Many foreigners who learn to speak High German complain that Swiss people only reluctantly reply in High German. Apparently Swiss people generally don't like to speak High German. Why is that so? For the Swiss, High German is a foreign language.

...tusheroon and its C.20 variant tossaroon (2s. 6d.) are manifest corruptions of Lingua Franca MADZA CAROON.

They do not, however, make use of their cider-spirit till they have racked off their cider, about the first of January.

But what's the action we are for now? Robbing a ripper of his fish.