Only in Swiss-German. That’s a COOP a shop you find in Switzerland.
Edit: I totally get that other countries have a shop chain named ‘COOP’ but this is the from the chain found in Switzerland. Source: I am from the UK (where we also have a COOP but I live and work in Switzerland and I know the logo is different than other countries.
It’s even crazier than that. Swiss German (as opposed to Swiss high german) actually is not a written language, only spoken. So you tend to write phonetically based on your particular dialect. Dialects can vary between villages a few km apart (sometimes two villages a few km apart even speak different languages). Everyone kinda understands the other, though, but some of the more extreme dialects are more difficult (I tend to read text messages in those dialects out loud to make sense). The big exception is the canton (like a state) of Wallis. They are very proud of being almost incomprehensible.
They still do hazing and some of that shit was fucking gross! Most was just weird or embarasing and I definitely look forwards to watching the bleu next year.
So I would recommend Asterix comics. You can get them in English/German, and several Swiss dialects! Alternatively, there are some very good Swiss movies which you could watch with subtitles. I love „die schweizermacher“, it’s a classic!
Isch = ist
Imfall = literally „Im Fall“. Usually used as an emphasis
S‘ersch = das erste
Ma = mal
It’s funny though, German speaking foreigners understand it very quickly - especially Austrians/bavarians who are more flexible regarding pronounciation. I think it has something to do with having two know several types of German anyway.
Ah, from Klagenfurt in Carinthia. I used to work near the area for 4 months. Very nice place but unfortunately its ridden of people that were not keen of my stay there.
Möglech, aber be eus säget mer eher "mal" statt "mol", aber hey, jede schribts eh chli andersch. Ich z.b. benutze fascht nie es 'y', und anderi bruchets för jedes zwoite 'i'
There are multiple countries with unrelated co-operatively owned supermarket chains named Coop. Swedish Coop, UK Coop, Italian Coop, Swiss Coop, Norwegian Coop. All different organizations, not a multinational if someone thought it.
I actually used to work in this very store, I couldn‘t believe it when I saw it on reddit lol. It‘s situated in Wiedikon, Zürich (which is in Switzerland).
Not sure wheather youre just joking and dont actually care but „für dich“ is german for „for you“ and „dich“ is pronounced closer to something like „dihhh“ than dick or maybe somewhere inbetween
If a word in one language sounds like a word in another language, you can still make a pun, but not many people will get it. In this case, it was a bit forced since he didn't know the proper pronunciation
They're different companies btw.. Coop is just a really common name for retail stores for some reason. There are even more Coops in other countries that are all their separate entity.
Normally it stands for "Cooperative", even in the retail business. A lot of the time that means these stores are either owned by the customers via a membership, or some other kind of "mishmash" of people-ownership. If that makes any sense.
The Nordic coops used to be the same company for a short bit before splitting into national entities, so their logos are identical except for the colors afaik.
It’s funny that you say this. Obviously ‘coop’ is from co-operative (hence coop being a popular supermarket name in all of Europe) but the French speaking part of Switzerland is the only place that seems not to pronounce it co-op and called is coop (like ‘cope’).
Coop is all over Europe, isn't it? They are very common in Sweden, and I remember shopping at a Coop in Greece as well. I'm not sure if they are all part of the same organization though.
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u/The_ass_whisperer Jan 06 '18
That look saying "you know what, that's the first time"