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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Wall Street Journal</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Pardon My French: Belgians Just Don't Speak the Same Language</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Rudi Coel scowled at the sight of the Thai restaurant advertising "Takeaway."</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"We're in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Flanders</st1:place>, so that should say 'Meenemengerechten,' " said the 50-year-old social worker, using the proper Dutch word.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The euro zone is in turmoil, and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region>'s heavy government debts are drawing comparisons with those of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region>. But the main issue before Belgians in their general election Sunday speaks to a much deeper concern here: language.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Among the issues roiling this Franco-Dutch land: Whether folks in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brussels</st1:place></st1:City> suburbs can bury their dead in a language other than Dutch, or whether a 75-year-old politician can make a speech in French in a mainly Dutch district.</P>
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