"d.g.s." ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On 4/22/2008 11:37 AM tile ignored two million years of human evolution to
> write:
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>> 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!
> --
yes but in Italy we have solved this probelm easily
In the regions of Italy where there are minorities speaking a different
language, indications are always in two languages.
we have French speaking parts of Italy, German speaking parts of Italy and a
small part of Italy where they speak Slovenian too.
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