Gardian Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Mrs G and I were at our local market this morning and finished up having a coffee in the cafe.We couldn’t help overhearing the conversation of the couple at the next table. It wasn’t French, nor Flemish. It was like a mixed bag of French and German, but ‘softer’ German words than one might be accustomed to hearing.It occurred to me that it might have been a sort-of patois from Luxembourg and that’s how I discovered (via Google) the existence of Luxembourgish, which in itself has a number of dialects.I just wonder whether there are any parts of Alsace where this kind of patois might exist, or perhaps even Switzerland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomme Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Yes, there is Alsatian as well. In recent years they have been adding the names of towns in Alsatian to the signposts at the beginning of towns.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsatian_dialectSee also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemannic_German for more on the many related dialects in Europe and elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Plus there is Flemish and Flemish dialects.There are two Flemish folk in my village; the first is an elderly retired farmer who came to the area post 2WW to get land and the second is a retired Flemish prof from Ghent University. He tells me that the two of them cannot understand each other because the old farmer speaks a village dialect whereas he speaks standard Flemish.It may be that there are also border dialects of Luxembourgish and Alsatian. What about Switzerland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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