[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

[Marion Thompson]

Joual, actually.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 6/19/2015 7:02 PM, Georgia DuBose wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>