sum walloon several weeks ago posted passage local walloon bastogne area belgium asked translation quite number responses appears responders good time wrestling passage passage gne po pre kinze ans du ci dj asto amon albe rt le yona rd e dj rawa rdo pace k avot dit k ou profe sseu r se mine vlot nos po pa rler walon dju sovin co k dj e dmande c momint la kin dje k il e c cure la dj e vite avou compris k n astot nin pus cure k mi surtout cand dj l e avou oune le djon ne bwe ce le ki n compurdot lu walon k astot bin de cide l aprinde avou de profe sseu rs come pierrot come jeannot come roger ou come mi dist l fou consensus translation il peu pre quinze ans ici j e tais chez albert le onard et j attendais parce qu avait dit qu un professeur du se minaire voulait nous voir pour parler du wallon je souviens ce que j ai demande ce momentla quel ge il donc ce cure la j avais vite compris qu il n e tais pas plus cure que moi surtout quand je l ai vu avec une belle jeune demoiselle qui ne comprenait gue le wallon mais qui e tait bien de cide e l apprendre avec des professeurs comme pierrot comme jeannot comme roger ou comme moi ditil le fou uncertainties disagreements gone majority view case biggest problem last bit caused havoc though gist seems generally clear disagreement whether nonpriest young girl wanted learn walloon people went woman syntax appears say strange form rawa rdo second line appears word french regarder told northern dialects word widely used sense wait wait watch another headache word bwe ce le line 6 clearly means something like demoiselle possibly word french pucelle virgin maiden unlikely sense intended told speakers walloon generally elderly apart younger people enthusiasts though belgian student consulted told friend spoke walloon younger people limited education also said grasp variety engagingly told obscenities insults tend persist especially well one respondent objected speaking walloon dialect french preferring see distinct language english version fifteen years ago albert leonard institute curious told teacher seminary wanted see us talk walloon still remember wondering moment old priest quickly understood priest particularly saw beautiful young girl scarcely knew walloon determined learn teachers like pierrot like jannot like roger like said fool passage written georges pasau pre ident du muse e de la parole au pays de bastogne appeared issue 4 1994 magazine _ singuliers _ devoted walloon special number given publication new dictionary walloon dictionary michel francard 1994 _ dictionnaire des parlers wallons du pays de bastogne _ brussels deboeck universite isbn 28041 1957 2 francard professor romance linguistics university louvain belgium address faculte des lettres universite catholique de louvain louvain le nauve belgium email francard frwa ucl ac nt consulted yet plan orthography used walloon believe invented francard specifically dictionary dictionary contains nice dialect maps linguistic information walloon thanks jean francois carrasco richard coates jean francois delannoy roger feron frederik fouvry vincent granville ted harding yolande meessen philippe mennecier bernd moebius mother joseph reisdoerfer thierry j van steenberghe guido vanden wyngaerd max wheeler larry trask cogs university sussex brighton bn1 9qh england larryt cogs susx ac uk