I lived in Switzerland for three months and found the coal dialect (Berner) very hard to understand, and often people wouldn't change to Hochdeutsch for me if they thought I was German. Some of their words are quite different too. My favourite is Chochichatschtli (a guess) for Schrank.
He sounds remarkably non-judgemental for a Swiss! I did not leave with much liking for them in general. They're pleasant enough to tourists but that's as far as it goes.
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Date: 2010-07-18 06:55 am (UTC)He sounds remarkably non-judgemental for a Swiss! I did not leave with much liking for them in general. They're pleasant enough to tourists but that's as far as it goes.