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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 14, 2011 22:42:07 GMT
Hey, Swiss people -- surely this is a good stereotype, right? ;D Click the picture for more of Wehrli's whirls at sorting ~  |
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 15, 2011 9:30:10 GMT
I must say the tidying up of the starry night picture is very very wrong.
And that french- or italian-speaking swiss aren't as enamoured of tidy as the german-speaking swiss... or so goes the stereotype. My dad would be an exception. This type of art would make him giddy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2011 11:10:12 GMT
One time I had the audacity to criticize the messiness of the eternal Basel roadworks sites, which are a disgrace and never seem to advance. "French construction sites are much tidier," I ventured. My Swiss friends shot back with, "in Switzerland we really work!"
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Post by lagatta on Sept 29, 2011 1:27:51 GMT
Scary. Who is the tidyest (tidiest?) the Dutch, Germans, or Swiss?
When in Amsterdam, I see people cleaning their doorsteps on a Saturday - not just the step but washing the whole door. Not just women, many men.
And Italians are often very tidy INSIDE their houses. Even in the south, where alas there is much less concern for public space and the natural environment.
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 30, 2011 9:22:12 GMT
I always think that this strong image of Swiss = Tidy is an excellent marketing ploy by our tourism board. ;D
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 30, 2011 9:42:46 GMT
England - not. Not these days anyway.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 30, 2011 18:34:14 GMT
Are you saying that cleanliness & order is merely a stereotype of the Swiss, Annie? I thought some of it was true -- that transportation runs on time, that things in general are well organized. No?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2011 20:23:39 GMT
My own experience of Switzerland is that it is indeed quite "clean" (i.e. cleaner than France) but it is not overwhelmingly clean. If you look for trash and things like that, you will find them.
Natural sites are respected and protected, which is wonderful. But the Swiss are not angels.
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Post by auntieannie on Oct 7, 2011 16:14:04 GMT
we're humans... born to make mistakes.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2011 17:21:57 GMT
And of course there are a lot of dirty foreigners passing through.  |
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