| QUOTE (yahudidevriyesi @ October 29, 2009 08:19 pm) |
| I once tried to get into the Vlaams Belang office in Bruxelles, but I was wearing a beard and a turban, so they wouldn't let me in the door. |
| QUOTE (artist @ October 29, 2009 07:21 pm) |
| why did you wear a turban? you really went in BRXL? if yes what did you think about em? Personnaly, i hate the flanders bruxelles is ok but it's too much Liège is just great |
| QUOTE (yahudidevriyesi @ October 29, 2009 08:43 pm) |
| What do I think of the Flemish? I think they're better than the Dutch in Dutchland. I think all of Belgium's problems between French and Dutch reek of misunderstanding. I think the French fail to acknowledge that for all their commitment to a tri-national Belgium, a lot of them don't learn Dutch. I think on the flipside, that frustration is overplayed by the Flemish right and a lot of young Flemish get drawn into Geert Wilders-style thinking based on Flemish media support for anyone espousing the view that more French should learn Dutch. I also think it's amazing how little the Flemish acknowledge that the fact that French is the third most common language in Western Europe and one of the most common official languages globally, whereas Dutch is relegated to Belgium, Dutchland, and South Efrika (where they don't even conjugate verbs) and that that might be a factor in why the French prefer to learn English. In fact let me just say that here's what I think of the Flemish: They are too friendly with the Dutch, and the only things I like about Belgium are those things which distinguish it from Dutchland. 1. Bruxelles is cool, it's like Paris minus the hype. 2. Their food is alright, but you know me, I got all my food from Arabs and Turks while in Bruxelles. Still, name any city on earth and some Belgian dude will pop out of nowhere and be like "While you're there, here's a list of restaurants to try." 3. Antwerp is the shit. So many Yiddish speakers all rolling around one town. Aw yeah. Plus it seems like my kosher meals on all flights contain a certificate (in Yiddish, of course) saying that some crazy Rabbi who hates the state of Israel living in Antwerp approves the kosherness of my tuna. 4. Flemish Dutch is more pleasing to the ear than Dutchland Dutch. 5. Catholics>Protestants. (Except in German-speaking countries.) @Westerort: Anti-fascist direct action always scores big points with me. |
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| I was just generally rolling around in a turban in those days. Some Indians sold me them in Londonistan. Big up Southall. |
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| I think all of Belgium's problems between French and Dutch reek of misunderstanding. |
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| 2. Their food is alright, but you know me, I got all my food from Arabs and Turks while in Bruxelles. Still, name any city on earth and some Belgian dude will pop out of nowhere and be like "While you're there, here's a list of restaurants to try." |
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| 3. Antwerp is the shit. So many Yiddish speakers all rolling around one town. Aw yeah. Plus it seems like my kosher meals on all flights contain a certificate (in Yiddish, of course) saying that some crazy Rabbi who hates the state of Israel living in Antwerp approves the kosherness of my tuna. |
| QUOTE (yahudidevriyesi @ October 29, 2009 09:19 pm) |
| Speaking of which, we all say y'all have three languages, but I'm pretty sure at this point Urdu, Yiddish, Turkish and Arabic are all spoken more than German within Belgium's borders. And what do the Congolese speak? French mostly? Or do they actually speak any African languages that would up their cool factor even more? |
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| And what do the Congolese speak? French mostly? Or do they actually speak any African languages that would up their cool factor even more? |
| QUOTE (yahudidevriyesi @ October 29, 2009 09:43 pm) |
| According to wikipedia, they be speakin' Tshiluba, Lingala, the "Kongo language", and of course Swahili is taking over, like it is everywhere else in Africa that borders a country with a coastline on the East. |