kasue
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posted on June 7, 2005 08:15:14 AM
I am trying to translate something that I think is from Switzerland. I looked on Babel Fish and discovered that I don't know what language they speak there. Duh! There was no language on Babel Fish that I felt corresponded with a language that would be spoken in Switzerland. Can you help!?
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pmelcher
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posted on June 7, 2005 08:18:39 AM
According to Google they speak either German or French, interesting.
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kasue
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posted on June 7, 2005 08:26:29 AM
Thank you!
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Roadsmith
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posted on June 7, 2005 08:28:42 AM
They also speak Italian in some parts of Switzerland. Give us three words from the message,and we can tell you right away.
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kasue
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posted on June 7, 2005 08:33:49 AM
It is "sueim" I think. It is on one of the figural bottle stoppers that also pour. I am trying to discover what country made this type. It is a nice porcelain material. I thought it might have been made in Switzerland like so many of the carved wooden stoppers.
Karen
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stopwhining
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posted on June 7, 2005 09:09:14 AM
German make bottle stoppers which also pour .
swiss speak german diff from german speak german,i think it is referred to as high german,yes,they speak italian as well.
some speak Tibetan as there is a Tibetan community there.
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neglus
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posted on June 7, 2005 12:00:18 PM
There are four official languages in Switzerland. The Swiss-Germans speak "schwyser-deutsch" ( a dialect of german). It is not a written language. (I have spent the past 22 years trying to learn it as DH is Swiss). Swiss also speak French, Italian and in a few remote villages, "Romansch" (a Latin dialect). I don't recognize that word!
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bcpostcards
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posted on June 7, 2005 05:48:31 PM
Not sure here but sueim bears some resemblence to suomi, which means Finland.
Is it possible your piece is from there? Does it look Scandinavian? Give us a pic if possible.
[ edited by bcpostcards on Jun 7, 2005 05:49 PM ]
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sparkz
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posted on June 7, 2005 06:17:35 PM
SUEIM is actually a latin word. It is used extensively by the legal community in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. If he bumps into your car, we'll SUEIM. If you trip and fall on his property, we'll SUEIM. If that Ebay seller pads the shipping and handling, we'll SUEIM. It was recently adopted as the national slogan by the NAACP (National Association Of Ambulance Chasing Professionals). Are you sure this thing wasn't made in Los Angeles?
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kasue
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posted on June 7, 2005 06:42:22 PM
What would I do without you guys! So many people here always try to help. When you can't help, you entertain! Thank you!
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dadofstickboy
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posted on June 7, 2005 09:57:39 PM
I have a friend from Switzerland, she said the word is not German and she has no idea what it means.
Sorry.
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stonecold613
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posted on June 8, 2005 06:07:40 PM
Babel Fish
That is what cowfarm over on the Round Table speaks.
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