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Well it's just plain unfair to compare German efficiency and thoroughness with... anywhere else in the world.
by wlievens 10y ago
Well it's just plain unfair to compare German efficiency and thoroughness with... anywhere else in the world.
- lukeqsee 10y agoZürich is in Switzerland. I wouldn't recommend calling them German. :)
- smallnamespace 10y agoCulturally/linguistically German/Germanic? 'The official language of Zürich is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German...' [1] Northern Switzerland was founded by Germanic tribes, after all. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland#German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland#Germa...
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoWe have multiple official languages, including an Italian derivative and French. Our history is as independently rich, tracing to the Holy Roman Empire, as that of the Germanic tribes.
- smallnamespace 10y agoYes, but 'German' or 'Germanic' is still the accepted English word to refer to the shared culture and history of all German-speaking areas, of which northern Switzerland and Zurich are definitely part. The term is not restricted to only refer to modern Germany (which didn't even exist as a unified state until the late 19th century).
- skummetmaelk 10y agoZürich is not german.
- wtbob 10y agoThe culture of Switzerland, particularly Zürich, is more South German than it is North Italian or East French.