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Dutch01
Dutch01
Nov 20, 2008
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#21

Anyone here have family in Gemert or de Mortel? I have family there.

Dozy
Dozy
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Nov 20, 2008
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#22
Frederik wrote:

Here's a fact: 

In europe in middle ages, criminals, thieves, raperst, murderers had one choise: die or pick up a sword and fight for the king oversea in the collonies.

Most did not return but stayed there. That why we can say that the entire country of America is build by thieves, murderers and raperst from europe..

Australia had a similar auspicious beginning.  We began as a British penal colony and, so low were we held in European esteem, that during World War I, a German general actually apologised for sending his troops to fight against the descendents of thieves and murderers.

bastiaan
bastiaan
Nov 20, 2008
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#23

Splitting up belgium joining one part with the dutch and one with the french?
Sounds a bit radical to me.
I know there was a newsshow some time ago where there was a joke about Belgium being split up. People assumed it was real, and it turned out to be quite a chaos. I don't know whether it will do any good splitting them up. I suppose the splitting would be more of a deal than the joining.

I live in Eindhoven and it's Belgian enough to me, not that I have anything against Belgiums

Puydtje
Puydtje
Nov 20, 2008
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#24
Terlimone wrote:

Oh my god, and I thought we had a problem in Belgium... That must be the reason to get rid of the Dutch in 1830.

Lol Laughing

Dozy
Dozy
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Nov 20, 2008
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#25

While we're on the Dutch/Belgian controversy can anybody explain how to pronounce those "xx" at the end of some Belgian names -- like Eddie Merxx?

Dozy
Dozy
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Nov 20, 2008
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#26
Frederik wrote:

Dozy

lol, have no idea.. 

by the way, I do know where xxx stands for!

If you tell me what xxx stands for, I'll tell you what bbb stands for

Puydtje
Puydtje
Nov 20, 2008
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#27
Frederik wrote:

Bastiaan,

Als alleen vlaanderen erbij komt krijgt onze economie een behoorlijke impuls hoor..

maar toegegeven, voor veel belgen best radicaal idd!

Dat van die show wist ik, maar volgens my waren er ook in de belgische politiek geluiden hoor.. en hier ook vlgs my (wilders?)

In belgie heerst die spanning al veel langer denk ik, in vlaanderen word het geld verdiend en in wallonie weer uitgegeven.. vandaar ook die chaos denk ik.. dat zal best veel vaker geoppert zijn.

Correct!!!!

We (in Flanders) give money, money, money to Wallonië. That is a problem for many people. Not for me because we have to help the poor Laughing

But being a part a Netherland?? The answer is no. We don't have the same culture. We speak the same language but thats it.

And what about our kings? We both have one.

Bardu
Bardu
Nov 20, 2008
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#28

Frederick, I'm pretty sure there were no colonies during the middle ages. The growth of trade and exploration were two factors contributing to the end of the middle ages.

bastiaan
bastiaan
Nov 20, 2008
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#29
Frederik wrote:

Bastiaan,

Als alleen vlaanderen erbij komt krijgt onze economie een behoorlijke impuls hoor..

maar toegegeven, voor veel belgen best radicaal idd!

Dat van die show wist ik, maar volgens my waren er ook in de belgische politiek geluiden hoor..  en hier ook vlgs my (wilders?)

In belgie heerst die spanning al veel langer denk ik, in vlaanderen word het geld verdiend en in wallonie weer uitgegeven.. vandaar ook die chaos denk ik..  dat zal best veel vaker geoppert zijn.

Daarvoor heb ik me nog niet genoeg verdiept, ik wist niet dat het zo speelde.
Dat met die nieuwsuitzending stond volgens mij vrij los van Nederland, ik zag dat heel België op zijn kop stond dus dat zal hier ook wel indruk gemaakt hebben.
Misschien wel iets om in de gaten te houden, maar ik zie niets snel gebeuren. Met de EU zijn de grenzen tussen landen erbinnen ook minder reëel.

maartenotten
maartenotten
Nov 20, 2008
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#30
Dozy wrote:

While we're on the Dutch/Belgian controversy can anybody explain how to pronounce those "xx" at the end of some Belgian names -- like Eddie Merxx?

 you just heve to pronounce them as ks so its the same as merks

Dozy
Dozy
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Nov 20, 2008
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#31

Thanks, maartenotten.  It's one of those things I often wondered about.  (Jim Fixx who was one of the leaders in the American jogging boom in the 1970s was another well known double-x.)

maartenotten
maartenotten
Nov 21, 2008
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#32
linksspringer wrote:

Anyway, I have changed my settings from "Holland" to "Netherlands" again, "Holland" should just be removed from the options.

 

 I agree regions wich are not countries should be removed.

And my opinion is that you should fill in the country were you are living now

Pulpofeira
Pulpofeira
Apr 11, 2020
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#33

Donner preferred to say he was from Amsterdam.