XPost: be.politics, fr.soc.politique, soc.culture.belgium   
   XPost: soc.culture.quebec   
   From: Fustigator@xs4all.nl   
      
   Vitae forma vocatur Dietse Knaap , die Tue, 22 Nov   
   2005 11:54:24 GMT, in littera   
    in foro be.politics(et   
   aliis) vere scripsit quod sequitur:   
      
   >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.   
      
   Bullshit: English treatens the confidential language Dutch is.   
      
   >In Belgium, that's not so sure.   
      
   French is no longer a menace: English will soon beome one.   
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