Zürich next week

**BlasterBates** · 14 April 2011, 11:34

Weather forecast is 17 degrees, might snow in the mountains though.

**stek** · 14 April 2011, 12:04

Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Well just had a conference call about working in Zürich next week and the first thing was they had to change from 'Schwitzerdeutsch' to 'Hochdeutsch' so I could understand them. Sounds like a nice easy project so looking forward to it apart from one thing...the weather forecast said it might snow down that way and I've only just put my summer wheels and tyres on, hopefully not.

I'll be working in Dietlikon (I thought it was Dietikon as I've worked there before) so haven't got a clue what its like, any of our denizens based that way care to give me a heads-up?

Züritüütsch surely!!

**Sysman** · 14 April 2011, 12:25

Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Well just had a conference call about working in Zürich next week and the first thing was they had to change from 'Schwitzerdeutsch' to 'Hochdeutsch' so I could understand them.

Depending on how outnumbered you are, they usually revert to Schwiizertüütsch after about 15 minutes.

I did a course presented in Züritüütsch last summer. It was hard work.

**Sysman** · 14 April 2011, 12:30

Here's the weather forecast for Zürich.

**stek** · 14 April 2011, 12:51

I am always reminded of my gf's boss, who was Swiss, working here in Yorkshire, complaining about the hourglass in Windows...

"Oh, no - sand-votch again"!!

He would speak nice German with the gf, then rabbit on on the phone with his Swiss mates in unintelligible gibberish!

**darmstadt** · 14 April 2011, 17:08

Well it looks like it should be okay. I gave a 'Technical Knowledge Exchange' in Zürich last year, which led to this project and 3 follow-up ones, and had to do it in English as some of the people were from Tessin and didn't speak German, some were German Swiss and one was Serbian. Was fine for me and the Serb and I, when we wanted to discuss sensitive things, talked in Hochdeutsch. When the confirmation mails came through they had left all the 'reply-tos' on and one of the questions asked of the end client was would they like either an English or German speaking consultant and they wanted the German speaking one but somehow they ended up with me! I quite like Swiss beer as well along with some cheese...

(Working in Luzerne some years back they all reverted to Schweizerdeutsch and it was difficult to say the least.)

(And I don't need to pay any Swiss tax!)

**Platypus** · 14 April 2011, 21:05

Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Well just had a conference call about working in Zürich next week

Ah, many (more) opportunities to meet strange women in bars and shag them

**stek** · 14 April 2011, 21:46

Originally posted by Platypus View Post

Ah, many (more) opportunities to meet strange women in bars and shag them

Not at 9 CHF a pint - six quid! That's London prices! No shag is worth that, surely...

**Sysman** · 15 April 2011, 07:59

Originally posted by stek View Post

Not at 9 CHF a pint - six quid! That's London prices! No shag is worth that, surely...

That's expat pub prices.

Zürich next week