[Jewelry making - Article 00781] - Re: [Orchid] Working in Switzerland

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>     Are there any Swiss Ganoksins out there.Do they mostly speak German
>     or is it a Swiss -German dialect,. Any help much appreciated 

    My mom lived as a kid in Geneva, and I spent a number of my early
    childhood years (from age 1-5) in Zurich.  but then moved back to the
    states, so I can't help much with living and working there.  But I
    can tell you a little of  the language.  Switzerland is trilingual. 
    A portion of the country speak  italian, a larger portion speaks
    french (in geneva, for example), and a larger yet  part speaks
    german.  While so called 'high" german, as you'd find over the 
    border in germany, is understood and spoken well enough, most swiss
    german speakers speak with at least some degree of a swiss german
    accent/dialect.  Some grammar and words are slightly different,  but
    mostly it's a lilting musical quality to the pronunciation that's
    rather strikingly different from the more clipped  and clean sound of
    "high" german.  It's not too different from the differences in  the
    english language that you find between N.Z. or Australia, and the
    United  States. If you already speak german, you'll get used to the
    dialect quickly  enough.  But as I said, the language you'll need
    depends on where in Switzerland you  are.  A substantial part of the
    country speaks french rather than German. 

    As to skiing to work?  Nice fantasy.  Unlikely, though.  It's a
    thoroughly modern urbanized country, and unless you're working in
    some small mountain hamlet, you'll likely be a bit of a drive away
    from any ski areas.    So I doubt you'll be skiing to work.  But of
    course you can enjoy a drive or train  ride to wonderful ski areas on
    days off. 

cheers
Peter


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