tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 05 13:51:09 2001
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Belgium Holmey vIqel
- From: "Quvar valer" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Belgium Holmey vIqel
- Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 19:41:47 +0200
DaH Holmey vIqel. ben law' Belgium chenmoHmeH cha' Sepmey lupe'lu'. Sep 'eS,
France Sep je bIH.
vaj BelgiumDaq cha' Holmey lujatlhlu'. 'evDaq dutch jatlhlu', tIngDaq french
lujatlh.
Belgium botlhDaq Brussels tu'lu'. 'ej pa' Hoch Holmey lujatlhlu'. french
SepDaq mebpa'mey lutu'lu'mo', french jatlh Pierre Vanbelle vu'wI', 'ej
french Hol lo' Qe' HIDjolev.
Brussels botlh DaSuchchugh, vaj reH cha' Holmey Daghom.
Some history:
When belgium was made about 150 years ago, they just took a piece of the
netherlands and a piece of France. That's why they now speak those two
languages, french in the south and dutch in the north.
Brussels is in the middle of Belgium, and it's the capital, so they speak
both languages. Since the hotel is in the french part of Brussels, most
people there are "francophone", but some do speak dutch too, just like the
hotel's manager Pierre Vanbelle. You will notice also that the restaurant's
menu is in french.
When you visit Brussels city, you will soon discover, that everything is in
two languages.
The Southern station is "Gare du Midi" or "Zuidstation", the hotel's address
is both "chausée de Mons" and "Bergense Steenweg" (both meaning the same!)
All streetsigns are in both dutch and french.
Some people refuse to speak dutch (even if they do understand), because they
think it should be "Bruxelles". Others refuse to speak french, because they
want it to be "Brussel". But there won't be a problem when talking to them
in English, they like tourists :-)
Lieven.