Comments on: Not All Switzerland Speaks German, Dammit! http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/ Stephanie Booth's online ramblings Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Localisation, language, Welsh in work and non-work | Quixotic Quisling http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-25999 Localisation, language, Welsh in work and non-work | Quixotic Quisling Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:38:36 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-25999 <p>[...] amazing how many people get localisation and language wrong. Even Amazon and so [...]</p> [...] amazing how many people get localisation and language wrong. Even Amazon and so [...]

]]> By: Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) » Diigo — I Think I Like the Idea (Bonus Content: Conversation Fragmentation) http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12909 Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) » Diigo — I Think I Like the Idea (Bonus Content: Conversation Fragmentation) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:08:31 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12909 <p>[...] (Note the “tasteful” German-language ad — because I’m in Switzerland, I speak German, of course (not).) [...]</p> [...] (Note the “tasteful” German-language ad — because I’m in Switzerland, I speak German, of course (not).) [...]

]]> By: eBay Switzerland levels auction insertion fees : TameBay http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12908 eBay Switzerland levels auction insertion fees : TameBay Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:07:14 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12908 <p>[...] 27% of the Swiss population doesn’t have German for a first language, and non-German speakers would often prefer English if they can’t have their own language. eBay have managed dual-language sites in Belgium and Canada, so why they can’t do the same [...]</p> [...] 27% of the Swiss population doesn’t have German for a first language, and non-German speakers would often prefer English if they can’t have their own language. eBay have managed dual-language sites in Belgium and Canada, so why they can’t do the same [...]

]]> By: arnaud http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12913 arnaud Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:49:17 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12913 <p>My previous comment was inaccurate, I'm sorry for having posted without diagnosis enough.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In fact, I was not speaking of a new behaviour, I was just mentionning cookie problems which unset my language preference.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Anyway, getting french for a guy from France is probably more appropriate than getting german for an internaut from Switzerland.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Sorry for my previous complaint :-)</p> My previous comment was inaccurate, I'm sorry for having posted without diagnosis enough.


In fact, I was not speaking of a new behaviour, I was just mentionning cookie problems which unset my language preference.


Anyway, getting french for a guy from France is probably more appropriate than getting german for an internaut from Switzerland.


Sorry for my previous complaint :-)

]]> By: arnaud http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12907 arnaud Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:49:17 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12907 <p>My previous comment was inaccurate, I'm sorry for having posted without diagnosis enough.</p> <p>In fact, I was not speaking of a new behaviour, I was just mentionning cookie problems which unset my language preference.</p> <p>Anyway, getting french for a guy from France is probably more appropriate than getting german for an internaut from Switzerland.</p> <p>Sorry for my previous complaint :-)</p> My previous comment was inaccurate, I’m sorry for having posted without diagnosis enough.

In fact, I was not speaking of a new behaviour, I was just mentionning cookie problems which unset my language preference.

Anyway, getting french for a guy from France is probably more appropriate than getting german for an internaut from Switzerland.

Sorry for my previous complaint :-)

]]> By: arnaud http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12912 arnaud Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:04:06 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12912 <p>And what about last.fm from today ?</p> <p><br></p> <p>... I get the website in french instead of english which irritates me much.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Perhaps and unfortunately you may have it in german :(</p> And what about last.fm from today ?


… I get the website in french instead of english which irritates me much.


Perhaps and unfortunately you may have it in german :(

]]> By: arnaud http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12906 arnaud Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:04:06 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12906 <p>And what about last.fm from today ?</p> <p>... I get the website in french instead of english which irritates me much.</p> <p>Perhaps and unfortunately you may have it in german :(</p> And what about last.fm from today ?

… I get the website in french instead of english which irritates me much.

Perhaps and unfortunately you may have it in german :(

]]> By: marcel bernet http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12911 marcel bernet Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:17:13 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12911 <p>helllo stephanie, i set up an english version of the blogcamp-bernetblog-survey, see <a href="http://bernetblog.ch/2007/03/26/blogcamp3-jetzt-umfrage-auch-in-englisch/">http://bernetblog.ch/2007/03/26/blogcamp3-jetzt...</a><br>and at the same time apologies that my focus is on german - at least for our blog. but i might be switching more often...</p> helllo stephanie, i set up an english version of the blogcamp-bernetblog-survey, see http://bernetblog.ch/2007/03/26/blogcamp3-jetzt…
and at the same time apologies that my focus is on german – at least for our blog. but i might be switching more often…

]]> By: marcel bernet http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12905 marcel bernet Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:17:13 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12905 <p>helllo stephanie, i set up an english version of the blogcamp-bernetblog-survey, see http://bernetblog.ch/2007/03/26/blogcamp3-jetzt-umfrage-auch-in-englisch/ and at the same time apologies that my focus is on german - at least for our blog. but i might be switching more often...</p> helllo stephanie, i set up an english version of the blogcamp-bernetblog-survey, see http://bernetblog.ch/2007/03/26/blogcamp3-jetzt-umfrage-auch-in-englisch/ and at the same time apologies that my focus is on german – at least for our blog. but i might be switching more often…

]]> By: Maira Carvalho http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12910 Maira Carvalho Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:49:12 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/03/04/not-all-switzerland-speaks-german-dammit/#comment-12910 <p>eBay for me is also a pain... Not only it defaults to German, as it simply doesn't have the French interface. Or at least I haven't been able to find it, as the instructions would be in German. And whoever writes the descriptions, does so in German as well. Once I bought an ADSL modem hoping it would not be broken, as I couldn't tell as much from reading the description.</p> eBay for me is also a pain… Not only it defaults to German, as it simply doesn't have the French interface. Or at least I haven't been able to find it, as the instructions would be in German. And whoever writes the descriptions, does so in German as well. Once I bought an ADSL modem hoping it would not be broken, as I couldn't tell as much from reading the description.

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