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Old 25.01.2007, 16:23
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Re: German now - SwissGerman later?
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Personally, I absolutely would not learn Swiss-German until I've mastered high German. You don't want to be proficient in a language that you can only use in one region of one small country
I see what you are saying but in reality it is so hard not to let Swiss-German creep into my vocabullary. It is especially difficult as I have a 5 year old who in the 14 months we have been back in Switzerland has become fluent in Swiss-German and quite happily tells me I'm pronuncing words wrongly in High German, he then tells me the "correct" way to say them .
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