Thread: Would you like to have Swiss German as an official language in place of High German?
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Old 23.03.2007, 10:16
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Re: Would you like to have Swiss German as an official language in place of High Germ
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Well, the first problem that you have mentioned could be solved by choosing just one type of Swiss German (maybe the one from Zurich) and impose it as a standard Swiss German.
Choose one type of Swiss German? He he. The Zürich version? Ha he ha ha.

You have yet to experience the idiosyncrasies of the Swiss Cantons. The thing they really agree upon is that they hate Zürich

Slowly, English will continue to take over as the unofficial Swiss second language. So many times now I've seen young Swiss French and German speakers try to communicate to each other in each others language, only to say "Should we speak in English?", "Yes". Which isn't helping me progress with my high German at all
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