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Old Oct 17, 2004 | 1:16 am
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Originally Posted by zaccaggie
calling Rudi for a proper Swiss German pronunciation.

he and I were there in July for the Swiss Open Tennis Tournment.
pronounce the 'G' as a very soft 'K' and make a short pause between that 'G' and 'staad'.

Best way to get the proper swiss german pronouncation is to have a side-car first at the Gstaad Palace hotel bar
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