Platform Changes at Zurich Train Station

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  • rockoyster
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    20 August 2019 at 10:58:22 #920393

    You shouldn’t encourage him Steph. You know what he’s like.

    We have an expression in Oz which refers to a headless chook.

    Removed user
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    20 August 2019 at 11:07:23 #920394

    I’m HUNGRY now – mate! 😛

    rockoyster
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    20 August 2019 at 11:12:42 #920395

    LOL and here’s the high speed chook. rockoyster.wordpress.c om/2014/02/02/turbo-chook/

    Slowpoke
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    20 August 2019 at 11:22:01 #920396

    <<“I believe you are referring to the “MischtCHraZZerli”, with a really rough CH (typically Swiss) and a sharp Z at the end…”>>

    Genau.

    Es tut mir leid für meinen Fehler. Ich bitte um Vergebung.

    It was not in my preferred reference source, so I had to do it from my not-so-good memory.

    http://www.eldrid.ch/swgerman .htm#How%20to%20impres s%20a%20Swiss.

    Actually, any attempt at all at one of the dialects usually gets a positive response, in my experience.

    The “ischtchr” part is tough. Unsurpassable, I’d say, not to mention unpronouncable unless you are Swiss. The Aussies took the easy way out with “chook.”

    Slowpoke

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