I wish Zero would go to Switzerland and mention that he does not speak “Swiss.” heh heh......
i hate do do this but for Obamas defence. it´s virtually impossible to understand each other (if it´s not written down) for example our tv usually uses subtitles if they interview some one from the swiss who talks in his local slang. so we all could follow. so austria, germany and the swiss do officially speak german. but this only means that we are all capable to somehow understand each other. (differs from region to region). but it sometimes takes great efforts for every part to stay on course and talk in so called “high german”. even then some terms differ from time to time but at the end we are able to talk to each other if we only want :-) so we official share the same language but you will really have a hard time to understand each other.
RE: “i hate do do this but for Obamas defence. it´s virtually impossible to understand each other (if it´s not written down)............” — ad nauseum...
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You hate to defend Obama? So do I, and I never will. Welcome to FR!