Re: Oooooo! I hates that varmint! Attn: Dutch speakers

Irina Rempt wrote:

> Not according to my daughters, just back from a combined Dutch-Flemish
> camp; they were astonished to be called "gij" (which they say only to
> God) and "u" (which they use only for adult strangers) by their Flemish
> friends.
Looking from the other side of the spectrum (the French side) I can
say Belgium occupies an interesting spot in linguistic space.  I've
been to Bruxelles twice and I'm probably going back at the end of
this month.  I'm still tripped up everytime I go to a store or Quick
and they say "s'il vous plaît" when giving me my food or whatever.
The first time I heard that I was like "hmmm?"  I've lived 9 months
in Anjou and before that I lived in Paris and to me it just sounds
surreal.

But I do enjoy the different regional varieties of French,
especially the Walloon, Chtimi and Norman.  For my "Caminaire"
project I'm drawing on the regional varieties rather than Standard
Francien.

My two Eurocents, for what it's worth. :)

Eamon

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