Indeed - but financial industry has changed in past 24 months. But I am not aware that a financial guy was ever called a wanker. To often they had their escorts at lunch break. Even this has changed now. And yes .. Grenadier attracts all..
Damn! Now you tell me! And here was I thinking New Amsterdam was the hospital in a tv series.
I wouldn’t want to meet him in a dark alleyway
@Jean Mercier Hold your horses. Isn't there a disagreement between the Belgian and the Flemish? similar to Texas and the rest of US. Or Montreal and Canada or Brittany and Franceand probably the founders were Dutch. No, Dutch are not Germans, Dutch are citizens of Nederland. Germans speak "Deutsch". English is a very strange language
By the way, I speak Flemish (and French, both mother tongue, equal level). Flemish is the same as Dutch. I am not French, neither Dutch, I am Belgian. Got it, or too complicated (even for me it is)?
Completely unnecessary!Franconia vs. Bavaria. Baden-Württemberg vs. Schwaben. "Oberdorf" vs. "Unterdorf" (in my village).
Yes, we can have serious conflicts even on the smallest scale.
In 1984 I was crossing a small border place between Bolivia and Brasil, and after stamping my passport the Brazilian official asked me if I was Walloon or Flemish? I was stunned, and then he asked me "Isn't there a civil war going on there?"
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I offer my assistance with a visual aidIn 1984 I was crossing a small border place between Bolivia and Brasil, and after stamping my passport the Brazilian official asked me if I was Walloon or Flemish? I was stunned, and then he asked me "Isn't there a civil war going on there?"
So, to be clear: Belgium, the country, is composed of three linguistic regions with some cultural differences: the North, are the Flemish who speak Dutch (60% of the population), the South are the Walloons who speak French (40%), and in the East a very small population who speak German. I won't tell how we got this last region, otherwise the Germans on this forum could claim this back
All of them are Belgians!
There have always been some struggles, mainly political or economical (as you wish), between the Flemish and the Walloon. There have also been sometimes quarrels between my deceased father, a Walloon and my mother, she was Flemish.
That's why I buy a Grenadier, to be able to flee the country through the fields when that "civil war" starts again
Thanks a lotI offer my assistance with a visual aid
or are you saying that you didn't understand my explanation
I understood what you wrote, and I'm familiar with the basic linguistic divisions of Belgium. Just thought I'd add a map. Maps are goodThanks a lot
And, there are two "Luxembourg" on the map, one is a Belgian province (blue color), the other is an independent small country.
The Belgians (Walloons?) and the French also have a very special relationship.
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis / Welcome To The Sticks!
Absolutely recommend watching.
You are completely right, "Chti" has nothing to do with sticks, it's a nickname for the people of the region.
What's an OP?
