Kaixo!
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:51:01AM +0200, Ewen Caroline wrote:
moreso, as for the region around arlon, my grandmother told me that they used to speak lux but that today, it's not very common to find a person who can.
In Arlon itself that's true; however in the smaller towns and villages around it it is still quite common (up to 90% of speakers in some places in 1978, according to http://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussimbordjw%C3%A8s
(there is also an image with text "Eis sprooch iwert all grenzen" that shows where Luxemburguish is spoken: in Luxembourg (where it has official status, along with French and German), Arelerland (at the west, region around Arlon town, in Belgium, where only French has official status), around the region of Sankt-Vith (at the north, in Belgium, where only German has official status, and French special minority status), in Germany (at the east, where only German has official status), and in France (at the south, where only French has official status).