Maybe he is swiss, they have some weird quirks. Like they don't do the ß either I believe. Maybe they don't use Umlaute. I'd ask them, but I can't understand them when they talk. That is not even a joke.

[–] Macromelus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

We dont use ae as ä. We also use Umlauts :)

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only orthographic difference is not using ß.

There are more differences but they are in the vocabulary. The Swiss use a lot of French words. Velo instead of Fahrrad, Trottoir instead of Bürgersteig, Cheminée instead of Kamin, Porte-Monnaie instead of Brieftasche, Camion instead of Lastkraftwagen, and so on.

[–] kek_w_lol@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They also differ by region a lot. In Zurich you'll see fewer french words and more anglicisms.