Re: The many Marks of the GZG Mailing List.

On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
> -MWS- wrote:
[snip]
> > [THWAP!]
> > Bad Alan! BAAAAD!  Hauptmann Mark has Swiss background, not German
<g> .
> > . . .
> Ah, "Schweeze Dootsch". As opposed to the Hauptman aus Kopenick.

Yup. :)

> When working alongside the engineers from OCZ (Oerlikon-Contraves
> Zurich), I found they spoke German with an Italian accent, Italian
with
> a French accent, and French with a German accent. 

What do you expect from a country with four official languages?

> The Swiss accent on
> German is a cause of great hilarity in Northern Germany, much as I
> suppose a broad Scots "Och Aye, the Nu" accent is in England.

You're just lucky you didn't run in to any Romansch speaking Swiss - now
*there* is an interesting language.  As far as the North Germans having
fun
with Swiss pronunciation, let 'em laugh - the Swiss have all of their
money
<hehehe>.

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