From "Tit Chino" to "Shah Vow Zen"

Thousands of English-speaking expats are likely to remain tongue-tied with the pronunciation of the Swiss cantons. A new map now provides a remedy.

Twitter user Deedee has labelled all the Swiss cantons' names, with English syllables and words, for English speakers to be able to say the name correctly - more or less.

Where do you live? In Sung Gull Len! Basel-City is "bars Hellish indeed", Graubünden is called "Grow The Burn" and Neuchâtel is to "No Shat Tell".

John Wubbe, the president of Züri Expats is enthusiastic: "The map is awesome!" It is very difficult for most English-speaking expats to pronounce Swiss German words correctly. "Plus a different dialect is spoken in each place." Thaks to this map, the expats can learn the correct pronunciation of the cantons, says the Dutchman, who has lived in Switzerland for 14 years. 

Try for yourself...