Talk:Franconian German

Lorraine Franconian (or Platt) is a general term used in Lorraine not for one, but three languages :

• Rhine Frankish or Rhine Franconian;
• Moselle Frankish or Moselle Franconian;
• the third one used in Lorraine is the same as Luxembourgish.

The term German is not used in Lorraine. When they speak French they refer to it as francique (i.e. Frankish or Franconian) or, when they speak the dialect they refer to it as Platt.

In linguistics the term German must be used only in Low German, Central German and High German.

• The designation Franconian German simply does not exist, neither does Lorrainian German.
• This page should be called Franconian languages.

Liam D 19:13, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As soon as I am no longer in danger of breaking the three revert rule (we thank Ulritz and his constructive edit warring) which will be in 24 hours this article will be restored. An article on a High German variety has been turned into a redirect by a linguistic layman (according to Ulrit, Luxemburgish is a Low Franconian language). This was and will be again an article on that matter rather than a redirect to a page based on personal prestige rather than common sense. Rex 19:07, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing out the superfluous 'low' I missed in the link. You have to go and scold all the editors who worked on the Dutch and German articles too, dont forget. Ulritz 19:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I remember that, except I was right. Rex 19:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When this article will be restored, by me or others I would like to make clear that all of these links will be changed as well. Rex 20:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]