User:Ekarck/DDR German/Cpedrego Peer Review

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Ekarck DDR German
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 * User:Ekarck/DDR German
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 * DDR German
 * DDR German

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This article really clearly explains what DDR German is, how it developed, as well as why it developed. It was pretty easy to understand coming from someone who knows little to nothing about Europe, especially Germany. I also like the way the article was structured, breaking it down into three distinct sections. There's a good range of types of sources as well, which adds to its reliability. Overall, It looks like everything was significantly improved from the original!! I think it's really good work!

Possible suggestions:

Sources wise, I see that the third and fourth sources are used a lot. I know they warned against heavily depending on only one or two sources, but pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary are pretty similar so I understand if these sources were just the most helpful and don't require any others. If it doesn't skew the article or make it unbalanced in any way, I think it's fine.

"The German language developed differently in East Germany (The Democratic Republic of Germany or Deutsche Demokratische Republik)"


 * Does this mean it developed differently from other parts of Germany or just Western Germany?

"The result was that the German of the former East Germany also includes two separate vocabularies, both different from the German of the Bundesrepublik: the official Socialist one (Newspeak or officialese) and the critically humorous one of everyday life."


 * Why is it considered critically humorous? Or who considers it humorous? I think this line is just a little unclear to me, possibly because I don't know anything about German and my English isn't perfect. By humorous, do you mean like casual? I know this was in the original article, but maybe expanding on that point?

Possibly add examples of the differences between the Siebs Deutsche Aussprache and the Duden Aussprachewörterbuch pronunciation dictionaries.