I once spoke to a Swiss who was very angry that the Swiss Government made standard Deutsch one of the four official languages and snubbed the local Schwyzerdütsch or Schwiizertüütsch or Schwizertitsch.
But I’m not sure Austrians are much better. In fact, every corner of the German-speaking world has its own variant. Travel 20 miles and you’ll have trouble understanding the locals; travel 50 and it might as will be a different language. That’s why they all end up with one (or two or four) standard national languages.
I once spoke to a Swiss who was very angry that the Swiss Government made standard Deutsch one of the four official languages and snubbed the local Schwyzerdütsch or Schwiizertüütsch or Schwizertitsch.
But I’m not sure Austrians are much better. In fact, every corner of the German-speaking world has its own variant. Travel 20 miles and you’ll have trouble understanding the locals; travel 50 and it might as will be a different language. That’s why they all end up with one (or two or four) standard national languages.