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 More options May 22 2002, 10:25 pm
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From: g...@FreeBSD.ORG
Date: 23 May 2002 02:25:23 +0000
Local: Wed, May 22 2002 10:25 pm
Subject: Re: French, Flemish and English (was: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c)
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On Wednesday, 22 May 2002 at 12:17:04 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 6:59 PM +0930 2002/05/22, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

>>>    Which is kind of why I think I'll like learning Dutch (as opposed
>>> to Flemish), because if I'm going to automatically "get it wrong" no
>>> matter what, I might as well have a little bit of fun tweaking their
>>> nose.

>> But there's so little difference between Dutch and Flemish (apart from
>> the throat disease), and the Dutch are more tolerant.

>    So sez you.

And a number of Dutch and Flemish people I know.

> I've been told by Flemish and Dutch speakers alike that the
> languages are "very" different,

The differences I understand to exist are:

1.  Pronunciation.
2.  The notable absence of French-derived words in Flemish.

I have shown both Flemish and Dutch people texts written in one of the
languages (we still don't know which), and they couldn't tell them
apart.

> and I understand that there's probably as much or more animosity
> between Dutch vs. Flemish speakers as there is between
> Belgian/Wallonian French vs. French French speakers, and as there is
> between Flemish & Belgian/Wallonian French speakers.

No, I haven't heard that.

>    Let's not even get started on dialects.  ;-)

Why not?  That's really what we're talking about.

Greg
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