> Von: Susan Biedron [mailto:Susan@jsbiedron.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 10. März 2006 23:51 > > In the 1880's, would a person from southern Germany (Baden) > and a person from St. Gallen Switzerland be able to > understand each other? Sure - als long a both were trying to understand each other ;-). > Would they speak the same kind of German? Hmmm ... depends on what you call "the same kind of German". Both would be "Allemannic" dialects. Best regards - Wolf > Thank you, > Susan