One of the dialects of Flemish/Dutch is Afrikaans and that language is alive and well!
Goeie dag. (Good day) Corneel Booysen. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. 5050 Edgewood Ct, Jacksonville, FL 32254 Phone: (904) 783-5517 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Anyone else see the Waffle & Dinges man on TV this morning? ---------------------<snip>----------------- >Actually, we don't speak Belgian over here. >We speak mainly Dutch or French and the Dutch word 'Dinges' is not really a >synonym for 'toppings'. >It's a word you use when you don't immediately find the right word for >something. English equivalents : 'thingummy', 'what-d'you-call-it' . . . > > ---------------------<unsnip>---------------- Isn't Flemish also used in some areas of Belgium? Or is it pretty much a "dead" language? Do the Walloons have a separate language? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
