2013 Belgian GP - Spa

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SectorOne wrote:I´m not Belgian but in my head it´s "Fang-nes" but in one word sort of, fangns.
No you speak it with a french accent, because, well, it's a french speaking region.
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turbof1 wrote:
SectorOne wrote:I´m not Belgian but in my head it´s "Fang-nes" but in one word sort of, fangns.
No you speak it with a french accent, because, well, it's a french speaking region.
Strictly speaking, it's a Walonian speaking region, but that's pretty close to French.

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Oh, typical Spa :lol: Just after I post a weather update, it changes again! Friday now looks even stormy, with patchy sunshine, Saturday showery with a little more sun, and Sunday looks similar to Saturday. Oh, I love you weather Gods :wink:

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Yep, Spa is currently doing a great job of demonstrating why you don't trust a weather forecast from a week an advance in this area of the world:
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beelsebob wrote:
turbof1 wrote:
SectorOne wrote:I´m not Belgian but in my head it´s "Fang-nes" but in one word sort of, fangns.
No you speak it with a french accent, because, well, it's a french speaking region.
Strictly speaking, it's a Walonian speaking region, but that's pretty close to French.
Strictly speaking, I was right. There is no such thing as a Wallonian (mind the double l or the grammar nazi is going to skin your ass) language, though sometimes I wonder what they speak. They don't exactly speak dutch or german well, and their english is also sluggish. Hell, even their french is sometimes a bit dialectic.
The pronouncation is more "Fahjne". It doesn't have fangs :P . Though vampires are rumored there to have a blood fest when The Belgian GP kicks off.
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turbof1 wrote:No you speak it with a french accent, because, well, it's a french speaking region.
Strictly speaking, it's a Walonian speaking region, but that's pretty close to French.
Strictly speaking, I was right. There is no such thing as a Wallonian (mind the double l or the grammar nazi is going to skin your ass) language, though sometimes I wonder what they speak. They don't exactly speak dutch or german well, and their english is also sluggish. Hell, even their french is sometimes a bit dialectic.
The pronouncation is more "Fahjne". It doesn't have fangs :P . Though vampires are rumored there to have a blood fest when The Belgian GP kicks off.
They don't speak dutch at all... The Walloons can speak Wallonian, but not Flemmish, Flemmish can speak Flemmish, and won't speak Wallonian. For reference, the most obvious difference between Wallonian and French is simply that they actually have a word for seventy and eighty and ninety, (rather than the french sixty ten, 4 twenties and 4 twenties ten).

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beelsebob wrote: They don't speak dutch at all... The Walloons can speak Wallonian, but not Flemmish, Flemmish can speak Flemmish, and won't speak Wallonian. For reference, the most obvious difference between Wallonian and French is simply that they actually have a word for seventy and eighty and ninety, (rather than the french sixty ten, 4 twenties and 4 twenties ten).
Yeah I know. Septante instead of soixante-dix; nonante instead quatre-vingt-dix (they actually do say quatre-vingt for 80; they have no word for that). There are other, minor differences. It's nothing more special then any regional French dialect.
(I am from Belgium).

I am suprised someone from Scotland knows this. Been before in Belgium :D ?
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beelsebob wrote: They don't speak dutch at all... The Walloons can speak Wallonian, but not Flemmish, Flemmish can speak Flemmish, and won't speak Wallonian. For reference, the most obvious difference between Wallonian and French is simply that they actually have a word for seventy and eighty and ninety, (rather than the french sixty ten, 4 twenties and 4 twenties ten).
Yeah I know. Septante instead of soixante-dix; nonante instead quatre-vingt-dix. There are other, minor differences. It's nothing more special then any regional French dialect.
(I am from Belgium).

I am suprised someone from Scotland knows this. Been before in Belgium :D ?
I lived in Antwerpen for a couple of years. Ahh, the good half of Belgium :P

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It is sad that only half of it is good yes; the rest of the world is already mocking us for our geographic size, seperating the good part from the bad part is just asking for more funmaking :P.
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turbof1 wrote:It is sad that only half of it is good yes; the rest of the world is already mocking us for our geographic size, seperating the good part from the bad part is just asking for more funmaking :P.
Oh come on, the country only exists to have the piss taken out of it, enjoy it :P

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SectorOne wrote:I´m not Belgian but in my head it´s "Fang-nes" but in one word sort of, fangns.
No you speak it with a french accent, because, well, it's a french speaking region.
I never said Belgian accent or language. I simply said i´m not Belgian, as that´s where the track is, regardless of language being used.

By saying i´m not Belgian means i don´t know the correct pronunciation.
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SectorOne wrote:I´m not Belgian but in my head it´s "Fang-nes" but in one word sort of, fangns.
No you speak it with a french accent, because, well, it's a french speaking region.
I never said Belgian accent or language. I simply said i´m not Belgian, as that´s where the track is, regardless of language being used.

By saying i´m not Belgian means i don´t know the correct pronunciation.
We have 3 official languages here; it would have been a great deal if you naturally knew how to pronounce it :P.
Oh come on, the country only exists to have the piss taken out of it, enjoy it :P

p.s. Tomba, please don't ban me :D
Says the person coming from the lands where men traditionally wear skirts :P.
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I had some discussions with on of the Scientists at "Spadel" spring water a few years ago. He said they Spa spring water is not near the track. Not far either but I really had to ask about it. lol
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turbofan wrote:
Oh come on, the country only exists to have the piss taken out of it, enjoy it :P

p.s. Tomba, please don't ban me :D
Says the person coming from the lands where men traditionally wear skirts :P.
And what could be more manly than wearing a Kilt?

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beelsebob wrote:
turbofan wrote:
Oh come on, the country only exists to have the piss taken out of it, enjoy it :P

p.s. Tomba, please don't ban me :D
Says the person coming from the lands where men traditionally wear skirts :P.
And what could be more manly than wearing a Kilt?
Wearing two kilts?
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