>>>>>This is odd, because we can hardly understand them when they talk. :)
>>>>>There are some games on tv with both Belgian and Dutch people, for example 'Robinson Island'. On Dutch tv the talks of the Belgians are translated, because it is a complete mystery to us what they're saying!
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>>>>Come on Peter.. I've seen it the other way around too..and that's just as ridiculous.
>>>>I'm quite sure you would understand me without any trouble if we met.
>>>>
>>>>A+
>>>>Jean-Marie
>>>>(hou nu toch op met die onzin)
>>>
>>>Really? But I really can hardly understand what those belgian people in Robinson Island and Terra Incognita are saying. Can you?
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>>The mere fact that you watch that rubbish should tell me a lot, shouldn't it ?
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>The quality of these shows is not the item here, Jean. Although we could make it an item, of course. :)
>This year I no longer follow those shows, but my wife and the kids still do follow Terra Incognita. Most times I sit nearby with the laptop on the lap, logged in on UT, ha! My personal opinion about these shows is that the presenter (presentator) influences the watchers' interpretation of what they are going to see too much. Like whether we're actually too stupid to interpret it independently. That's why I don't like it anymore. But I must admit that I watched Robinson Island with pleasure the first year.
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>>IOW they're all aliens to me ...on those shows
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>No really, do you understand what they're saying?

Och weet je om het eens op zijn Hollands te zeggen 'het interesseert me geen reet'.

Afgezien van al dat vind ik het ergerlijk om in een klein taalgebied als het onze dit soort zinloze discussies te voeren. Maar zoals onze Am. vrienden plegen te zeggen 'that's just me'

een goede nachtrust nog

Jean-Marie