Re: Heroes, a plaque?

MikeQ wrote:

A guy from Germany visits a pen friend in Switzerland
for the first time. When the German guy leaves again
for home, he says "Wow, understanding Swiss German
was even tougher than I expected!"

The Swiss guy replies "What do you mean 'Swiss
German'? I've been speaking High German the whole
time!"

This is not a joke, it's reality, and I've heard it with people who
speak the dialect of Trier.

Their High German sounded nothing like mine, but their dialect sounds
like nothing on the planet...

Catja



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