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From: Helen Owens <>
Subject: Luxembourgers
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:07:33 -0400

Listers,
Luxembourgers, consider themselves just that Luxembourgers. They speak
Luxembourgishe which they consider a separate language from German or
French. This from my grandfather whose families go back in Luxembourg
to the 1600s. He called himself Flemish which I understand is from
Belgium. He would not call himself either German or French and corrected
anyone who did. He was born in Waldbillig in the year 1862. I first
heard of the Duchy of Luxembourg in history at the time of Charlegmagne
who was French. When he died the son who inherited the German section
of Charlemagne's Empire got the Duchy. We could go back and forth about
what it is bascially all day and not reach a conclusion. The present
day Luxembourgers speak there own language and learn English, German and
French when they start school
HELEN L>

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