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World Cup dialect: What are Toggl, Wuidleng and Rammla?

Just like in Kitzbühel (picture) and Schladming, tens of thousands of fans make the pilgrimage to the World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.(Bild: Markus Wenzel)

A first lesson in Pinzgauerisch: for the verbal jungle in the valley of the World Ski Championships, you need a basic knowledge of this Salzburg dialect. The situation is different at après-ski: conversations have a clear tendency to be completely absurd, regardless of the language.

"My Mo is a treasure!" The landlady in Hinterglemm made things clear right from the start. And quite rightly so: "Schatz" had heaved the heavy suitcase up to the second floor. There's no elevator. That's what the treasure is for.