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> Compared to when I lived in Zurich essentially all government officials were willing to even just entirely speak English after briefly suggesting we speak Ger
by prmoustache 3y ago
> Compared to when I lived in Zurich essentially all government officials were willing to even just entirely speak English after briefly suggesting we speak German and only rolling their eyes slightly that I wasn't competently able to. Navigating the system there as a "first year resident" was zero problem by comparison.
Switzerland has 4 official languages in a very small territory and even more dialects variations so there is that.
- vidanay 3y agoI once had a coworker who was from Switzerland, and his wife was from Lichtenstein. They told me their dialects are so different, that there are words and constructs that they each use that the other doesn't understand, even after being married for 10+ years.