khunsanuk Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Hi, i mean language and not countries how to recognize difference between dutch and flemish? Flemish is Dutch, but just more funny to listen to Seriously though, there is very little difference. I'm not even sure if Flemish is actually a separate language rathen than a dialect of Dutch. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 and here I was thinking that Dutch was a dialect of Flemish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Hi, Ha! You wish! Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 am i correct that one should call holland the netherlands since holland is only a province Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Hi, Ha! You wish! Sanuk! I honestly couldn't care less, what I cannot stand with dialects (about 300+ in Flemish) is the small minded village mentality I am more European minded, transcending borders...... BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 am i correct that one should call holland the netherlands since holland is only a province try here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands North and South Holland :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Your point is? BB's point is that he is the only one who orders his food in HKK in Flemish (since he doesn't neither speak Mandarin nor Kantonese).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 BB's point is that he is the only one who orders his food in HKK in Flemish (since he doesn't neither speak Mandarin nor Kantonese).... I actually did exactly that once in a top restaurant in HK as the menu stated the chef was Flemish, I asked and he came to the table, so I ordered with him ....... :yay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Still dont know why they didnt try to make sign an international language - we blew that opportunity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language On the whole, sign languages are independent of spoken languages and follow their own paths of development. For example, British Sign Language and American Sign Language are quite different and mutually unintelligible, even though the hearing people of Britain and America share the same spoken language. The grammars of sign languages do not usually resemble that of spoken languages used in the same geographical area; in fact, in terms of syntax, ASL shares more with spoken Japanese than it does with English Cant say I'm wild about the facial expressions that seem to go with sign - as one comedian put, 'Why are deaf people so fucking angry ?' ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 they also tried with Esperanto, that also never took off..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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