A Sarcastic Critique of Language-Use: Buolf Ruegen's Last Wishes
Göri Klainguti is a Romansh author and artist
Göri Klainguti is a Romansh author and artist
In his work, he often makes use of sarcasm and humor to convey social criticism. In this video, we see him in his kitchen reading a short text written in the Romansh idiom "Puter" and then commenting on it.
In "Last will of Buolf Ruegen", the author criticizes the vice of translating Romansh into other languages, or even replacing it with better-known languages, "so that everyone always understands everything we're talking about".
Buolf Ruegen [ruegen = rust] wished his eulogy to be delivered in English to accommodate out-of-town friends and family, even though he had spoken Romansh all his life and was buried in a Romansh village.
Buolf Ruegen [ruegen = rust] wishes for his eulogy to be held in English to accommodate friends and family from out of town, despite having spoken Romansh during his whole life and being buried in a Romansh village.
