The "Spältabieg, the Neighbor Splits"

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As is well known, the Vorarlberg dialect has its peculiarities, especially in the east of Austria one does not always understand what the Alemanne wants to say. The cabaret artist and author Stefan Vögel wants to create "Vögel's Lexicon" and build bridges. Today he takes on the "Spältabieg", which is a status symbol in the Ländle. The Alemannic vocab Spälta goes back to the cracking of wood and therefore means: split wood. With this plural word,…