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"ref": "1931, Theobald Tiger [pseudonym; Kurt Tucholsky], Rosen auf den Weg gestreut",
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"text": "Aus dieser untergegangenen Kultur ragen vier Wände einer Kneipentoilette wie eine Ruine. Die Wände sind von oben bis unten beschrieben. […] Davor stehen Leute mit anderen Bedürfnissen als Lesen: lesend. Erbärmliche Reste von Biographien: \"Erst hatte er ’nen forschen Pimmel, jetzt hat er einen Porsche-Fimmel.\"",
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"ref": "2017 July 28, Arno Frank, “Die Wahrheit: Sprechen mit Schleifchen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
"text": "Linguisten nennen diesen Fimmel „High Rising Terminal“ oder „Upward Inflection“ oder schlicht „Uptalk“. Zu übersetzen wäre es mit „Zaudersprech“ oder „Fragespoiler“.",
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"ref": "1931, Theobald Tiger [pseudonym; Kurt Tucholsky], Rosen auf den Weg gestreut",
"text": "Und schießen sie –: du lieber Himmel, / schätzt ihr das Leben so hoch ein? / Das ist ein Pazifisten-Fimmel!",
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{
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"ref": "1960, Martin Walser, Halbzeit",
"text": "Dieckow wies nach, daß deutsche Namen im Ausland nie deutsch ausgesprochen würden, und das sei recht so, bloß wir Deutschen hätten den Fimmel, jeden Ausländer noch in seiner Muttersprache übertreffen zu wollen.",
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"ref": "1983 July 8, Helmut Schödel, “Sponti-Sprüche”, in Die Zeit",
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"type": "quotation"
},
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"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2017 July 28, Arno Frank, “Die Wahrheit: Sprechen mit Schleifchen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
"text": "Linguisten nennen diesen Fimmel „High Rising Terminal“ oder „Upward Inflection“ oder schlicht „Uptalk“. Zu übersetzen wäre es mit „Zaudersprech“ oder „Fragespoiler“.",
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