Tag Archives: linguisticminority

Not All Switzerland Speaks German, Dammit!

Posted on 04.03.2007 by Stephanie Booth

Here we go, yet another misguided attempt at localisation: my MySpace page is now in German. MySpace now joins PayPal, eBay, Amazon, Google in defaulting to German for Swiss people. Switzerland is a multilingual country. The linguistic majority speaks Swiss-German … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged allemand, amazon, ebay, english, french, german, google, italian, italien, l10n, language, Languages / Linguistics, langue, linguisticminority, localisation, localization, minoritélinguistique, myspace, paypal, romanche, romansh, Software and Tools, suisse, suisse-allemand, suisseromande, swissgerman, switzerland, Venting, Website Reviews, Comments, and Linkage | 45 Comments

About the Swiss Blog Awards (SBAW)

Posted on 30.04.2006 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un compte-rendu des problématiques que je vois liées à cette histoire de Swiss Blog Awards (pour mémoire: pas de nominations romande, tessinoise, ou romanche). Je suis fâchée que les organisateurs rejettent la faute sur les blogueurs romands et n’admettent pas … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggy Friday, Language Geekiness, My corner of the world | Tagged awards, barriers, blogospherahelvetica, blogosphère, Blogosphere Interest, Essay-Like, frontiers, languages, Languages / Linguistics, linguisticminority, organisation, politics, roestigraben, romandie, sbaw, suisseromande, Swiss blogging, swissblogawards, swissblogging, switzerland, Venting, Vie de la blogosphère | 24 Comments