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Originally posted by Dragonfly
People from the Netherlands speak more languages than people from Belgium? That's weird  |
Damn la francophonie. In the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, learning French is mandatory. While in the French speaking part, it's an optional choice between Dutch and English. They prefer not to speak the language of the other side and choose for English.
An attempt to wipe out the other language.
It's already difficult enough with the language struggle.
- The French speaking people try to capture Dutch speaking town after town by changing every shop owner into French speaking, changing the population, changing the town councils with French thinking politicians,...
- The Dutch speaking people are trying hold the invasion off. If we are without a federal government for more than 1 year, we are doing good resistance work. The country keeps running because we has 5 other governments (and 6 parliaments) building the roads, running the schools, collecting car tax,...
In the Netherlands, it's perfectly possible to have emergency response vehicles with only English text on it. They are more open to foreign language, foreign food, foreign culture,... and Katy's first continental European arena sold out happened in Amsterdam.
