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Subject: Re: Belgium (was Re: Civilized Achievements)
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 18:01:55 +1200
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Two points:  1.   Flemish is (or rather was) what Dutch is called when
spoken in Belgium.
    2.   German is also an offical language, in the part of Belgium annexed
from Germany at the end of the First World War.

        Chris. Ehrhardt


----- Original Message -----
From: "Janice Siegel" <jsiegel@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu>
To: <classics@u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 4:35 PM
Subject: Belgium (was Re: Civilized Achievements)


> I just had dinner this evening with someone who spent the whole of last
year
> in Belgium. He said there were three regions: one where no one spoke
French,
> one where no one spoke Dutch, and the middle where both were spoken. I am
> not sure where Flemish comes in. He also said that he didn't learn a word
of
> Dutch because everyone spoke English. He is, however, fluent in French -
in
> fact, he taught all his classes in French.
>
> No classical content.
>
>
> Janice Siegel
> Intellectual Heritage Program
> 1114 W. Berks Street
> Anderson 214
> Temple University
> Philadelphia, PA 19122
> 215-204-1770
> http://nimbus.temple.edu/~jsiegel
> http://www.drjclassics.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daniel P. Tompkins <pericles@astro.ocis.temple.edu>
> To: <classics@u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Civilized Achievements
>
>
> > On Sat, 27 May 2000, Alfred M Kriman wrote:
> > >
> > > Belgium is divided approximately in half between French-speaking
> > > Walloons and Flemish-speaking Flemings
> >
>
>

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