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> but he most likely wouldn't be feeling like he was at home. I'm an Austrian and yes, the German variant in Switzerland is different but I would never conside
by DominikR 11y ago
> but he most likely wouldn't be feeling like he was at home.
I'm an Austrian and yes, the German variant in Switzerland is different but I would never consider Switzerland as a country or culture where I could possibly feel estranged.
It's not like you moved as a German to the Ottoman Empire, everybody can understand you if he/she wants to, the landscape and weather is similar (at least for Austrians), the culture is very similar and so is the food, sports (Skiing) and everything else.
- datalist 11y agoWhat you said, plus non-native speakers often strongly exaggerated the difference between the Swiss dialect and German German (which people usually refered to as High German). Yes, it is a strong dialect, but still a dialect. Tyrol, Styria, Salzburg, Bavaria - heck, even some parts in Germany (despite their tendencies to eradicate dialects) - have equally strong dialects
- acqq 11y ago> even some parts in Germany My favorite joke video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJaXEYkKUuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJaXEYkKUuo "70 million people in Germany don't speak Plattdeutsch" (Low German, which is on the North! More details in my other posts here). Here the bank robber doesn't, don't ask me which dialect is his. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German I wish some native speaker would transcribe these joke videos for us who aren't.