And how many national Hymns do you have?
Bart
Citeren Jez Cunningham <jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> I bow to Iwert's local knowledge but he seems to be out to lunch
> (literally not figuratively) so I'll take the opportunity to jump in
> and say that here in Belgium we have septante and nonante but we still
> use quatre-vingt
> There are doubtless some other differences...
> Cordialement,
> Jez
> On 1/17/06, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > To my recollection, Walloon French differs from "Metropolitan" French in
> the
> > terms for seventy, eighty, ninety. In that, it may follow the example
> of
> > Quebec and Switzerland (I don't know for sure, but there are others here
> who
> > certainly do).
> >
> > Septante, octante and nonante have an elegant simplicity which is not
> > mirrored by Belgian politics, it seems!
> >
> > --
> > Piers
> >
>
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