[dba-Tech] OT Windows Language Settings

There was a recent news item in this area about an area of Wisconsin where
the Belgian immigrants were the last people in the world to speak a
particular dialect of (I believe they said) Flemish. They were afraid that
it would become a dead language because the kids aren't bothering to use it
anymore.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Erwin Craps
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 5:22 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] OT Windows Language Settings
>
>
> 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...
>
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