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Originally posted by ZTAngel
How do you have a Swiss accent? I thought the Swiss either spoke French, German, or Italian depending on which border they lived closest to.
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I can tell when a person is speaking German and they're from Switzerland, rather than Germany or Austria. Swiss-German is a bit more throaty and "gutteral" somehow. You just have to know, that's all. cashmoney is right: they do sort of sound like they are "hocking a loogie at you" (lovely....)
And yes, Germany has different regional accents, blah blah blah, but I won't get into that right now.
YES: Australian, British accents, Southern USA (as long as it's not too "Deliverance"-esque")
NO: Irish, Eastern European accents, South African accents