User:LynwoodF

I am Frank Lynwood and I live in the Surbiton Park area of Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom. My background is in Romance linguistics (French, Iberian), but I have long been interested in the juxtaposition of languages of different groups in areas such as Wales, Alsace, Istria and especially the Low Countries.

See Wikipedia article on Istro-Romanian language. Like Istriot, this is one of the endangered languages of Istria.

The map alongside has been introduced as part of a formatting exercise. Istro-Romanian should not be confused with Istriot, which belongs to a different subgroup. Note: The file I used appears to have been removed from Wikipedia, possibly for copyright reasons.

Linguistic Map of Benelux

Click on the image to see a larger version. Then click on that to see an even larger one.

I registered with Wikipedia specifically to comment on a map (click on File talk:Languages Benelux.PNG and go to Country boundaries, then German in Liège Province). By and large, this map is excellent and clearly shows something I have often pointed out, that the political frontier between the Netherlands and Belgium is not a significant linguistic frontier. Indeed, the four dialect groups of northern Belgium spill over the international border, even East Flemish, which only just makes it!

Concerns

My niggle with the map is that it does not deal adequately with the Eastern Cantons (Cantons de l'Est) of Liège Province, the area which passed to Belgium from Prussia after the First World War. It has three divisions, two of which regard themselves as German-speaking. More precise details are given in the comment.

Reservations about concerns

If the cartographer is reading this, I can tell you that the matter is not quite so cut and dried as I make it seem in the comment. I am relying on the traditional classification of dialects, whereas this is questioned in some quarters. Limburgish does not fit well into Dutch, Low German or Central German and some suggest it should be regarded as a distinct language. Nevertheless, it forms a dialect continuum with adjacent varieties of Low German and Central German, including that of the Eupen area of Liège Province, so no doubt there are people who would agree with your classification.

Surbiton Park Project

To see what progress has been made so far, click here.

Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge and Marquess of Anglesey.

Actor Richard Armitage. (Tony Haz Photography.)

I have always pictured the Earl of Uxbridge as looking like the actor Terence Alexander, who played him in the film Waterloo, but when I saw this portrait, it struck me that the ideal actor to cast would be Richard Armitage. Tell me what you think on the Talk page.

By the end of October, 2010 the article was more or less complete, but it contained some unsubstantiated statements and there was still work to be done on references. Moreover, there was a shortage of pictures of the surviving older buildings and it was felt that some new photographs needed to be taken. For these reasons the article was not transferred into the main body of Wikipedia.

The unusually wintry weather of late November and early December, 2010 prevented any photographic work, and so the project was put on hold.

Thomas Pooley Project

This section is here to indicate an intention to put something together on this historical personage. He was important in the development of Surbiton, but there is no Wikipedia article on him and the article on Surbiton does not highlight his rôle.

Caleys Article

The Caleys article is not entirely satisfactory to my mind. I intend to attempt to improve it, when I have time.

The links were created as part of an exercise and to give me quick access to the websites for reference.

Windlesora.

Caley's.

Further Information

Stegosaurus. (Pencil drawing by Nobu Tamura.)

I characterize myself as a grumpy old dinosaur, but I doubt whether my tail is as dangerous as that of my friend on the left! The past is another country and I am a native of that land.

If you wish to contact me, there is a User talk page. Please click on Discussion above or use the link here.

I also have a personal wiki, which is not currently universally accessible. If you are allowed access to this, you can click on a link to the login page here.

This was my first warning, although I did not intend to advertise anything. I have amended the section and transferred this notice here as a memento. At least, Wikipedia does keep an eye on what is being posted.

This paragraph is an exercise in referencing. Some surprising results can be achieved using this software.

External Links

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