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"Willem" <.> wrote in message news:<400430d1$0$34195$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl>.. .
> Exactly the same? Keep dreaming Steven..... There are words with very
> differnt meanings.... Say in Belgium: "Ik moet poepen".

Which in "Dutch" Dutch would be: "I need to take a crap". While in
"Flemish" Dutch it'd be: "I need to f**k".

Details. Same wording, different meaning. Might create some confusion.

>
> Willem
>
> "Steven Tolleneer" <steevke@nospam.com> schreef in bericht
> newsahovvsiodf0r21md82ds1sr3kv3iehdof@4ax.com...
> > bridgetjan@aol.com (januk) wrote:
> > >this isn't Dutch but flemish so translating for a dutch speaker is
> > >also difficult.
> >
> > Sorry to dissapoint you, but both "languages" are EXACTLY the same,
> > there is a variation in accent (dialect) but written both languages
> > are EXACTLY equal.
> >
> > Steven
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CAS wrote:

> "Nigel Hewitt" <nigelh@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net> wrote in message
> news:btk889$449$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
>> Locus wrote:
>> > Indeed, Flemish is a collection of Diets dialects (*real* Flemish is
>> > only spoken in Northern France these days, as a minority language.
>> > Most Flemish Belgians would have trouble understanding it.), but the
>> > official language of Flanders is DUTCH. There's no bigger difference
>> > than English vs "American".
>>
>> American I can usually understand, it's Glaswegian I have problems with.
>>
>> nigelH
>>
>>
>
> Nine times out of ten *I* can't understand Weegie...
>

I will never forget sitting on a boat having to translate from Glaswegian to
West country, they could both understand me, watching them trying to
communicate direct has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen

Danny

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Danny Burchett wrote:
> CAS wrote:
>
>
>>"Nigel Hewitt" <nigelh@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net> wrote in message
>>news:btk889$449$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
>>
>>>Locus wrote:
>>>
>>>>Indeed, Flemish is a collection of Diets dialects (*real* Flemish is
>>>>only spoken in Northern France these days, as a minority language.
>>>>Most Flemish Belgians would have trouble understanding it.), but the
>>>>official language of Flanders is DUTCH. There's no bigger difference
>>>>than English vs "American".
>>>
>>>American I can usually understand, it's Glaswegian I have problems with.
>>>
>>>nigelH
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Nine times out of ten *I* can't understand Weegie...
>>
>
>
> I will never forget sitting on a boat having to translate from Glaswegian to
> West country, they could both understand me, watching them trying to
> communicate direct has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen

Did this involve Alan? He's quite clear for a weegie!

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"Willem" <.> wrote:

>Exactly the same? Keep dreaming Steven..... There are words with very
>differnt meanings.... Say in Belgium: "Ik moet poepen".
>
>Willem

Yes, exactly the same. Open a decent dictionary and you'll find BOTH
meanings.

PS: Dacht ik nou dat jij aardig was (Noord-nederlands), blijkt dat ik
gelijk had ook ;) (Zuid-Nederlands)

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Ben Panter wrote:

>
>
> Danny Burchett wrote:
>> CAS wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Nigel Hewitt" <nigelh@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net> wrote in message
>>>news:btk889$449$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
>>>
>>>>Locus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Indeed, Flemish is a collection of Diets dialects (*real* Flemish is
>>>>>only spoken in Northern France these days, as a minority language.
>>>>>Most Flemish Belgians would have trouble understanding it.), but the
>>>>>official language of Flanders is DUTCH. There's no bigger difference
>>>>>than English vs "American".
>>>>
>>>>American I can usually understand, it's Glaswegian I have problems with.
>>>>
>>>>nigelH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Nine times out of ten *I* can't understand Weegie...
>>>
>>
>>
>> I will never forget sitting on a boat having to translate from Glaswegian
>> to West country, they could both understand me, watching them trying to
>> communicate direct has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen
>
> Did this involve Alan? He's quite clear for a weegie!
>
No,

no-one from this NG, or I would have kept quiet!

Danny
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triumvir@virtualtourist.com (Locus) wrote in
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> "Willem" <.> wrote in message
> news:<400430d1$0$34195$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl>.. .
>> Exactly the same? Keep dreaming Steven..... There are words with very
>> differnt meanings.... Say in Belgium: "Ik moet poepen".
>
> Which in "Dutch" Dutch would be: "I need to take a crap". While in
> "Flemish" Dutch it'd be: "I need to f**k".
>
> Details. Same wording, different meaning. Might create some confusion.

Except we know the Dutch meaning too (does that make us polyglot?)


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