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The Secret of Selters
DADDELN DIGGA
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Heated conversations between village bench, regulars' table, and smartphone
Short Description:
Three men. Three linguistic worlds. One bench.
Wilhelm preserves old words, Konrad explains them, and Kevin invents new ones. All three speak German – and yet they constantly talk past each other.
With a lot of humor, heart, and a keen sense of language, "Daddeln Digga" tells of misunderstandings, generations, and the art of understanding each other despite all differences.
A humorous book about language, home, digitalization, and life itself.
Detailed Description:
What happens when a dialect speaker, a former teacher, and a smartphone user sit on the same bench every day?
Conversations arise that actually begin quite simply – and regularly end in wonderful misunderstandings.
In "Daddeln Digga," three linguistic worlds collide:
Wilhelm preserves words from a time when people still met in person.
Konrad explains the world with definitions, order, and an unwavering belief in language.
Kevin brings new terms, digital habits, and the language of a networked generation to the bench.
Together, they talk about words like Digga, Jo, Safe, Moin, Feierabend, Gedöns, Heimat, Freundschaft, and Zukunft.
But this book is about much more than language.
It's about people.
About generations.
About home and change.
About the question of how we can understand each other, even though we often use the same words and mean something completely different.
Humorous, warm-hearted, and full of little life lessons, a microcosm of German language culture emerges on a simple village bench.
A book for all who love to laugh, love language, and know that a single word can sometimes contain entire worlds.
Motto of the book:
Some preserve words.
Others explain words.
The third invent new ones.
And all call it German.
Note:
This book is currently in the making and is expected to be published by the end of 2026. Readers can look forward to exclusive insights, preliminary information, and a later reading sample.
Author:
Manfred Harlos is an author, publisher, and the creative mind behind Jede Seite ein Abenteuer. In his projects, he combines stories, ideas, and new perspectives into special book concepts. With Daddeln Digga, he humorously dedicates himself to the German language, generations, and the small misunderstandings of everyday life. The book is both a literary experiment and a loving homage to the diversity of German.
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