Originally Posted by
OldRailfan
Naturally while growing up in Switzerland,
born 1945 emigrated to Canada in 1969. Mind you my Swiss relatives now tease me about my Canadian accent when speaking Züritdütsch, but that's OK. It can't be helped after more than 50 years.
That's amazing! And I bet, probably sounds hilarious. I am actually German so I try not to speak it at all because I think Germans speaking Schwiizerdütsch just sounds so awful, but sometimes it just comes out after by now over a decade here. How is it with a Canadian accent?