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Originally Posted by athanaric:
I don't know; were the Remi even "Belgian"? I was always under the impression that they were a Gallic tribe but then again I don't really have a clue how to seperate "Gallic" from "Belgian". Assuming that is a legitimate distinction.
The Remi were either very Gallic influenced Belgae or Belgae influenced Gauls. I don't know; were the Remi even "Belgian"? I was always under the impression that they were a Gallic tribe but then again I don't really have a clue how to seperate "Gallic" from "Belgian". Assuming that is a legitimate distinction.
Originally Posted by :
Depends, if he is Flemish he is more likely to have wild hair growing, a large Thureos and a spear, and this necklace he can't remove as long as he hasn't killed anyone, the same with this oversized beard.
Actually I do have long hair and a beard...But I'm just a pesky yet effective slinger. Depends, if he is Flemish he is more likely to have wild hair growing, a large Thureos and a spear, and this necklace he can't remove as long as he hasn't killed anyone, the same with this oversized beard.
Originally Posted by :
Wait what? You live like 10 km from my place. Im from Gellik :D.
And you're helping to develop EB II?
You know Adherbal? A famous modeller/skinner who worked for EBI, Chivalry tw, NtwII and many more mods? He's from Hasselt. And yes I'm an EB member.Wait what? You live like 10 km from my place. Im from Gellik :D.
And you're helping to develop EB II?
Originally Posted by :
OMFG!! You live practically next to a celebrity!!!
Gah!?OMFG!! You live practically next to a celebrity!!!
I always thought Flanders was a rebellious Dutch province. I don't know if they should split up, join other countries or just go on like this. All I know is that nationalism once again proves its worth. Here's a little sidetracker to make things even more complicated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_Moresnet
Originally Posted by Moros:
Actually I do have long hair and a beard...But I'm just a pesky yet effective slinger.
You're a part of a reenactment group? Or do you just have slingering as a hobby? Seem like deadly weapons to me, especially if I see how hard some can trow without the slinger.Actually I do have long hair and a beard...But I'm just a pesky yet effective slinger.
Originally Posted by :
I always thought Flanders was a rebellious Dutch province. I don't know if they should split up, join other countries or just go on like this. All I know is that nationalism once again proves its worth. Here's a little sidetracker to make things even more complicated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_Moresnet
The Low Lands consists of Nederlanden/Provinces, once they were almost all united but Belgium rebelled and we got a northern and southern Lowlandic devision again. The Low Lands basicly go from East-Frisia in Germany to Artois in France.I always thought Flanders was a rebellious Dutch province. I don't know if they should split up, join other countries or just go on like this. All I know is that nationalism once again proves its worth. Here's a little sidetracker to make things even more complicated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_Moresnet
I think it is a reference to the proverbial poverty of students.
Originally Posted by Phalanx300:
You're a part of a reenactment group? Or do you just have slingering as a hobby? Seem like deadly weapons to me, especially if I see how hard some can trow without the slinger.
The Low Lands consists of Nederlanden/Provinces, once they were almost all united but Belgium rebelled and we got a northern and southern Lowlandic devision again. The Low Lands basicly go from East-Frisia in Germany to Artois in France.
Technically you guys rebelled first... Now return Maastricht! You're a part of a reenactment group? Or do you just have slingering as a hobby? Seem like deadly weapons to me, especially if I see how hard some can trow without the slinger.
The Low Lands consists of Nederlanden/Provinces, once they were almost all united but Belgium rebelled and we got a northern and southern Lowlandic devision again. The Low Lands basicly go from East-Frisia in Germany to Artois in France.
Like I said, going to sink into the sea. You should start building on stilts.
Originally Posted by Moros:
Technically you guys rebelled first... Now return Maastricht!
I gues we did, but we didn't rebel against our countrymen, well sortoffTechnically you guys rebelled first... Now return Maastricht!
. And you Limburgers may have Maastricht.. if you join us
, then there would probably be a united Limburg. Originally Posted by :
Like I said, going to sink into the sea. You should start building on stilts.
Anti that map is too extreme, only 1/2 of the Netherlands would be run over, or as we say in Amersfoort... Amersfoort at sea Like I said, going to sink into the sea. You should start building on stilts.
. And you should see our Duinen en Dijken, no way they will give up just look at the size of those things!
We are the destroyers of seas! This Afsluitdijk of ours killed of the South Sea.
Originally Posted by Moros:
Technically you guys rebelled first... Now return Maastricht!
Technically you rebelled along woth us, but weren't strong enough Technically you guys rebelled first... Now return Maastricht!
Maybe we should just start a new country (Limburg) with Maastricht as capital?
Good luck
Limburg as country, may I then be the Lord and King of Limburgse vlaaien?
Originally Posted by WImPyTjeH:
Weird, I usually see more people asking things like: "Belgium... isn't that a city in France? Or isn't that the capital of Brussels" when I speak about it
Weird, I usually see more people asking things like: "Belgium... isn't that a city in France? Or isn't that the capital of Brussels" when I speak about it
Nooo the capital of brussels is Luxemburg...
Maybe i was talking of belgix not belgium. :)
Im joking
yes belgium chocolates are very good :) and tintin is from belgium :)a Belgium fan topic? can i have some blue labeled Chimay ale forwarded down here? the best beer i've EVER tasted 
Well, it'll be the nineteenth century for me. One of Napoleon's
marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general
of all time and kill Belgians. Marvellous.
marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general
of all time and kill Belgians. Marvellous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2MjmIVK4U4
Not sure whether all the woad is accurate for the Belgae though.
Not sure whether all the woad is accurate for the Belgae though.
I think our first step would be to annex Baarle Nassau
No but on a more serious note. Joining Holland will mean that you will profit, shared Westerschelde, profit for Antwerp. Also no more money drained by Wallonia.
~Fluvius
No but on a more serious note. Joining Holland will mean that you will profit, shared Westerschelde, profit for Antwerp. Also no more money drained by Wallonia.
~Fluvius
don't you get why we aren't seperated yet? We need Wallonia for when the icepoles melt.
I'd rather drown then move to Wallonia
Pff, I'm save. And Limburg will then be a coast province!
Originally Posted by Horatius Flaccus:
Pff, I'm save. And Limburg will then be a coast province!
I'll open a bar at the sea.Pff, I'm save. And Limburg will then be a coast province!
HAH! I live in the dutch "gemeente" wieringen, a former island. We are SAFE! Zoom in into rising waterlevels at north holland, check the northeastern "gemeente" near the afsluitdijk, thats where I live
Edit: Never mind, the flood maps I find are unrealistic and show us sinking at even the slightest flood
Check this old map, look at that island in the south, it is now fully connected to the mainland but still has elevated ground! I live there.
http://www.prenten.net/image/groot/4...lmeer_now).jpg
Also you guys know why we lost Luxembourg right? An old tradional law which prevented a queen from ruling, a law they erased soon after their independence...
~Fluvius
Edit: Never mind, the flood maps I find are unrealistic and show us sinking at even the slightest flood
Check this old map, look at that island in the south, it is now fully connected to the mainland but still has elevated ground!
I live there.http://www.prenten.net/image/groot/4...lmeer_now).jpg
Also you guys know why we lost Luxembourg right? An old tradional law which prevented a queen from ruling, a law they erased soon after their independence...
~Fluvius
so when is your country going to split up?
can you give an insight into the stereotypes for the walloons and flemish.
which one of you is lazy?
can you give an insight into the stereotypes for the walloons and flemish.
which one of you is lazy?
Walloons are lazy.
Flemish are dumb.
According to the Dutch. Moros has proven the opposite
Flemish are dumb.
According to the Dutch. Moros has proven the opposite
Originally Posted by KARTLOS:
so when is your country going to split up?
Who knows? so when is your country going to split up?
Originally Posted by KARTLOS:
can you give an insight into the stereotypes for the walloons and flemish.
When you think up most of the stereotypes around, you realise they're applicable to all Belgians anyway. We're all very much alike, far more then some would have us believe. Besides, the (only) "problem-area" is around Brussels, which is inhabited mostly by Francophone Flemish people, not Walloons.can you give an insight into the stereotypes for the walloons and flemish.
What I dislike most about them all is the strong parochialism in the country, which I think is a problem.
Originally Posted by KARTLOS:
which one of you is lazy?
I know I am, but I never felt either Belgian or Flemish at all.which one of you is lazy?
Originally Posted by Arkhis:
Who knows?
When you think up most of the stereotypes around, you realise they're applicable to all Belgians anyway. We're all very much alike, far more then some would have us believe. Besides, the (only) "problem-area" is around Brussels, which is inhabited mostly by Francophone Flemish people, not Walloons.
What I dislike most about them all is the strong parochialism in the country, which I think is a problem.
I know I am, but I never felt either Belgian or Flemish at all.
~30 years ago Northern France against the Belgian border also counted a lot of dutch speakers. Sadly, this is not teached at school and when the final generations pass away the language will die out there.Who knows?
When you think up most of the stereotypes around, you realise they're applicable to all Belgians anyway. We're all very much alike, far more then some would have us believe. Besides, the (only) "problem-area" is around Brussels, which is inhabited mostly by Francophone Flemish people, not Walloons.
What I dislike most about them all is the strong parochialism in the country, which I think is a problem.
I know I am, but I never felt either Belgian or Flemish at all.
~Fluvius
well dunkirk was a dutch city wasnt it?
Yes, Duinkerken.
Just search for West Flanders, occupied by the French and the Dutch Speakers don't have any protection of their language. Actually, the whole northern French part which shares border to Belgian were actually Netherlands. Those French have some imperialistic ideas with the Low Countries.
Just search for West Flanders, occupied by the French and the Dutch Speakers don't have any protection of their language. Actually, the whole northern French part which shares border to Belgian were actually Netherlands. Those French have some imperialistic ideas with the Low Countries.
Originally Posted by Moros:
Well if you put it that way. Yes we the Belgians one of the biggest financial contributers (especially when comparing size) to the EU. One of the creators of the EU and its earlier forms. A peacefull country. Yes you're right we're indeed a problem to everyone and the world. Now you put it that way, please do steal and divide up my country. I'm sorry for the trouble.
In the very least you should give the Ardennes to Germany. Save yourselves the trouble for the inevitable third attempt.Well if you put it that way. Yes we the Belgians one of the biggest financial contributers (especially when comparing size) to the EU. One of the creators of the EU and its earlier forms. A peacefull country. Yes you're right we're indeed a problem to everyone and the world. Now you put it that way, please do steal and divide up my country. I'm sorry for the trouble.
Originally Posted by Khorak:
In the very least you should give the Ardennes to Germany. Save yourselves the trouble for the inevitable third attempt.
As Moros pointed out in the (four months old) post you quoted, this is getting rather Backroomish. Don't turn this topic into nationality/ethnicity bashing.In the very least you should give the Ardennes to Germany. Save yourselves the trouble for the inevitable third attempt.
Originally Posted by Ludens:
As Moros pointed out in the (four months old) post you quoted, this is getting rather Backroomish. Don't turn this topic into nationality/ethnicity bashing.
I see. An entire page of posts within the past few days of dubiously 'backroomish' talk, and a joke lampooning the idea of partitioning Belgium on a ludicrous basis of 'solving the problem of Belgium' is what's truly objectionable.As Moros pointed out in the (four months old) post you quoted, this is getting rather Backroomish. Don't turn this topic into nationality/ethnicity bashing.
My comment wasn't directed just at you. I beg your pardon if that was the impression I created.
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