XPost: be.politics, fr.soc.politique, soc.culture.belgium   
   XPost: soc.culture.quebec   
   From: knaap@dietsland.di   
      
   Fustigator schreef:   
   > Vitae forma vocatur Dietse Knaap , die Tue, 22 Nov   
   > 2005 07:27:17 GMT, in littera   
   >  in foro be.politics(et   
   > aliis) vere scripsit quod sequitur:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Fustigator schreef:   
   >>   
   >>>Vitae forma vocatur Dietse Knaap , die Mon, 21 Nov   
   >>>2005 20:02:30 GMT, in littera   
   >>> in foro be.politics(et   
   >>>aliis) vere scripsit quod sequitur:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>Fustigator schreef:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>Definitely not. French is a language with high ambitions and those who   
   >>>>>>speak it see it as the peak of evolution. In fact it's just a farmer   
   >>>>>>language. That's the difference with Dutch: we all know we're not a   
   >>>>>>global language.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Défécation taurine.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>There are about 22 million native speakers. Dutch isn't a global   
   >>>>language and has no ambition to be one.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>So what?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>We know what we are   
   >   
   >   
   > Why are then so many "taal-ibans"(linguistic fanatics)  in Flanders   
   > and not in Holland?   
      
   Because in the Netherlands people are sure that their communication   
   language will not be oppressed. In Belgium, that's not so sure.   
      
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