Hi!
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:25:21 +0100, James R. Johnson wrote:
I hear more Swabish, Hessisch, and Bairisch, really (that's just the people I live with in the student housing).
Yes, well, that is to be expected in student housing, those from Cologne are somewhat less likely to move into Cologne student housing. (In fact, they probably have a problem getting into it even if they want to, with the scarity of student housing in Germany.)
I would, of course, support the idea of a Kölsch Wikipedia, and would point out that there is, after all, one for plattdütsch (sp?) as well. There are also quite a few books in Kölsch, as well as an institute for learning it. So I see no problem there.
Greetings from Cologne Alex