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What's the little arm that bloops out to the west? That's not the actual proposed border, is it? BoArthur 15:52, 1 February 2008 (PST)

It was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg *here* until the Belgian revolt of the 1830s. It seemed the consensus that that final partition of Luxemburg did not happen *there*, so there it is. If it's unsightly or should be French, then I can redraw the maps. After all, "Luxembourg" still is listed as a French departement; maybe France did manage to hold onto some of the westernmost portions. Benkarnell 15:59, 1 February 2008 (PST)

I like the little salient... Seth 16:04, 2 February 2008

I'll have to think about that, Ben. BoArthur 15:47, 6 February 2008 (PST)

German

There should be a mention somewhere that one of the German dialects is spoken in the Grand Duchy, seeing as how they are not only in the Holy Roman Empire, but were also occupied several times by German armies. Seth 16:03 2 February 2008

I could add that it's spoken in the capital & maybe other cities. Benkarnell 20:34, 1 February 2008 (PST)

Why would one do that? In the city Lëtzebuergesch is spoken just like in the rest of the country. I've never heard of German spoken anywhere in Luxemburg, except that Lëtzebuergesch is pretty much a German dialect itself.

What I am really curious about is what the status of the Luxemburgish language would be in IB. When I was young, nobody had ever heard of it. *Here*, virtually all Luxembourgeois are bilingual in French and Luxemburgish, and French was until recently (1970s/1980s) the only written language, while Luxemburgish was considered a German dialect rather used for spoken communication between the Luxemburgers themselves. What would that situation be like *there*? I imagine that French still plays a major role, but given the fact that Luxemburgish is indeed much closer to German ánd the fact that Luxemburg was, and is, part of the HRE, German might be playing a more important role as well. Perhaps part of the Luxemburgers are bilingual in German instead of French? However, I wouldn't expect German to be the single native language of a major portion of the population. —IJzeren Jan ^Uszkiełtu? 00:43, 7 February 2008 (PST)

Read what I wrote in the article. It's toward the bottom. That explains my (current) thoughts on the subject. I'd like to know your opinion. Benkarnell 05:12, 7 February 2008 (PST)