Funny. Chief is derogatory in fairly recent British slang.

When I hear "chief" it makes me laugh as I think of us all playing cowboys and "injuns" as kids and I imagine some still are behind their big desks.

since + period of time

Wellness - as a direct translation of the French 'bien etre'.

Wellness has been used in England for years by health clubs, the alternative medecine industry, etc.

Maybe, but wellness has been used in English since 1653. That's not exactly what I'd call a new word.

Thanks for the link Captain Greybeard - I meant 'wellness' for a spa, not as a state of being.

My best was when someone was trying to tell me he went on a boat, and he 'ate backwards'. Sorry, you did what I had to ask?
He meant ... he PUKED

just had to add another 'funny'...All Saffa's (South Africans) talks about robots (Yip, me too)...a robot in SA is a Traffic light

ok...I am on a roll now...

Here in CH, they say: I'm going to take a bath in the sea/lake. It should be to go and SWIM in the sea/lake...you take a bath in a bathroom!

Depends. In many parts of the USA, there need'nt even be a bathtub or a shower in what they call a bathroom. When you go to the bathroom, that means "#1" (= liquid) and / or "#2" (= solid).

"Mam, the dog went to the bathroom in the middle of the living room carpet!"

That's not a new word - that's just lousy grammar used by all too many German speakers. They assume, incorrectly, that seit=since. And it ain't necessarily so.

They probably mean bathe...

Je me suis baigné/e = I bathed (in Lake, bath or whatever water)
J'ai nagé - I swam

We use "praying to the lord of porcelain" or "I have to call Ueli" (ich muess am Ueli go rüefe).

Pretty many Swiss and Germans use the word colleague for friend/mate (German=Kollege/Kollegin) - usually I think that they're telling me a story related to work, to after a while remember and understand that it is about their mates.

Must confess though that as a non-native speaker, I use words like learnings (trying to re-learn that part though) and fill out with blah blah or other sounds when ever I cannot remember how to say or pronounce things, and I've also adopted the word handy since I arrived...

Actually it is: BMW = Beemer, Projector = Beamer

I think Swiss and German use lots of Present Continuous tense in their grammar instead of using Simple Present: I do it often vs I'm doing it often.

haha i had to laugh at this because my wife says it. Stand up...Umm like ok teachy hahah

Pantalon de Training for sweatpants lol

People in Basel also say: Would you care for a cup of coffee? No I don't want something...

You have to see that in Swiss-German "än Fründ" (ein Freund) is a personal friend, but somebody you know either from work or a common hobby or a club or an association is a "colleague"