also, you're not quite right. Five or six players grew up in the French speaking parts and two (Behrami, Gavranovic) in the Italian speaking part. Look at their youth teams on Wikipedia, their names are heavily misleading ;)

well, what is Swiss then? All of the guys with foreign names grew up in Switzerland, their parents or, in some cases, grandparents immigrated. That is a very Swiss thing. Nearly no Swiss have pure lineage without foreigners.

Yes and no. At the moment, out of 10 teams in the highest league, only one (Lausanne) is from the French speaking area and they came in ninth. In the second highest league, three teams are from the Italian speaking area, which is some sort of over-representation. The other traditional French speaking club went…

Granit. I mean GRANIT! All the Peters and Petras in this world can go home when he shows up.

1-2. Used to drink about 5 but my new job has no espresso machine, and any other way of coffee making is too much effort.

1-2. Used to drink about 5 but my new job has no espresso machine, and any other way of coffee making is too much…

As a European, I just cannot call this coffee. Coffeiny drink? Yes. And effective at that. But my coffee comes out of this:

As a European, I just cannot call this coffee. Coffeiny drink? Yes. And effective at that. But my coffee comes out…

More like a suggestion: Put the Submit button somewhere else, or allow Enter as Submit.

Thank you for writing this post! I am kind of a soccer tactics geek, read some of the blogs of the community, and watch out how they defend whenever I see a game. Yet it is quite unique to hear from an actual professional soccer player how he sees it :)

He should go and play in Europe. Not as much money, and not as big a stadium, but still much money and big stadiums. And way more addicted fan bases. Might be fun for a year or two.

Eh, that shit can be dangerous as fuck. Emiliano Dudar, who played for DC United two years ago, swallowed his tongue when playing for the Young Boys of Bern, Switzerland (yes, it's their actual name. Yes, they play at the Wankdorf. Yes, that is also true. Why yes, the best soccer matches here are always against…

Well, maybe.

Correlation does not imply causation. Period.

You basically suggest extra points should be moved in time? Might be fun. I suggest all extra points to be taken at the end. Imagine a soccer-style penalty shootout in close games. Would be fun.

Here's a blog post in German that discusses a similar study: http://www.sprachlog.de/2011/12/14/fra…

1) Oh, languages have been changed. Sweden pushed to use "you" instead of the formal "they" always, and it was quite conscious. Speaking of "Studierende" instead of "Studenten" happens in German all the time now, and it's very conscious.

Eh, no-one except the fringes are suggesting to invent gender-neutral nouns. Mostly, they do exist anyways. Speaking gender-fair or gender-neutral is really easy once you get the hang of it.

Hey, I'm a native speaker who tries to only speak gender-neutral. Ask me anything!

Because it's "la garage" (feminin) in French, where it also might come frome? :D

I'd love to leave you alone, but the facts are that if, in German or other gendered languages, you use a male noun to describe a group of people, the majority of people will only think of males. It is also proven that females see themselves significantly less likely in a position or profession if you describe it with…

About the professions: Sadly, no. There are awesome studies out there that have researchers go into classrooms and ask the students if they want to become an "Arzt", and into another classroom where they ask if they want to become an "Arzt oder Ärztin". In the second case, the number of girls that hold their hands up…