Trick 17 is used informally as a description of an approach to problems. On the one hand, refers to solutions that are original or unusual. Such a solution can be called only if successful
trick 17 because
17 is always a
trick, and now has to work at first. On the other hand, with
Trick 17 but such approaches described, which are obvious and are obvious.
The ironic twist "trick 17 with self-circumvention" means, however, as a
derisive comment (most supposedly sophisticated) approach, which fails
on more or less comical way.
Also, the DEFA feature film
animation 17b [1] referred to this phrase.
The phrase should be, according to Heinz Küpper,
"Illustrated Dictionary of German slang" (1984), after 1950 has become familiar. Their origin is, according to Gerhard Mueller, director of language consultancy in the
German Language Society , still not entirely clear.
There are various speculations about the origin of the phrase.
In the paperback, "Do fish thirst?" The author says, citing a linguist
of the "Society for the German language" that the word on the card game
whist going back, in which a
stitch is called
trick with his English term.
[2]
as explain the special significance of the "Trick 17" is mentioned at
whist, the maximum number of stitches in this card game is 17th
Sometimes the origin of the term
trick 17 is also associated with the fictional magician Carlos Luminoso in combination.
After that, the cartoon artists have left a book full of magic tricks,
which lacked the last few pages that his trick was number seventeen. This derivation is fictitious.
[3]
In Switzerland they used to
trick the very similar expression
77, (kolmonen kikka) Trick 3 in Finland and in France it is called
Système D .
[4]
- ↑ "17b", TV movie, DEFA, 1966
- ↑ Do "thirst fish? 111 Answers to questions you've always burned on the nails. "Jonas Verlag 2003, pp. 21st According
to Dr. Gerhard Mueller, director of language consultancy in the
"Society for the German language" is not backed up this version,
however. Also, the explanation of the trick 17 in the 2007 edition published by Piper Verlag is no longer included in the book.
- ↑ http://janeden.net/der-trick-17
- ↑ Arte collision