>There was quite a bit of huffiness (not sure how best to describe it) among the different language regions in Switzerland when I was there. Everyone thought they were the real or BEST Swiss. More humorous than anything else. Is that still the case? (By the way, I absolutely LOVED Switzerland)

LOL, that's still the case. But we get along very well. Actually, IMHO better than ever. Might be a surprise considering that the different language regions have a complete different mentality. Swiss-French part quite similar to the French, Swiss-German similar to the Germans (although the Swiss-Germans consider themselves above the German <bg> and than there are the Swiss-Italian and Swiss-Romantsch which are really a breed of their own <s>. But I really love that diversity.




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>>>When explaining the Dutch mentality to US troops in WWII, Margaret Mead said "The Dutch are always right," adding, "In this they resemble the Americans." ;-) By which she meant that both nations have strong ideas about how things should be, and aren't afraid to say so.
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>>>I'm afraid that neither nation is paramount in this area, however. I'm fairly sure that that award goes to the Swiss who complain forcibly in multiple languages if the 14:23 train is 10 seconds late. ;-)
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>>LOL. At least we're able to express ourselves in multiple languages. :-)