Maastricht... off-topic, but last year I listened to a group of people who spoke a presumably German dialect I never heard before, it sounded a lot similar to K�lsch (the dialect in Cologne). Finally I asked them where they were from: Maastricht! I was really surprised, it didn't sound like the normal Dutch at all. This shows what I learned in linguistics: originally, there was no clear language 'border' between lower German and Dutch dialects, but a continuum of step-by-step changes every few kilometers.
The Maastricht dialect is quite unique in that it uses a lot of german grammar, while mixing that up with Germen, French, dutch, some modern english words and some typical dialect.. And yes, i can understand how people mix it up wit k�lsch.. But then some germans also asked me if we orriginated fromSwitzerland..
Maastricht is probably the most musical town nord of The Alps, we talk like we are singing, every aria has its own text in local dialect, and its not a coincidence that Andre Rieu comes from Maastricht... His musical identity could lightly be seen as the soul and spirit of Maastricht
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