Why is Switzerland abbreviated CH?

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02/23/2003 04:18 PM (UTC)

This is something I've always wondered! Why is Switzerland abbreviated CH and in my soccer game (Winning Eleven 7) it says CHE. Now I speak German and I know in German Switzerland is Der Schweiz and in French it's Suisse and in Italian Svizzera, those are all the main languages of Switzerland so where does CH come from?

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•08/03/2004 05:33 PM (UTC) •

Maybe in the Swiss language it is called in a different way, maybe with a "CH", i dont know

•08/03/2004 05:36 PM (UTC) •

There is no Swiss language, pay attention man! The Swiss speak German, and French, and Italian but mostly German and in german Switzerland translates to Der Schweiz, but why would they take the CH from that?

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•08/03/2004 05:43 PM (UTC) •

Dude you are being ignorant, there is actually a native swiss language that is the mix of various others, there are many languages you can't imagine they speak in european countries other than the official. There is a Swiss language

MKSECRETS

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•08/03/2004 05:51 PM (UTC) •

CH stands for its Latin abbreviation:

"Confoederatio Helvetica."

•08/03/2004 05:55 PM (UTC) •

Awesome! Thanks MKSecrets!

•08/03/2004 05:55 PM (UTC) •

Schwitzerdütsch has it's own words and pronunciation. Pay attention.

Raining_Smoke Wrote:
There is no Swiss language, pay attention man! The Swiss speak German, and French, and Italian but mostly German and in german Switzerland translates to Der Schweiz, but why would they take the CH from that?

•08/03/2004 06:07 PM (UTC) •

Nice job looking it up Hyuga. Although I regret to infrom you that you have been rewarded no points.

•08/03/2004 06:39 PM (UTC) •

Either way, I have a bigger penis.

I win!

Raining_Smoke Wrote:
Nice job looking it up Hyuga. Although I regret to infrom you that you have been rewarded no points.

DMitch

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•08/03/2004 06:46 PM (UTC) •

Lol.

Hyuga Wrote:
Either way, I have a bigger penis.

I win!
Raining_Smoke Wrote:
Nice job looking it up Hyuga. Although I regret to infrom you that you have been rewarded no points.

ShingoEX

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•08/03/2004 07:04 PM (UTC) •

Well, "pound " is abbreviated "LB", and gold is abbreviated (on the periodic table) "AU". Go figure...

•08/03/2004 07:23 PM (UTC) •

LB = Libra

Not sure about gold, though. It's another Latin word. That's all I know.

•08/03/2004 08:11 PM (UTC) •

And Lead is PB because it stands for Plumbum, so fucking what?

•08/03/2004 08:23 PM (UTC) •

It's funny that you try to rip on people for wanting to know some other abbreviations when you're the one who started this thread.

Raining_Smoke Wrote:
And Lead is PB because it stands for Plumbum, so fucking what?

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•08/04/2004 12:19 AM (UTC) •

Hyuga Wrote:
LB = Libra

Not sure about gold, though. It's another Latin word. That's all I know.

I think that's Aurum, but i'm not sure.

ShingoEX

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•08/04/2004 01:49 AM (UTC) •

Don't be a hypocrite....

Raining_Smoke Wrote:
And Lead is PB because it stands for Plumbum, so fucking what?