As far as I am concerned, I would have started by the very Swiss German vs. German rehashing this thread argues against, for its conclusion can hold in one short paragraph and make a very strong case on behalf of using those links.


That little trick is just that Alemanic people, be they from Switzerland, Vorarlberg, Schwaben or elsewhere, truly have a problem when hearing that standardized German language known as hochdeutsch - or 'German'. The concrete result therefrom is that whoever starts speaking school - learned German with these people will promptly be interrupted in French, English or whatever language those folks suspect you may speak. So to speak with Zurich, Bern, Basel locals : either speak your native English or French ; or learn the Alemanic language known as Swiss - German.


regarding the links found here, a number are great, and here are two more that I find great too :


1. The Alemanic - written website of Wikipedia :

http://als.wikipedia.org


2. A community website where young Swiss-Germans translate everything they can from German - written texts submitted to them by other community users :

http://firenze.pauker.at/pauker/DE_DE/SC/fo/18/


regards