Quote Originally Posted by doc_bean
What ? You don't do like all other frenchies and just pretend you don't understand anything of this 'english' 'language' ?
I get away with it by pretending my interest in the Anglosaxon races is strictly anthropological.


Can you pick out Belgian accents too ?
Yes and no.

The political and linguistic borders do not coincide. Several regional French dialects simply extend into Belgium. I can distuingish a Picardian accent, but I can not tell the difference between Picardian French from France or Belgium.

There are some peculiarities that all Belgian variants share though, like septante and nonante, and all those German or Dutch constructions and words.

Then there is Walloon itself, not to be confused with Belgian (variants of) French. It is radically different from standard French and unique to Belgium and Luxembourg. It is mainly spoken in the Ardennes and near the German border. The adjective is often placed before the noun, as in German. Most bizarre. It is totally unintelligable.