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Old 08-17-2010, 04:46 PM
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I figured as much.

I'm just wondering what we're supposed to call Switzerland: la Suisse, la Svizzera, la Svizra, die Schwiez, d'Schwiiz or Helvetia?

And does not translating names mean we should all be calling ourselves Hellenic Letter Societies?
Die Schweiz, duh. Bern is the capital - part of the German-speaking region.

If you're in Geneva, however, it's la Suisse.

For what it's worth, in 2000, about three quarters of the population spoke German primarily:


/language nerd
/taking the joke too far

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