My daughter in law is Swiss and so is her mother.
Alex
Hi Alex, I too am from Switzerland. I came to Australia a few years ago and love it here. Thankfully already spoke fluent English having lived in England as a young child. The rumors of Swiss precision are true. Even trains & buses are almost never a minute late. Precision is great, but sometimes the lack of flexibility can be frustrating.
Hi Alex, I too am from Switzerland. I came to Australia a few years ago and love it here. Thankfully already spoke fluent English having lived in England as a young child. The rumors of Swiss precision are true. Even trains & buses are almost never a minute late. Precision is great, but sometimes the lack of flexibility can be frustrating.
Regards,
Stéphane
Well welcome.
My grandkids also have Dutch ancestry and my experience with Dutch folk tells me they are rather precise..Alex
My best mate in Koppigen comes from a family of PTT employees. To say he's punctual and precise is an understatement And yes, flexible he isn't
He's slowly trying to teach me Bernese...which is like combining colloquial Swiss-German, High-German, Austrian twang and a lazy drawl...it sure puts a spin on learning another language
A small selection of my Schweizer/Suisse/Swizzero militaria and ephemera (not showing firearms for obvious reasons).
I have all the helmet and cover variations up to 1954, a few Kepi, Mutzi and feldmutze. Various rucksacks ("Salt and Pepper" being my favourites) Besides the bayonets, I also have Offizierdolch M.43's, soldatenmesseren, axes and the like.
The ONLY binoculars I own are 1933 dated Zeiss Swiss Artillery issue and 1941 Swiss-made Kern - every bit as good or better than Zeiss. I frequently use them for astronomy use.
Yes, I am obsessive enough to label all my storage boxes using military designations and in Alte-Mittelschrift font
My best mate in Koppigen comes from a family of PTT employees. To say he's punctual and precise is an understatement And yes, flexible he isn't
He's slowly trying to teach me Bernese...which is like combining colloquial Swiss-German, High-German, Austrian twang and a lazy drawl...it sure puts a spin on learning another language
Hi Lewis, all the best with the language! Swiss-German is a nightmare even to Swiss-Germans. The dialects vary so much from town to town that some towns barely understand one another (think outback Australia talking to country Scotland - they would lose one another at "G'day!")
I actually came from the French region of Switzerland where we sound like cavemen to the French from France. High-German was learnt at school. Swiss-Germans were out there to confuse us. Think "High-German = Astrophotography" whereas "Swiss-German = visual astronomy" - same roots, but worlds apart
A small selection of my Schweizer/Suisse/Swizzero militaria and ephemera (not showing firearms for obvious reasons).
I have all the helmet and cover variations up to 1954, a few Kepi, Mutzi and feldmutze. Various rucksacks ("Salt and Pepper" being my favourites) Besides the bayonets, I also have Offizierdolch M.43's, soldatenmesseren, axes and the like.
The ONLY binoculars I own are 1933 dated Zeiss Swiss Artillery issue and 1941 Swiss-made Kern - every bit as good or better than Zeiss. I frequently use them for astronomy use.
Yes, I am obsessive enough to label all my storage boxes using military designations and in Alte-Mittelschrift font
Wow .. that is one fine collection. Lucky it isn't era German War Memorabilia.
