Three years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Vienna, the largest city on the Danube (or Donau), and the second-largest German-speaking city only behind Berlin. Situated in the region where the Bavarian dialects are found, I would expect to come across certain words, terms, or expressions that would deviate from what I am familiar … Continue reading Introducing Viennese German (Wienerisch)
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The language in Bavaria you may not be aware of — Bavarian (Bairisch)
So I have been living in Germany for several months at this point, particularly in the state of Bavaria, learning German along with some of its Southern variants. But, I have encountered something which did not quite sound like German, nor any of its variants I know about. Upon doing some bits of reading up, … Continue reading The language in Bavaria you may not be aware of — Bavarian (Bairisch)
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