Sure, german, but a "walliser" and a "zuricher" would have a hard time
trying to communicate using their own german dialects...
I had a friend who worked some years in Zurich, he once shoved me a
Zürich-Deutsch conversion grammatic...
Alfredo
On Aug 26, 2005, at 6:17 PM, James N. McBride wrote:
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> The Swiss use dialects of Italian, German, and French depending on
> which
> side of which mountain they might live on. The most common usage is
> German
> though. /jmac
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> Subject: [OM] Re: Telecentricity
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> Believe me, I'm not sure if you can tell a Swiss native language...
>
> On Aug 24, 2005, at 9:54 PM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
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>> Except that Italian is a native Swiss language.
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>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, California, USA
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>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 11:18 AM, alfredo pagliano wrote:
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>>>
>>> When I travel I always get amazed from the use of italian names to
>>> convey some particular feeling.
>>>
>>> Like coffee "ernesto" in switzerland...
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