Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Winter in Zurich - A cacophony of accents

I've come to Zurich for a couple of weeks with work.  It's really cold here at this time of year. The city is covered with snow and little kids bring sleds out to play.  The city is German speaking but everyone I work with speaks English.  It's a fabulous mix of accents that I just adore listening to - French, Spanish, Portugese, German, Russian and Welsh.  The rolls of the Rs, the guttural German back-of-the-throat Ks and slipperly lisps of the THs sound so exotic, they make every point made so much more convincing.  I could sit and listen all day...