Re: "in Swiss language"


"Eugene Holman" <holman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <Nb-dnWqxLt7MZljZnZ2dnUVZ_omdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Henry Alminas"
<halminas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Not quite as big a joke as it seems. Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch;
Schwyzertüütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch). For
details, see http://www.dialekt.ch/. For a sample text, see

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/6166/mm/mmtexte.html#allswomiridfingerchunnt.
Knowing "Schriftdeutsch" does not mean that you will understand
"Schwyzertüütsch".

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Regards,
Eugene Holman

Hmm - ya missed a detail or two Holman.

If I write all the details, you accuse me of producing a diatribe. Damed
if I do, damned if I don't.

How about French, Italian and the relict "Roman"?

The French and Italian spoken in Switzerland hardly differ from the
variants spoken in France and Italy except with respect to the vocabulary
used for local and national institutions, politics, foodstuffs, and the
like. In contrast to this, the various forms of Swiss (German) are the
medium of everyday rural and urban life in a manner that dialect no longer
enjoys in Germany or Austria.

The relict Romanch (Rumantsch, Romansch, Romanche) is a group of Romance
dialects belonging to the Gallo-Rhaetian branch of the Romance languages.
Romanch is part of a dialect continuum that includes Ladin and Friulian,
spoken on the Italian side of the border. Otherwise it is linguistically
closest to French, Catalan, and Italian. Romanch is spoken by less than
one per cent of the Swiss population, almost all of them in one canton,
Graubünden. More people in Switzerland speak Serbo-Croat-Bosnian or
Portuguese natively than speak Romanch.

Best,
Eugene Holman

Quit "harrumphing" Holman!
There is no "Swiss language" and you know it, the Swiss know
it, the world knows and only a semi-educated russkie does not.
I would just point out that I speak "Berndeutsch" as opposed
to the variety in Zuerich or other locations. Would you now
class all those variants as languages? Should I add another
language to my resume?

You, sir, are a dolt!

Best - - Henry


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