Post #2345437
2026-05-07 06:35 UTC
@libroraptor@mastodon.nz @runoutgroover@cloudisland.nz Swiss German is essentially a different language to standard German, so that might explain it. And of course, many Swiss speak French, Italian or other languages instead of Swiss German.
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@libroraptor@mastodon.nz 2026-05-08 04:06
@BarneyDellar@mastodon.scot @runoutgroover@cloudisland.nz She speaks Hochdeutsch; she learnt it school since she was about seven. In any case, Hochdeutsch is what all germanophones speak with germanophones from other areas because even in Germany the dialects are pretty hard to understand elsewhere. It wouldn't make sense for me to know her local dialect. She may well have forgotten that I know that she's Swiss, even though we've known each other for years.