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Eigentlech hätti scho lang is Bett söue … Aber de hani hie avo läse … Und de isch es nach de Öufi gsi, de hani dänkt: Chasch grad ufblybe und en erschte Text grad nach Mitternacht schrybe! De cha emu de niemer säge, d Bärnerinne sige langsam!

– In case you didn’t understand one word:
This is one of many swiss dialects and my mother tongue.

What it says:
My usual bed time would have been much earlier … but then I started reading this blog. And suddenly, it was past eleven, so I thought: You could stay up and post a first text right after midnight. Then, nobody can tease you about Bernese people being slow.

You see, we have this rivalry between the so called cantos (they’re like districts) – and the people from Berne, where I come from originally, are said to be very, very slow. To which we usually reply: We could be quicker – but we want the Zürcher (i.e the people from Zurich) to be able to catch up with us. Which makes me think that maybe, Leap Year Days are actually a Swiss Invention, like watches. It’s the Bernese who have introduced this extra day for the others to catch up! clever. eh?

Or, as the Bernese they:

Äbe!