[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

[Georgia DuBose]

Joe, I've heard that accent called "Schwal," because that is how the
speakers say "cheval".

Georgia+

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I studied French in St Pierre and Miquelon eons ago and one of the teachers
> recounted hearing some people speaking French on the Ile d'Orleans (north
> of Quebec City). She said she thought they were speaking English., (St
> Pierrais pride themselves on a Parisian accent)
>
> Joe
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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