SWISS WATCHING Swiss Survival Tip No 11: Mastering Swinglish Contrary to official statements, there are in fact five national languages in Switzerland. Alongside German, French, Italian and Romansh, there is also Swinglish, the product of Swiss meets English. It may be less developed than its linguistic cousins Franglais and Spanglish but, within its home country, it's widely spoken and widely (mis)understood. Before we get to grips with Swinglish, it should be noted that it is entirely different from the liberal sprinkling of English words that appear in normal Swiss speech, such as ticket, sandwich, quickie, management, online, sofa, hobby, snack and so on. Swinglish has two levels, Basic and Advanced, though paradoxically the former is actually harder for outsiders to understand. The reason for this is twofold: the English words are hugely outnumbered by the