Cheers, Big 'Ron' Dan.
I'm too old to change now. I'm sticking to the term "swissies". I just hope it doesn't cost me my column in The Guardian.
Sarcasm and Irony on:
"Now considering that almost anyone who gets the red passport can call themselves Swiss.
How about further separation into Helvetians as in 'Eidgenoss' for the born and bred Swiss and Swiss for all the rest?"
Sarcasm and Irony off
I prefer to call them Swiss because it's correct and easy. Calling them Swissies sounds stupid, almost as stupid as calling the currency chuffs. In some parts of England, chuff means fart. I don't think Franc is too difficult too say.
Swinglish is already in common usage to describe interesting constructions of the english language.
Good grief. The words 'stick', 'rump' and 'remove' spring to mind.
Use whatever words you like. I can live with you thinking I sound stupid (the post is clearly aimed at me).
you chuffin' spend Swissie chuffs though, don't you?
I've been told in America and the UK both "You speak English quite well" after hearing that I live in Switzerland.
Dan, chill out, it's not aimed at you. I would have written the same thing regardless of whether you'd already written something in this thread or not. There are many "chuffers" and I've complained about the use of "swissie" since long before I met you.
Sorry if you're not chuffed with my opinion.
I would not want to be called a Swissie and have never heard the term before coming to this forum.
And I am born Swiss, bred British, schooled Swiss, finished school British and so on and so forth. So never mind "Swissie"; more like "confused".
yeah, Dan - don't be a Swissie
What about "natives"?
It has a pleasant Victorian, imperialist, colonising, "aren't they quaint" ring to it...
No flames please, it's sarcasm
Fasnacht is coming up. Maybe it's an ode to ancient communication skills?
But I wanted to flame, so I could do a ritualistic dance and yodel round the fire while heating the water for my cup of tea!
. Argh!
I was once working for a serious electronics distribution company that provided a advert brief to the advertising guy for an electronics magazine scribbled on a scrap of paper with a sketch and "we will be chuffed to serve you" as an example of the message. We honestly didnt expect him to add a photo of a steam engine and use the slogan verbatim...
dave
I'll take that as a
I've never heard it called a " chuff ". The people I work with in Bael say " Stutz "
Where I come from (NE England), Chuffed means really pleased.
How about Sir, our employers?
Or...gracious hosts?
How about *the Frightgenossen*
You really are owned by CS aren't you ? It deosn't have to be like that you know.
dave
don't forget that 'swissie' is the currency markets affectionate name for the Swiss Franc so that rukles out using it to describe people - face it, the way the Swissie is depreciating in value against the £ you would have lost an arm and a leg in the last few months !!