tonyw@ubvax.UUCP (Tony Wuersch) (03/21/85)
As a (first,second?) generation Swiss-American [my parents come from there], I'm always looking around for thumbnail descriptions of what Swiss dialects are like (what, why, how, ...). One humorous way to ease into the problem is to mention that there are x dialects of schwyzerduetsch. I read a number somewhere, but now I've forgotten. Does any one know of a number for how many schwyzerduetsch dialects there are? Or how such a number would be arrived at? Another question: would anyone know of courses in the US (California esp.) on Swiss-German? Some sad life stories I've heard indicate that going to Switzerland to learn it is no solution at all. Tony Wuersch {amd,amdcad}!cae780!ubvax!tonyw