View Full Version : Does the Swiss nation exist?
Nadezhda89
01-21-2013, 07:41 PM
Does the Swiss nation exist? Or there are just Germans, French and Italian people?
Anglojew
01-21-2013, 08:13 PM
The what? I think it's a figment of your imagination.
Corvus
01-21-2013, 08:15 PM
Switzerland is a confederation consisting of 3 entities.
They are extremly nationalistic and proud.
Nevertell a Swiss they are German or French.
They are going to curse you
Nadezhda89
01-21-2013, 08:19 PM
Switzerland is a confederation consisting of 3 entities.
They are extremly nationalistic and proud.
Nevertell a Swiss they are German or French.
They are going to curse you
I do not know such people, here in Bulgaria. ;)
Corvus
01-21-2013, 08:20 PM
I do not know such people, here in Bulgaria. ;)
But I know them. I have Swiss television, which I hardly understand because their dialect is almost incomprehensible and I have met some Swiss
Nadezhda89
01-21-2013, 08:23 PM
But I know them. I have Swiss television, which I hardly understand because their dialect is almost incomprehensible and I have met some Swiss
What the Swiss German think about the Swiss French, etc?
Graham
01-21-2013, 08:23 PM
They are. Only very decentralised with high local autonomy. Kind of makes them unique.
Corvus
01-21-2013, 08:25 PM
What the Swiss German think about the Swiss French, etc?
That`s beyond my knowledge, but they stick together.
There are no ethnical divisions in Switzerland.
A Swiss is a Swiss irrespective of the language they use
Lemon Kush
01-21-2013, 11:09 PM
Well Switzerland was originally part of the German Reich for many years. It's been an independant nation since 1291 though. It did not become an official Federal State with a constitution until 1848. Its existence throughout history has mainly been for political reasons.
curiousman
01-22-2013, 12:04 PM
Its existence throughout history has mainly been for political reasons.
Are there exceptions to this rule?
LouisFerdinand
03-24-2017, 08:06 PM
Well Switzerland was originally part of the German Reich for many years. It's been an independant nation since 1291 though. It did not become an official Federal State with a constitution until 1848. Its existence throughout history has mainly been for political reasons. Yes, the Swiss nation definitely does exist.
Bobby Martnen
02-21-2018, 05:45 AM
In a civic/political sense? Yes.
In an ethnocultural sense? No.
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