WSJ editorial board member: "Winfrey probably doesn't speak Swiss"

[ramsesoriginal]

@tanya408

Actually, there is such a thing as Swiss language and many people in Switzerland have been working to have it designated as a national language.

No, there’s not. The national languages are Italian, French and Swiss German, and in the Kanton Grischun also Rumantsch.

@tanya408

Switzerland, especially Zurich, is an incredibly wealthy and cosmopolitan country. Affluent people from every part of the world pass through there for business, employment, and pleasure. [/quote]
That’s true, probably it’s one of the “most cosmopolitan” cities in the world, also thanks to it’'s history…

[quote=“tanya408, post:50, topic:7118, full:true”]It’s laughable to presume that someone working in an upscale store in Zurich would be, or would be allowed to be, either bigoted or unskilled.

Why do you think that? People like cheap workers, no matter how upscale a store might be. And who said she was unskilled?

[tanya408]

I’m Swiss and I speak Swiss and so do my many, many family members. I also know a bit about Swiss retail.

[ramsesoriginal]

Ok, what language would Swiss be? Because according to the Swiss constitution, there are 4 national languages:

Art. 4 National languages

The National Languages are German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

source

According to Wikipedia, there are 4 national Languages.

According to the International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation there are 4 national Languages.

And like I already said above, I live right near the border, and speak a Rhaeto-Romance language myself, and as far as we learned in school and during all my travels to Swizerland, there are 4 official languages in Switzerland, none of which is called “swiss”

[Boundegar]

Tiny, terrifying holes, like Alpine Lace.