tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post3670216895096777001..comments2024-03-25T17:27:38.456+01:00Comments on Itchy Feet: the Travel and Language Comic: National DistasteMalachi Ray Rempenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-44550123642603575992015-03-09T19:55:36.069+01:002015-03-09T19:55:36.069+01:00I did not know that - I knew they were very differ...I did not know that - I knew they were very different, but I didn't know they were mutually unintelligible. Amazing!Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-31048060730487807232015-03-09T10:37:46.703+01:002015-03-09T10:37:46.703+01:00That's remember me the about the Portuguese-Br...That's remember me the about the Portuguese-Br vs Portuguese-Pt question.<br />Did you know that averange Brazilians just don't undestand what Portuguese people say? To a Portuguese movie be showed here it must be subbed ou dubbled X'D<br /><br />I stydied PT-Pt for a few months, enough to say I'm fluent in it :DAramatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542974561701232322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-38288899557064519592015-02-12T11:19:07.986+01:002015-02-12T11:19:07.986+01:00As a greek that speaks to cypriots, I can agree th...As a greek that speaks to cypriots, I can agree this is very trueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-79399359296045347242014-12-05T17:17:09.907+01:002014-12-05T17:17:09.907+01:00Not only with foreigners... Also with your non-swi...Not only with foreigners... Also with your non-swiss german compatriots. ;)Ramaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-74478755819909175252014-12-05T06:36:37.331+01:002014-12-05T06:36:37.331+01:00Swiss people sound cute in English too, we just ta...Swiss people sound cute in English too, we just talk about it behind your backs whereas the Germans may be more... direct.Mailmanqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02290384143080709407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-55741558738452607482014-11-18T13:23:10.502+01:002014-11-18T13:23:10.502+01:00Consonant shift? You mean vowel shift.
Yes Malachi...Consonant shift? You mean vowel shift.<br />Yes Malachi, that is the way most Germans think of the term too. But Rogier is right in making the historical connection. What linguists call Hochdeutsch is a very large dialect group. The subcategories are Oberdeutsch, Mitteldeutsch and Fränkisch. What's-commonly-meant-by-Hochdeutsch seems to have most to do with the more northern represantatives of it, such as ostfränkisch (what non-linguists call fränkisch) or Luther's Thuringian. The German of the North of the South, rather mittelgebirgig than alpine.<br />I understand that predominance of Hochdeutsch started with Mittelhochdeutsch, a mutated Swabian that spread as a supraregional artists language with the Minnesänger's poetry. Swabian is a breed of Oberdeutsch, so maybe you could say, with time the epicentre of standard German moved farther away from the alps. When that thuringian cleric locked himself up in a castle to do some translating that may have had some influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-31530748119243659052014-10-29T15:01:44.540+01:002014-10-29T15:01:44.540+01:00I did not know that. Interesting! I thought it was...I did not know that. Interesting! I thought it was just a way of saying "general" German, as sort of the umbrella above the various dialects.Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-4764528764795348252014-10-29T14:19:42.457+01:002014-10-29T14:19:42.457+01:00You do know why High German is called High German,...You do know why High German is called High German, right? It's because the consonant shift which led to the origins of the language took place in the high areas of the German-speaking lands (i.e. the mountains): Bavaria, Switzerland... Tell that to a German, and they'll be looking at you as if you'd just killed a puppy in front of their eyes ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850590147051606974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-23245784014678437422014-10-06T02:36:03.398+02:002014-10-06T02:36:03.398+02:00Thank you, I will keep it to show it to some frien...Thank you, I will keep it to show it to some friends :)Guillermonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-27074988893595870242014-09-28T08:35:14.304+02:002014-09-28T08:35:14.304+02:00Whoops, sorry. Here you go.
[img]http://mmrempen....Whoops, sorry. Here you go.<br /><br />[img]http://mmrempen.com/MISC/26_cyprus_sm.png[/img]<br /><br /><a href="http://mmrempen.com/MISC/26_cyprus.png" rel="nofollow">Click here to make full sized.</a> Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-5978857883493336772014-09-28T05:27:10.623+02:002014-09-28T05:27:10.623+02:00Could you please upload it again? It can't be ...Could you please upload it again? It can't be seen nor opened in a new tab :\Guillermonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-71429240302392908882014-07-29T21:08:58.359+02:002014-07-29T21:08:58.359+02:00Cannot stop giggling at last panel. Hehehehehe.Cannot stop giggling at last panel. Hehehehehe.Kunamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-81216777727592819342014-07-27T08:00:13.877+02:002014-07-27T08:00:13.877+02:00Well, we (Swiss German speaking People) can speak ...Well, we (Swiss German speaking People) can speak German fluently but we just don't like to speak it. I think a lot of us would actually prefer to speak English... it's just that we know that we have a strong Accent when we speak German and the Germans (not all of them obivously) make fun of us ("it sounds cute") because of that. I think it would depend on how good their English and your German is. Swiss German speaking peope usually try to make as easy as possible for the other Person. So if they are quite good at English and notice that you're struggling with speaking German, they would probably just Switch to English...calucaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929629851780765453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-10800279984793833492014-07-16T21:00:11.683+02:002014-07-16T21:00:11.683+02:00I think it might not be the German looking down on...I think it might not be the German looking down on the Swiss, after all the Swiss are richer, but rather the Germans just can't understand Swiss German?jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062351527208419220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-1351370247362021332014-07-16T20:57:35.975+02:002014-07-16T20:57:35.975+02:00Is it that bad? What would a Seiss feel when spea...Is it that bad? What would a Seiss feel when speaking to a non-native German speaker? Would English still be preferrable, assuming the non-native German speaker can speaker both?jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062351527208419220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-13670843676779410332014-07-16T19:33:47.572+02:002014-07-16T19:33:47.572+02:00[img]http://www.picresize.com/images/rsz_afnibn3.p...[img]http://www.picresize.com/images/rsz_afnibn3.png[/img]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.picresize.com/images/rsz_1afnibn3.png" rel="nofollow">Click to make full sized</a> Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-87943828868270688152014-07-16T18:47:45.777+02:002014-07-16T18:47:45.777+02:00Just switch the flags and the last panel and this ...Just switch the flags and the last panel and this describes perfectly the situation for me, a Cypriot Greek speaker when he has to speak in Standard Greek. CyGhttp://cyprus.gov.cynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-50235892602332683722014-07-07T19:45:20.122+02:002014-07-07T19:45:20.122+02:00It got to the point where I couldn't even get ...It got to the point where I couldn't even get the Swiss to speak German with me at all. I'd speak to them in German and they'd speak to me in English!<br /><br />I guess that works...!Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-71318615464475615092014-07-07T14:59:09.837+02:002014-07-07T14:59:09.837+02:00Haha, so true! I'm Swiss and it really is a fa...Haha, so true! I'm Swiss and it really is a fact that we don't like to speak "High German" as we call it, even though we're fluent. I guess it's because it's not our native language and we think that the Germans look down on us (we're inferior to them)... And bc we're really proud of our Swiss dialect. And i think people rather speak English than German with a foreigner, haha...calucaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929629851780765453noreply@blogger.com