MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Fri Oct 10 13:37:29 CDT 2003
I went to a bilingual French-English university in Ottawa and used to see the same thing in the university pubs. Erwin Craps wrote: >NO ARCHIVE > >Well I must say Flemish people tend to say they speak Flemish but this >is to make clear they are from Belgium and not from The Netherlands. > >And if we say we are from Belgium, people often think we are French >speaking.... >It's sometimes funny because they start speaking to us in French >straightaway and we answer in French so they really believe we are >Belgian-French... > >You sometimes should hear a Belgian conversation between collegue's... >The French one is speaking Dutch to the Dutch person so he can improve >his Dutch >This Dutch person reponds to this French person in French because he >wants to improve his French. When there is a second French speaking >person, the first French speaks French to the second French and both >French speak Dutch to the Dutch Person and the Dutch person responds to >both in French. > >And when a second Dutch person arrives.... You get the idea.... > >So the whole conversations switches constantly from one language to >another (there is no translating done) depending on whom you are taking >to... > >And if a English persons get in, well, they all speak English... > >Really, it very amusing to watch a group of people talking like that... > > > > > >Erwin > > >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens Gustav Brock >Verzonden: vrijdag 10 oktober 2003 12:04 >Aan: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Onderwerp: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Language Settings > > >Hi Erwin > >I'm with you, all right, and it's Friday. And I know about deutsch so I >caught that. > >Never knew about the connection between the Flemish and Dutch, so learnt >something new today! > >/gustav > > > > >>Date: 2003-10-10 11:54 >> >> > > > >>Gustav.... >> >> > > > >>Its Flemish.... >>And its very confusion because Flemish is not a language... Flemish >>people speak Dutch. Dutch is Nederlands (like they speak in The >>Netherlands (Holland)) and not Dutch as in Deutschland (Germany) whom >>speak German and not Dutch... >> >> > > > >>So Flemish is a person from Vlaanderen which is the north side of >>Belgium. >> >> > > > >>But, because in The Netherlands (Holland) other Dutch words are used >>than in Vlaanderen (Flemisch) it sounds like a different languages but >> >> > > > >>they are not. Its like English USA and English UK or Australia, etc... >>Same language but different use of words and pronanciation... >> >> > > > >>Same thing for the south side of Belgium but in Belgian-French and not >> >> > > > >>French-French... >> >> > > > >>Is anyone still with me on this, because I'm starting to doubt on >>myself here.... >> >> > > > >>Erwin >> >> > > > > > > > >>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>Van: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens Gustav Brock >>Verzonden: vrijdag 10 oktober 2003 11:46 >>Aan: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Onderwerp: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Language Settings >> >> > > > > >>Hi Erwin >> >> > > > >>So how about Flamish (if this is how to spell in English your >>non-French language used Belgium)? >> >> > > > >>By the way, Andy, we have here a broker who can supply (mostly IBM) >>machines localized for many European countries. These machines are, >>oddly, very hard to obtain at the normal broadline distributors. >> >> > > > >>/gustav >> >> > > > > >>>Date: 2003-10-10 11:36 >>> >>> > > > >>>:-) >>> >>> > > > >>>Thats the advantage of beeing in a country with tree offical >>>languages >>> >>> > > > >>>and the EC in Brussels... I used to work for a company whom shipped >>>computers/terminal in as many languages as the EC exists of >>>countries..... My job was to prepare them... >>>And not to forget as many different keyboards too... >>> >>> > > > >>>I now have customers working in 4 languages.... English (Int), >>>Dutch, >>> >>> > > > >>>French and 1 German... I know most of the menu's in office by heart >>>in >>> >>> > > > >>>3 languages....when giving suport by phone... >>> >>> > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada