 That means that each word's stressed syllable isn't only marked through the higher voice volume, but also through a distinguishable modification of the voice's sound.In general, the pitch of the stressed syllable sinks.In orthography, the most visible difference from Standard German usage outside Switzerland is the absence of "ß" (officially abolished in the Canton of Zürich in 1935; the sign fell gradually out of use and was dropped by the "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" ("NZZ") in 1974).