Delusive diction: learning one of the national languages in Switzerland can leave you tongue-tied. Swiss News takes a look at those deceptively familiar foreign words that can make you put your foot in your mouth.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2002, June 2002

Author: Hays, Kim

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Delusive diction: learning one of the national languages in Switzerland can leave you tongue-tied. Swiss News takes a look at those deceptively familiar foreign words that can make you put your foot in your mouth.

We struggle to learn the languages of Switzerland, and we are so relieved when we come upon familiar words and discover that they mean what they sound like. In German, your house is a Haus and your book is a Buch. When you move fast in French, you are rapide and whe...

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