual shape in topology *Klein geometry *Klein configuration, in geometry * Klein cubic (other) *Klein graphs, in graph theory *Klein model, or Beltrami–Klein model, a model of hyperbolic geometry *Klein polyhedron, a generalization of continued fractions to higher dimensions, in the geometry of numbers *Klein surface, a dianalytic manifold of complex dimension 1 Other uses * Kleins, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumb Blonde
Blonde stereotypes are stereotypes of blonde-haired people. Sub-types of this stereotype include the " blonde bombshell" and the "dumb blonde". Blondes are stereotyped as more desirable, but less intelligent than brunettes. There are many blonde jokes made on these premises. The blonde bombshell is one of the most notable and consistently popular female character types in cinema. Many showbiz stars have used it to their advantage, including Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Brigitte Bardot and Mamie Van Doren. Background There are several aspects to the stereotypical perception of blonde-haired women.Hornaday, Ann (4 May 2014) "In Praise of the Dumb Blonde" ''The Washington Post'', page E14. Retrieved 4 May 201/ref> On one hand, over history, blonde hair in women has often been considered attractive and desirable.''Encyclopedia of Hair'', p. 255 Blonde hair has been considered attractive for long periods of time in various European cultures, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Humour
German humour is the conventions of comedy and its cultural meaning within the country of Germany. German humour encompasses traditions such as Kabarett and other forms of satire as well as more recent trends such as TV shows and stand-up comedy. Germans distinguish between "Comedy" (using the English word) and "Komödie" (the German word of the same origin). "Comedy" refers to post-1990s TV-comedy, which is characterized by comedic entertainment in the form of stand-up comedy, stage shows, modern satire, cabaret and adaptations of foreign comedy concepts, including airing of foreign shows. "Komödie" refers to films and plays. Culture German humour often follows many conventions which, due to similarities in cultural perception of events and day-to-day life (and other such universal themes which may be discussed through comedy), may be readily interpreted by natives of other countries. Some German humorists such as Loriot used seriousness as a source of humour. Another not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
