Monday, July 14, 2008
Party Swiss style
As much as I love this country, I will never truly be a part of it. For good and bad I guess. I wasn't born here, and I will never speak the language (whatever that is?!?). This evening I was at a party of a good friendgirl. It was all nice and a good mix of people who had never met before. Only, I felt a bit like a freak. The one outside all the (Swiss-German) conversations, the one that everybody wants to talk to once they get a bit drunk, the one that everybody remembers because of my name, my "foreignty".
And I know, it's my fault for not speaking the language fluently, my fault for not fitting totally in. But guess what? I hope I bring a certain something that ze Swiss will eventually appreciate. And since I seem to be accepted I think that one day we will meet...at least halfway :)
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ah, I know this feeling, kinda sucks. but the more such parties you go to the more Swiss German you hear the more you understand and the more fun they become. but sounds like too much effort, doesnt it?
I do understand more Swiss German than I'd like to admit, and I do speak (some resemblence of) German at those type of parties.
But I dunno, it's still not quite the same.
Me, putting in more effort to party? Yes mam :)
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