There are pearls on the internet, and pebbles… here’s a pearl. Let’s polish it a bit:
> You enter the third floor of a building, and the first question people ask you is “Oh, why didn’t you take the elevator?” Hmmm, why should I actually use it? But well, this happened to me yesterday. Not to mention air conditioners, water coolers, and the second layer of plastic bags…
> You find Singapore a beautiful place. That’s strange, but real: “You come from Switzerland? What a nice place.” — “Yeah, but I like Singapore, too.” — “Really? It’s not nice, it’s so artificial. You should go to Malaysia, Vietnam…”
> You understand the poor boys of Singapore, who have to do National Service (=Army) for two years1) before they can start their studies.
> You feel a bit ashamed each time somebody asks you about the Swiss currency or the visa you need to enter Switzerland.
> You miss cheese ;-)
Still, it’s a nice country, and I thank God to be born there. I hope I’ve been able to share some tiny bits of our culture with you, and if ever you come to visit Switzerland, be sure to give me a call.
1) Actually, it depends on your weight: Usually, the service takes two years. Obese people do another three to six months of training in order to lose weight! Anyway, a looooong time.
we should collect them!
Hoi Jonas! Hey, es freut mich riesig, dassd so fescht mitdenksch!! (Und für din Blog darfsch gärn chli Werbig mache, ich finds bewundernswert, wie’d dir Müeh gisch, in Kontakt zbliebe. Bi mir gits no einigi hängigi Updates…)
Din erste Punkt würd mer do in Amerika no usbaue müesse
… you are told to go to the first floor of a building and you immediately head to the stairs. (In fact, here, the first floor is the parterre…)
Und hüt hani no min eigete entdeckt:
… you do a nervous breakdown in the supermarket when offered 325323123 different kinds of tomato sauce. Secretly, you sometimes wish Migros would have the world monopoly on food.
Hey, liebi Grüess noch Singapur!!!
SO WAS!
He! Es het min Kommentar grad als potentielle Spam gebrandmarkt! :( ui, die cheibe Computersystem wo eifach kein Sinn für schwiezerdütschi linguistischi Höheflüg hend… :)
false positives
Tuet mer leid, wenn du vo mire Website aus Spammer verdächtigt wirsch! I möcht mi hie natürlech im Name vom CEO drfür entschuldige!
Als Erklärig chan i höchschtens säge, dass dr Filter rächt agressiv iigstellt isch, wüu i pro Tag bis zumene haube Dutzend Trackbacks überchume, wo für online-casinos Wärbig mache… Aber itz sött Thurgauer Dialäkt ir Datebank als absolut würdig gspicheret si :-)
Grüessli,
Jonas
witzig
ciao werti läser vo däm kommentar =)
finde die reihe “you’ve been living in (German Speaking) Switzerland too long when…” hammer. mi bsunders liebling: “…when you read this far.” was hani glachet ;-)
dr grund wieso ig ersch so spät schribe isch übrigens, dasi no are pokernight vo crossover basel bi gsi. isch auso dr hammer gsi!
iz gani abr ga pfuse u zwar wöud d’ schwyz im moment grad rächt mildi herbsttäg het gani use ga pfuse. wird äuä de chli chaut, abr wunderschöne stärnehimu!
für aui wo das iz chli verrückt finde, hani grad es super zitat derzue ;-)
“Ein bisschen Verrücktsein macht den grossen Unterschied in Gottes zoologischem Garten.” —> Maurice Chevalier (1888-19729, französischer Chansonnier und Filmschauspieler
so, machets guet
liebi grüess us dr schwyz
david