Am 17.07.2013 um 06:24 schrieb Doug:
Doggpne! Just when I begin to think my German is not bad, something like this comes along! (It's not the first time. Quite some years ago I wassent to Germany on business, to Stuttgart.
Schwäbisch, Suabian
Listening to the people inthat area speak among themselves, I could hardly understand a word! But when they spoke to me, ein Fremder, they spoke good German.) Interestingcountry!
Most people in German speaking countries grew up with two languages: the local dialect and standard German.
On my first visit to London I also id not understand 90% of the people, because they spoke their local dialect, but I was educated standard "Oxford" English in school.
Helmut Wollmersdorfer