[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...