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> And to a native German speaker, 'New Swabian League' sounds plain

> calling the NAC the 'New Yorkshire Confederacy'.

This is a truly excellent analogy. Schwabisch is just as far from mainstream
Hochdeutsch as a broad Yorkshire dielect is from the Queen's English. And the
Swabians have a reputation for being "tight with their Brass" to use a good
Yorkshire phrase.

Here's the translation of a Joke I heard in Bremen that illustrates some of
the traditional regional characteristics:

3 Kumpels were having a drink at a local Beergarten, one from Prussia, one
from