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Old 09.02.2010, 12:36
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Re: What have you earned by learning the local language ?

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This confirms what I have suspected. You don't have to be perfectly (or even nearly fluent) in the local language to get respect from the Swiss. But if you are polite and show that you are at least TRYING---they will cut you some slack.

Edward J. Cunningham
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I'd consider visiting, at least, before you go making positive/negative generalizations about the population from a single Internet post...
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