Talk:German-speaking Community of Belgium

message: Is Eupen-Malmedy another name for East Cantons? -- Dissident 02:30, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: talk

message: I'm not sure how to interpret The East Cantons were part of the Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany until 1920, from the article. Does it mean 'the Rhine province of Prussia in Germany', or were the East Cantons a part of Rhine Province at one stage, which was replaced with Prussia, and then later with Germany? or something totally different? Felix the Cassowary 30 June 2005 12:37 (UTC)
: The Rhine Province belongs to Prussia and Prussia belongs to Germany. I guess this is a US idiom, they write things like "Seattle, Washington" all the time, meaning: Seattle, which is in Washington. --Chl 30 June 2005 14:06 (UTC)
:: Thanks! I've reworded the article so it's clear. (I'm familiar with that American idiom, but I don't think I've ever seen it before with more than two places so it started looking like a list.) Felix the Cassowary 1 July 2005 11:23 (UTC)
WALLONIA, FRANCE, GERMANY AND EUPEN
I suppose that if Wallonia joins France, Eupen and the German-speaking community will join Germany...that´s logical.
:Not necessarily.  The area of Sankt Vith has much more historical links with Luxembourg.  Furthermore, the local dialict that is spoken there is very close to Luxembourgish language.  --Lebob-BE (talk) 16:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretation 

message: Just a cosmetic problem,might want to fix it.Raspberrysnapple 04:11, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: huge blank space

message: I think it would be a good idea to add the different languages spoken in the area (Limburgish and Luxembourgish) - I was surprised, when I visited Eupen and St. Vith most people there don't speak Standard German, Limburgish seems to be somewhat closer to Dutch.Johnny2323 (talk) 02:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include languages 

message: Why is the Community named "German-speaking Community of Belgium", while the French and Flemish ones are named French Community of Belgium and Flemish Community?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dotfiret (talk • contribs) 08:53, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The word "German" refers to the German language, but it also refers to Germany. I think "German-speaking" has been chosen to emphasize the difference, Germany had quite a bad reputation in eastern Belgium, the area had been occupied by Germany during WWII and the result was the destruction of many cities and villages in the area - including many civilian casualties. Another possible explanation: The community comprises two separate territories (see the map in the article). Historically, the two territories belonged to the Duchy of Luxembourg and the Duchy of Limburg, people living there spoke (and many still speak) different dialects, which means the community is not as coherent as the French or Flemish community. Johnny2323 (talk) 02:55, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  You get some very political correct people that refuse to speak of Germans. The Germans inhabiting the Eupen Malmedy area are also quite timid. I've been told that this was for reasons for intimidation by the Belgian occupation personnel. Not sure what that all included, I can just guess. --41.151.241.243 (talk) 13:41, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: "the difference line between German, Dutch, Luxembourgish and Limburgish is very slight since they are all part of the same dialect continuum"
Really? Let's take a look. Here is the first line of the Lord's Prayer in each. No way are German and Dutch and Luxembourgish so close as implied; Limburg dialect however is just a dialect of Dutch (the Wikipedia hive mind seems to think it's a 'language' LOL, the evidence doesn't bear this out.)
1. German: "Vater unser im Himmel,
geheiligt werde dein Name;
dein Reich komme;
dein Wille geschehe,
wie im Himmel so auf Erden"
2. Dutch: "Onze Vader die in de hemelen zijt,
uw naam worde geheiligd;
Uw rijk kome.
Uw wil geschiede
op aarde zoals in de hemel.
3. Luxembourgish: "Eise Papp am Himmel,
däin Numm sief gehellégt.
Däi Räich soll kommen,
däi Wëll soll geschéien
wéi am Himmel sou op der Äerd"
4. Limburgish: "Onze vader, die in de hemel zijt,
uw naam worde geheiligd, uw rijk kome,
uw wil geschiede op aarde zoals in de hemel."
..and in Frisian, which certainly a different language: "    Us Heit, dy't yn de himelen is
    jins namme wurde hillige.
    Jins keninkryk komme.
    Jins wollen barre,
    allyk yn 'e himel
    sa ek op ierde."
:If you tried to present an evidence against the same dialect continuum than you missed the goal. Germans can read dutch if they concentrate on the text. Two words are difficult for me: "uw" needs a little thinking and "zoals" is something for guessing. The meaning of both words at least becomes clear from the context. I'm sure people from Aachen or Eupen know what "zoals" means. I live really far away from that region. Nankea (talk) 18:34, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Differences between Dutch, German etc 

message: I can't find a definition of "Community", including going to other articles about Belgian "Communities".  It is ambiguous between territory and people.  The use of square kilometres and cities indicates territory, but the article on the French Community says 'The name "French Community" refers to Francophone Belgians', implying people.  --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 16:21, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: A "Community", as this article should explain, is a political entity (with a government), basically identical to a "Region" in that regard. They both have a certain territory over which they exercise their powers, the difference being that a Community's territory is based on people or more specifically language. Its powers are generally person-related (education, healthcare, ...). In the case of the French Community, its territory is based on where French speakers live, and the sentence you quoted tried to clarify this, i.e. that it has nothing to do with French citizens. So the quoted text is clarifying the "French" in "French Community" rather than the "Community" term. SPQRobin (talk) 22:00, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  definition of "Community"  in this context 

message: It would be useful if this area were more widely described as the cantons of Eupen and Sankt Vith in the province of Liège.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:5988:EC00:697B:E213:1EEF:C2FE (talk) 17:13, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: description