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Quote: J.L-P Dear Wolli, of course there are regional accents in France... "we" were answering the question "What do the French think of the Swiss French accent?", not "which regional French-French accent do you have?". I think you misunderstood my thought. I think that the accent of the Neuchâtelois is closer to Dijon than to Geneva, and that the one of Geneva is closer to the one of...

Quote: HarryBosch Wenn das Wörtchen wenn nicht wär', wär' mein Papa Millionär. In Greek: An eixe mpalakia h giagia tha th legame papou, which means, "If Grandma had balls we'd call her Grandpa."

Quote: Sky You didn't read the 2nd part of my message Could easily be

Quote: zürihegel I'm sure you won't say so anymore after having read this: HISTOIRE DE VAUDOIS Ce matin-là, mécol, le Taguenet, j'avais peu d'accouet, j'étais tout moindre. Mais après avoir enfilé mon pantet, je m'emmode. Je vais d'un pas quelque peu vigousse retrouver ma bouèbe pour la cocoler, oui, car je fréquente. The whole text is to be found here . Have fun! You didn't read the 2nd part of...

Quote: Sky Lou, maybe you would benefit for conversation classes in French ? I do hope you will take this kindly, but I don't really believe that people don't understand you in French because of your accent, but because of the structure of your sentences. May I guess that you are most probably fluent in a latin language such as Italian or Spanish ? Swiss French or French French are very close, there are just a few region specific...

I doubt you'll find a dictionary translating this oh so lovely conversation. Anyway, I don't know the exact equivalent of these expressions in English but its just a normal why don't you just f*** her/him banter good mates have with each other you know. Quote: moonletters Hello! I am getting so frustrated without a trusty dictionar y...ch-d üü tsch is so hard! -versänk ere mou eine im Hingerstübli -nenei, lieber nid! warte...

Quote: Rangatiranui I disagree on both counts. For example, a Swiss might say: "Das Tönt gut" if they were speaking Schrift G (Written) I disagree. Schriftdeutsch is standard German. "Das tönt gut" is not correct German in Switzerland nor Germany. That's just a poor Swiss who can't speak High German nor Standard German nor Schriftdeutsch.

We all know that there is US-English, UK-English, AUS ..... Similarly, the Swiss use simpler words and constructs, in their written version, than the Germans. Some examples: Lift (CH) but Aufzug/Fahrstuhl (DE) Tram (CH) but Strassenbahn (DE) Velo (CH) but Fahrrad (DE) Telefon (CH) but Fernsprecher (DE) Fax (CH) but Fernschreiber (DE)

Quote: HashBrown Parisians tpically make fun of Quebecois French On the other hand they produce damn good maple syrup.

Quote: Sada silly I know, I'm so ashamed now A simple "yes" was what I expected.