a écrit :

He's Swiss.


I understand. (Hey, so was the first "Kidden" in the America, circa
1740...)

Ah, right... glad to virtually shake hands with the distant offspring of
one of my fellow countrymen, then. )
Indeed over the centuries many Swiss people left the country because
their local communities couldn't sustain them anymore.

On the other hand, 1740 is not that long after my own ancestors arrived
in Switzerland... like tenth of thousands of French Huguenots
(protestants), who were suddenly denied the very right to live on French
soil. It was a massive boost to protestant Europe, as many of the
Huguenots who had the financial means to leave were merchants, doctors,
printers, chemists, lawyers, weavers etc. and brought their trade and
know-how with them.

Immigration and emigration have always been part of European history as
well, not just American, sometimes on a massive scale. It's fact far too
many Europeans (and Swiss too) tend to forget... and anyway, it's though
European emigration that beer spread over the world, too )

Cheers !

Laurent

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Warning : you may encounter French language beyond this point.

- C'est étranche, che ne reconnais plus rien...
- Vous ne m'étonnez pas, ici, vous êtes sur le Mont Blanc ! 4807 m. Et tout ça, c'est de la faute à Gilette !! ... Cette idiote a coincé son canard en celluloïd dans l'écoulement de la baignoire... ça a débordé. Et surtout que le robinet est bloqué...
- MAIS CHLAI PAS FAIT EXPREEEES !
(F'murrr)

Laurent Mousson, Berne, Switzerland