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Oh, and just a couple of asides: Don’t get confused if you want to<br />
order frankfurters: They are called Wi<strong>en</strong>erle (wi<strong>en</strong>ers) here. And<br />
if someone says they got patschnass (soaking wet), explain that this<br />
is a pleonasm resulting from Rhaeto-Romanic influ<strong>en</strong>ces on the<br />
Walser and Alemannic dialects. This is because patsch is wet in the<br />
Walser dialect.<br />
Of course you could also tell them that the Strolz sporting goods<br />
store carries a large selection of waterproof apparel. And in addition<br />
to the Walser and Alemannic dialects, they also speak English,<br />
Fr<strong>en</strong>ch, Spanish... and ev<strong>en</strong> High German!<br />
Here is a small vade mecum to make communication a bit easier<br />
for you:<br />
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