Robert Peters wrote:

>John Dalmas wrote:
>
>>There is not a single German dialect that is not a butt of humor somewhere
>>in Germany, some of course more than others.
>
>This is not true.  Saechsisch sounds extraordinary strange and therefore
>funny to the ears of especially the West Germans.  When a comedian uses
>Saechsisch it is not very important what he says: people start to giggle
>right from the beginning.

This could also be said about Schwaebische (Swabian).

>And why not ridicule Wagner a little bit?

There is enough about Wagner to ridicule without inventing the persona of
a hillbilly.

John Dalmas
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