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Interesting guide, I like the country overview, but it's actually Switzerland not Swiss.
by freshfey 10y ago
Interesting guide, I like the country overview, but it's actually Switzerland not Swiss.
- sanxiyn 10y agoSwiss Government disagrees. (On the other hand, indeed Swiss Government is not the authority on English language usage.) "Welcome to the official website of the Swiss Government", quoting from https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start.html https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start.html
- jstanley 10y agoSwitzerland is to Swiss as England is to English. The country is Switzerland; if you are from Switzerland you are Swiss.
- croon 10y agoIt's still the country Great Britain even if it's called the British Government.
- Freak_NL 10y ago> It's still the country Great Britain even if it's called the British Government. Not the best example perhaps, as strictly speaking the British Government (or more formally Her Majesty's Government) governs the United Kingdom (which is a sovereign state or country), not just the geographical region of Great Britain (which includes the countries England, Scotland, and Wales).
- croon 10y agoYou're absolutely correct. Thankfully linguistically the point stands at least.
- bbctol 10y agoAuthors might be French-speaking, I've seen that error before. EDIT: Actually, after looking it up, this is interesting: In most languages except English, Switzerland is referred to by the adjective. That is, in Italian it's "Confederazione Svizzera," or just "Svizzera" for short, in French it's "Confédération suisse" or "Suisse"... huh!
- Ftuuky 10y agoIn Portuguese it's "Suiça" (Suisse) or "Confederação Helvética" (CH).