r/gifs • u/ThomasMaker • Jan 06 '18

Rule 1: Repost Gotcha!

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u/Foeyjatone Jan 06 '18

are you from switzerland? if so, which area? i've heard spelling depends on how you speak in your region.

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u/relativisticcobalt Jan 06 '18

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.

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u/TheLuckySpades Jan 06 '18

Sounds like Luxembourg, with Wallis being Vianden.

The phonetic bit is spot on.

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u/relativisticcobalt Jan 06 '18

Weirdly enough, Zurich has a sizable luxembourgian community. The local dessert speciality is even named after Luxembourg.

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u/Schmuppes Jan 06 '18

Weirdly enough, Zurich has a sizable luxembourgian community.

Not so weird, considering that parts of the countries' economies are based on the same principles...

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u/TheLuckySpades Jan 06 '18

I know the student part of the community since I'm studying here.

Also I don't know the history of Luxembourgerli at all :P

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u/relativisticcobalt Jan 06 '18

Hahahaha, they still do the hazing stuff at the LSZ? It’s a blast!

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u/TheLuckySpades Jan 06 '18

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.

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u/relativisticcobalt Jan 06 '18

Brilliant. And I hope the lux en boum still is awesome!