On 4/22/2008 11:37 AM tile ignored two million years of human evolution
to write:
> I found it quite puzzling travelling by car and seeing names first in
> Flemish then in french and so on a few kms away from each other.
Welcome to Belgium!
> what I mean that it is common to see indications first in flemish. and then
> a few kms after. in French. and then again in Flemish and so on.
Sometimes, a given road will cross the "language line" (or the line that
divides Vlaams Gewest from Region Wallone) more than once, so you'll see
this. Or you'll be driving west along the E42 or E429, then divert
north, and at some points, "Courtrai" signs are new "Kortrijk" signs.
Drives first-time foreigners nuts.
> for a foreigner.. it will be very difficult to know that Aix la chapelle and
> Aachen are the same town..
> or Courtrai and Kortrijk
> and so on.
See? I told you it drives first-time foreigners nuts. But it's fun!
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