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Chickadee

Apr 6, 2009, 19:44

Kappa

Apr 6, 2009, 23:56

Do you specifically want reactions from Japanese, or can any non-Swiss play too?

Chickadee

Apr 7, 2009, 00:02

sorry, people from Japan only :worried:.

some other answers would be interessting for myself in private, but not for my diploma project. so if you like to post something it still would be nice :yeahh:

Kappa

Apr 7, 2009, 00:05

Well, I wouldn't want to skew your data. I'm curious to see what comes up.

Chickadee

Apr 7, 2009, 00:22

me too!
hopefully somethings will turn up! :o

nice gaijin

Apr 7, 2009, 08:22

Hmmm, guess you can write a thesis on anything these days...

Emoni

Apr 7, 2009, 09:28

Oddly enough, I see this as kind of a reversal of sorts. Usually it is Japan asking what other countries think what it special about itself.

epigene

Apr 7, 2009, 09:32

Hi Japanese people :wave:
I do need your help for my diploma thesis:
10 things which jump into your mind when you are thinking of Switzerland (without looking in the internet and don't think too long).
Can you help me? I would be very pleased. Without your help I realy don't know how to go any further.
Thank you very very much.

Just for fun:

1. Heidi!! (not exactly Switzerland??)
2. Mont Blanc (the mountain and the cake...)
3. Neutrality in WWII (Climb every mountain~♫ )
4. The mountain railway (forgot the name)
5. Swiss watches
6. Swiss cheese
7. Lake Geneva (correct name?)
8. The long horns and native dress
9. Cheese fondue
10. Expensive to live?

The first half came easily, but it took harder to think for the rest... :relief:

Chickadee

Apr 22, 2009, 02:24

hi Epigene

Thank you veeeeeeeery much! :thankyou:
That helped me a lot.

About number 10: its not more expensive then Tokio, expect the food. I think in Tokio was the food extremly nice und not as expensive as in Switzerland (I've bin to Tokio just for four days, but it was very impressiv and i liked it a lot).

Thank you and have a nice day

I'd like to write you what I think of Japan, if you'd like to write what comes in your mind when you think about Switzerland ;)

JimmySeal

Apr 22, 2009, 10:20

(Not Japanese, and I can only think of 7 right now:relief:)
1. Chocolate
2. Neutrality
3. Pocket knives
4. Clandestine bank accounts
5. Cheese
6. Mountains
7. Peace treaties

Chickadee

Apr 22, 2009, 22:38

Thank you JimmySeal!
And may I ask also, how do you think does a Swiss girl look like?

becki_kanou

Apr 22, 2009, 23:43

I'm also not Japanese, but I'll second what others have said.

Delicious chocolate, Swiss cheese, watches, pocket knives, secret bank accounts, neutrality, the Alps, the WTO and Swiss Miss (although I'm sure that's really an American company).

Chickadee

Apr 23, 2009, 00:21

epigene

Apr 23, 2009, 00:51

I've never heard anything about Swiss Miss. I'll go and google. I'm very curios about ist!

ai?????? You mean kind of hot chocolate? That's funny! I' didn't know that. So is Swiss Miss avalebal in Japan that so many people know about it?
I think it's sold as imported food at specialty stores. So, people probably think it's from Switzerland... :blush:

This reminds me... as a child, I always thought Nestle was an American company, because most imported foods came from the US then. I discovered it was a Swiss company only after I grew up!!

nice gaijin

Apr 23, 2009, 03:16

not sure where Swiss Miss originates, but it's readily available here.

becki_kanou

Apr 23, 2009, 11:08

As others have said, it's a very popular brand of cocoa, and apparently it is a US company. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Miss)

JerseyBoy

Apr 23, 2009, 11:53

I recall a Top Gear show featured a good driving road in Switzerland. If my memory serves me correctly, that road leads to Davos. If I have a chance to drive in Switzerland, I want to try that route in a sports car.:)

Here are what I conjure up when I hear Switzerland:

Money
Banking (secrecy)
Military conscription
Alps
High end watches and fine instruments
Chocolate (as others have already mentioned)
Non-EU country (to maintain its independence and neutrality)
Polyglot citizens
Guns

becki_kanou

Apr 23, 2009, 12:54

Ok- I asked my husband (Native Japanese) and here is his top ten list:

1 Swiss army knife
2 Swiss waches
3 Janne Petteri Ahonen (he's actually Finnish, but apparently my husband thought he was Swiss)
4) Winning the America's Cup Yacht race
5) Heidi
6) Swiss banks
7) Neutrality
8) Alps
9) The white cross flag
10) St. Bernard dogs

Kinsao

May 29, 2009, 00:34

I'm not Japanese, but here goes:

1. Deep Trip (saw their gig last night, which is why they're on top of my mind today!)
2. Swiss Army Knife
3. Clocks and watches
4. Swiss Roll
5. The Alps
6. My great-grandmother :p
7. (this is getting harder) - skiing
8. Chalets
9. Bank accounts :blush:
10. Swiss Guards (at the vatican, which is not even Switzerland!)