Overview

How do foreigners get along with the Swiss? What about Swiss humour? Are Swiss always punctual? Was Switzerland always so clean? Have you got a Swiss mother-in-law? Do you want to make your Swiss neighbours smile? This text considers these questions by citing 50 personal experiences about living in Switzerland by authors from nine other nationalities. The stories are a mix of social commentary, warm admiration tempered by criticism and observations of national or local character traits. Most of the stories consider what it is like for a non-Swiss to live in Switzerland.

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Author:   Patricia Highsmith ,  Stanley Mason ,  Susan Tiberghien ,  Dianne Dicks
Publisher:   Bergli Books Ltd
Imprint:   Bergli Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.323kg
ISBN:  

9783952000212

ISBN 10:   3952000213
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 July 1990
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; An Unforgettable Great Myth; Dead on Time; Pinches of Culinary Swissness; The Word Starts with 'S'; Texas Ranchers in Swiss Farm Country; Behind Those Closed Curtains; Leisure Time: How Do the Swiss Spend Theirs?; The Shock; Do You Speak Schwizerdutsch?; Fanfare; Dear Distinguished and Gentle Driver; Serving Swiss Time; How Switzerland Became Clean; From Hollywood to an Alpine Hamlet; Sweeping Differences; Cawfee oder Roesti; Tangibles and Intangibles; Under the Swiss Roof; Musical Chairs; Afloat Together; We Can Work It Out; The Princess; A Morning Ride; Meeting Mephisto; Hairpen Bends; An Inconvenience Off Bahnhofstrasse; The Night of My Uncle; Living with Mountains; Headaches 403-408; Familiar Distance; Still Smiling; A New Commandment; On Fitting In; What Have We Done to the Swiss?; Abseiling Down the Garden; Learning the Robes in Heidi's Playground; Kantonsschule Romance; The Language of Play; Echoes; My Farmer; Pratfalls on the Language Frontier; A Swiss Patriarch; Swiss Humor?; Summer with Swiss Sons; Haven't We Passed Those Cows Before? Does Your Husband Yodel?; Bus Stop Blues; From Housewife to Hausfrau; A Letter to the Editor; The Fuzzy Side of the Rigi; Here and There; Teacher's Tips; List of Authors

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