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For Brannie and other language lovers: an interesting article about the Dutch language(s) (link).
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Now is that Flemish common Dutch? Yes and no. Flemish writers often win Dutch literature prizes, and Flemish readers often win the Dutch national spelling contest. But the Flemish television channels subtitle the Amsterdam police series Baantjer ... in Dutch! I can immediately hear whether a television presenter is Flemish or Dutch, because of the differences in accent and sentence structure and choice of words. Dutch people don't immediately understand what the Flemish politician Kris Peeters means by saying "he won't let people play with his feet". A Dutchman would say "he won't let people consider him the fool".


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Thanks for the link. I read the article and some of the
gentlemen's stories. I enjoyed them.


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Wow, that's a nice and solid article. (Some catching-up to do as I was up in Friesland for a couple of days.) Thanks for it, reminding me of the South African songs my mother taught us as my father was born in S.Africa. My grandfather indeed did fight in the Boer War. I've read all of it. Good job. In Friesland they still make you say: "buter, brea en griene tsies", to say it quick is not that easy for us.


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