Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

Ok guys, I applyed for a job as a Holiday rep somewhere in Europe, I got the job and I'm being sent off to Switzerland, do you guys know of any things i need to know? I got the exchange rates for Swiss Franks, I
by the looks of it im in the German speaking part (Ski/boarding resort called Grindleward) they are non EU, I'm old enough to drink (I'm 19 beer age is 16 and vodka age is 18 so all gravy there) any thing else?

If you use a laptop, you might want to look into electric outlet adapters.

Swiss German is a language apart....even if you know Hochdeutsch, schweizer deutsch is alien!

lol the worse bit is i applied to be in france and got put here, so not only do i know little german i know even less
(pretty much none) swiss german lol!!!

you will need a adapter for your electronic devices;
yes the swiss dialect of german is weird;
don't piss them off my faking their accent or dialog;

hm, nothing to special about Switzerland
yep the dialect is a strange abomination of German, even toping "Schwäbisch" if you ever heard of it  :innocent: but as in most European countries you should have no problem coming along with English

Oh.. and remember to drive on the right side (literally)

Schwäbisch is für mi koi problem!

Yeah, /agrees to everything that has been said.

But, to be true, if you know Hoch Deutsch, you can probably survive. Ich habe Hunger! Ich brauch' ein Bett!
Ich brauch' Wasser! Ect, haha. Also, a great deal of people speak English at least a bit.

I'm actually going to Germany, Switzerland and Italy this march (leaving on the 25th) hopefully Optec is checking out girls at the Airport and I can bump into him and talk about Flops, lol!

I've been absent from the forums lately also, haha, painting the house. =[

why would you go to the airport to check out girls?

I donno, if you like them Foreign, you might as well get them the second they enter the country right?

Lol, was just making a convenient scenario for Optec to be around when I visit.

i will rally in my bunker and prepare for the invasion  :shifty:

Actually, since you applied to be in France, I assume you know french, try speaking to the Swiss Germans in French.
They'll love you for it. If you thought imitating their dialect would be a faux pas  :lol:

hehe i could just do a team america and just shout derka derka they might like it more lol

lol..

You could always ask out the pretty Swiss Girl for some Fondue.

 :thumbsup:

Finally, a civilized Europe! /joke

 ^-^

hey, give Europe some credit.
It takes a lot of effort for Cro-magnons to imitate Sapien Indo-Greco-Egyptian models of civilization.  :lol:

Regardless of where you go in Germany, if you're a foreigner who only knows Hochdeutsch, you're usally  SOL. Except if you're in the area of Hannover, their dialect there is Hochdeutsch ^^

There's just too many dialects for even Germans to make heads or tails out of.

The worst case scenario would be south-eastern Bavaria, though...I honestly doubt the language the older people there speak even qualifies as German anymore...but then again, I was stationed there for 6 months, so my point of view may be a little biased (AVZ für BW-Soldaten, die in Bayern stationiert sind!) :innocent:

 :ermm:

Considering Germany's history and geography, I would be surprised if it spoke a unified language.  Then again, I suppose, by that logic, it's astounding that English has so few regional differences here in America.

I thought you was Welsh?

Are you serious?!  :lol:

lol its either you or frodo, I know one of you is! lol

Oh, yeah, that's Frodo.

If anyone's welsh, it's him.  :whistling:

i'm definitely not welsh. i'm just an american mut. (I’m mostly ukrainian & irish, with some french, german, italian, etc. thrown in for good mesure)

@serpicus: I take it your off aswell then?

??

in one of your posts you had at the bottom (Eufnoc your not the only one traveling to Switzerland)

don't recall. Maybe I thought there was another guy on here who was going... not sure when I posted that tho or in what context.

Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations - No Drink's under 18 (http://www.fleetops.net/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,3/topic,3586.msg62640/#msg62640)
Posted on: 11-02-2008, 19:09:09

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:O I LEAVE IN FOUR HOURS!!!! :O

well have a safe trip.
bon voyage.
gute Reise.

And im back, back to the samety of a house with a computer!!!

whoo a wooo!!!

Welcome back :) How was your trip? Tell us about the blond girls jumping naked over the Alm and all that ;)

Yes indeed   :woot:

I was there for 3-4 days in Lucerne lol or Luzern I guess, it was okay. Francs look like paper money and Swiss Border Security has bigger guns than Starfleet. Butyeah Eufnoc, give us a rundown!

Right was in a very quite town named Grindlewald, not hugely exciting, still a nightlife is what you make it ;), had a good time over there and you think boarder controll was bad I had to go to the local police station ( lost my passport ) and the RECEPTIONIST stood up and I noticed that he had a pistol, tazer and batton strapped to his waste. RECEPTIONIST

I guess they are afraid of all the uncivilized folk around them, who lend them money  ^-^