Subj : Semi-regular BS messages
To   : Werner Dworak
From : Bas Heijermans
Date : Wed Sep 13 2000 01:39 pm

Hello Werner,

On 12/Sep/00 at 10:02 you wrote:

 BH> And the part about disliking is very easy to understand, most 
 BH> people speak Dutch, but the French are trying to let everyone speak 
 BH> French:-(

 WD> One more question. AFAIK the Belgians call their language Flemish 
 WD> and dislike beeing called to speak Dutch. Are there real 
 WD> differences or is this rather a kind of teasing?

Well the Belgian dialect of dutch is Flemisch, but most of them will tell you 
that they speak dutch.
There are a few in the neigberhood of Antwerpen who are making a big thing out 
of it, but not just the language:-)

Warp3SMP,
\Bas

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