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Re: Intergermansk

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, January 27, 2005, 20:19
JMW = "J. 'Mach' Wust" <j_mach_wust@...>:

JMW> None of these differences make a language. I mean, I'm speaking a dialect
JMW> that is not mutually intellegible with the standard language and differs
JMW> from the standard language phonologically, lexically, morphologically and
JMW> grammatically.

Assuming you mean Swiss vs. Standard German, I'm somewhat surprised.  I
know there are some huge differences, but I thought they were still
mutually intelligible.

-Marcos