When I lived in Reykjavik (yes, yes, 'when I lived in Reykjavik,' blah blah blah, etc) my co-workers were all dead impressed with how brilliant I was at Icelandic. They said it was great that after only three years in the country I could both order a beer and recite lists of 'things you can buy in the supermarket' — just like genuine Icelandic people could do.
But then one day some Belgian guy called Wies turned up in the office and learnt proper hardcore Icelandic in about a week and all of a sudden everybody lost interest in me.
Somehow, though, I managed to find it in my heart to forgive him, and now we're the best of friends and I'm going to live right around the corner from him in Ghent. And he is going to teach me how to recite lists of 'things you can buy in the supermarket' in Flemish just like genuine Belgian people can do. Hopefully in under a week.
If you can speak Welsh, surely you'll be OK with phlegmish?
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You are so freakin' hilarious. You are the only blog I continue to read. I love ya'! Hurry and write that book or movie so I can read or see it.
ReplyDeleteI'll be watching for you at Sundance Film Festival in the coming years.
i'm beginning to get frightened. you're taking over the world one country at a time, aren't you 'little pinch'?!?
ReplyDeletesounds like a plan. Crack on.
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Haha, you are all hilarious.
ReplyDeleteSchaap. You can't buy that in the supermarket. Flemish is just like English with a bit of LSD and some mucus thrown in.
ReplyDeleteThree years, eh? Well, you've given me hope. I'm not expecting to be able to do said things (order beer, grocery list) for at least another 10 years.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, a vicarious journey with Annie among the Belgae. Travel safe!
ReplyDeleteWent to Belgium last year for a week on my lonesome. Worked for me, though I missed Ghent. Good hustle, Annie, good hustle.
ReplyDeleteI've never liked the idea of Flemish. Sounds much too moist.
ReplyDeletei'm coming to visit.
ReplyDeleteYou'll get it done in no time. Piece of cake, compared to Icelandic. That autistic savant guy Daniel Temmett learned Icelandic in a week, and they were a bit meh about his performance. Dutch (don't call it Flemish) is a LOT easier.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't I call it Flemish?
ReplyDeleteConfused.
YOU'RE the annie, rockmother was talking about! next time ya'll are stateside give us a call, sugar! xoxo
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I got an email from a friend the other day who is recuperating from an accident in Liege. He said that he was very lucky as his girlfriend is a Walloon at which point my mind went into overdrive imagining balloons and wallabies or strange religious sects but no it's a Romance language of Belgium. Magritte was a Walloon apparently. I wonder if Wies is a Walloon?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that! It should be no problem! How hard could it be after all? lol
ReplyDeleteI thought Flemish was Dutch as spoken in Belgium, in other words a Dutch dialect. But maybe I've got it wrong as well.
ReplyDeleteDo it in French. They'll love that!
ReplyDeletesavannah: YOU'RE the Savannah that RM told me about. Yeah, I was gonna get in touch with you over there but then I found myself somewhere else all of a sudden and it all went out the window. Thanks for the offer xx
ReplyDeleterockmother: Wies is not a Walloon, apparently, he's the other one. Sorry to hear about your friend. I have no idea why having a Walloon gf would help?
Yes, apparently Flemish is Dutch dialect and I can call it whatever I like. Cowabunga.
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