"What are the Welsch?" (Swiss Press Audio 2012, by Sabine Lüthy) - Swiss Press Award

DRS3

Sabine Lüthy

This nonchalance, this légèreté, this savoir vivre! And then this language: airy and colorful, playful, and sensual. The world beyond the Röstigraben, French-speaking Switzerland, is quite different from the efficient, punctual German-speaking part of Switzerland. As part of DRS3's two-week focus "Chez les Welsch," Input editor Sabine Lüthy set out to discover the true French-speaking soul, peppering, for example, the Neuchâtel manager, the Vaud veterinarian, and the Geneva student with the big question: "C'est quoi, les Welsch?" A journey through apparent contradictions, cherished clichés, and subjective truths.