has anyone flown swiss air?

Question

i am american i flew swiss air and this lady comes by, takes a look at me and decides which language to address me in ( german , french or english). he chooses english correctly. comes to collect the trash. says, rubbish? rubbish? i was like what´s she complaining about, then realized teh literal meaning of the word, and deposited my trash. would most americans know what to do?

hey listen you, i´m aware you call an elevator a lift and a cellphone a mobile. in spain they refer to them exclusively as a móbil, dont insult me.

yes i´m aware that its not just a word invented by swissair lol.

Answer 1

Most Europeans recognise that English and American are not identical. Germans (other than Berliners) will speak American if they have to; Spanish and Portuguese will speak English.

The French will speak French and get upset with people from Montreal calling their version French.
The Swiss are very well educated and are capable of distinguishing between English and its global variants. I think that she just didn't like you. This is common in Switzerland - I was given free beer vouchers once on a Swiss train as an apology (without asking for them) because the guard initially called me American before realising his mistake.

Also, despite what Microsoft may think, there is no such thing as English (UK). It is the natural language of the English people (as well as most Scots, Welsh and Irish). Therefore it is just English and all other global variants should have the national suffix.

Incidentally, your crummy punctuation, capitalisation, syntax and grammar show you as someone who should be last person to criticise someone else's use of language. It would help a bit if you used the spelling checker which Yahoo Answers have provided.

Answer 2

Your Rubbish question is full of trash. Only joking. In the UK we use the term "Rubbish or Trash" to describe something we would throw away. To trash is to destroy or throw away. One can rubbish somebodies work. We also sometimes use the expression "Garbage" You can take your garbage out and put it with the rubbish in the trash can.

Answer 3

No most Americans would not know what to do as none of you ever bothers to learn that your language is not the same all over the world, much as you would like it to be.
e.g. we in the UK know that you use the term cellphone for mobile, but none of you knows that we never use the term cellphone here.
Also, we know you call that thing you walk along a sidewalk, while we call it a pavement. You did not know this either.
And the thing that you travel in up and down to get between floors in a building is a lift here in the UK. You did not know that I bet.
So - to answer your question - open your minds to other cultures and you might just learn something instead of getting peed off with someone who was only trying to help. Jeez. Some people.

Answer 4

I didn't realize rubbish was on the down and out. I certaininly would know but I don't think it would be typical of people my aga-20's

Answer 5

You'll find that you don't have to fly Swissair to hear people other than the Americans referring to general waste as rubbish!

Answer 6

I have not flown with swiss air but in enland we call what you call trash rubbish

Answer 7

No, have been on a quantas plane though to New South Wales in Australia.

Answer 8

she was speaking in English which is rubbish. trash is American not English

Answer 9

i think of you combine up the flying time with the stopover ; flying time is 11.10 and maximum supply up over on the comparable airplane are around hour or so.. and you cant leave the terminal else the airplane might leave without you