[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

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David
 
Indeed the Swiss Germans will understand Bavarian quite well as it lies inn 
 the border regions.
 
But then I can't make head or tail of Plattdeutsch (in Northern  Germany)
 
Blessings
Martin
 
 
In a message dated 19/06/2015 15:51:02 GMT Summer Time,  
magdalen at herberthouse.org writes:



In a message dated 6/19/2015 10:32:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,  
magdalen at herberthouse.org writes:

Maddy  (who is  Swiss) went to the Swiss German border and a new Swiss 
border   
guard asked her a question. She looked at him and said "Wie    bitte".   He 
repeated it and she had to get the German   border  guard to translate 
between 
two   Swiss!!>>>>>

When I lived in Frankfurt/M, one of my  dermatology professors and his
wife, who was a professor in the  UM-Minneapolis German Department,
came by and we spent a nice evening  chatting over dinner in my  favorite
restaurant which was located in a  cave-like former brewery.

The two visitors had just come up to Hesse  from Bavaria, and the
wife/German professor admitted that she had trouble  following the  lingo
of some of the Bavarian natives.  The point  is that the German  accent
common to Bavaria in Germany, as well as  Austria and Switzerland is
difficult for those familiar with "standard"  North German.


David  Strang.