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L O W L A N D S - L - 23 September 2008 - Volume 06<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Luc Hellinckx</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Events"</span><br>
<br>
Beste Jonny (et al),<br>
<br>
You wrote:<br>
<br>
> *Luc schreev:*<br>
><br>
> Too bad that Northern Germany was left out of the picture.<br>
><br>
> What should be bad if any Dutch/Flemish people make a good fiesta, with<br>
> everybody invited to take part? A party within the extended family -
guests<br>
> are welcomed (as far as I understood the publication) - is something<br>
> different than a mega-party(*) of the whole, big 'Flachland'. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="DE">To name
it<br>
> 'Flachlandfest' implies for me: "Flachländer aller Länder, kommt und<br>
> vereinigt Euch (beim Feiern)!"<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Rest assured, I'm all
for such a party, it's not bad at all: quite the contrary. Whoever puts the
Lowlands,or part of them on the agenda, gets my undivided attention, and if Berlin was not that far,
I would surely attend some of the events. May still do it!<br>
<br>
When I wrote "too bad", I meant: maybe, maybe, maybe it could have
become an even better festival, if only Northern Germany
would have been included as well. I fully understand though that practical
limitations have hindered this, and just like Sander Van de Moortel, one of the
organizers, writes, in any case you will always have to draw the line
somewhere. It's his party and of course he is fully entitled to focus on
whoever or whatever he deems interesting.<br>
<br>
On the other hand, if you look at the grand scheme of things: this is happening
in Berlin.
The capital of Germany.
It was twenty years ago today *s*...errr...no: almost twenty years: when the
Wall came tumbling down. Thanks to cross-boundary thinking (and action), this
city managed to flourish and regain its status as capital of all Germany. Five
Eastern Bundesländer formally joined the new Federal Republic.
In short, Berlin's
own recent proliferation/"renaissance" was borne out of
cross-boundary thinking itself!<br>
Therefore, the city could/should have set an example by applying that very same
liberal spirit to this cultural event, maybe something along the lines of
"Eine neue Wende im Flachland: Nun auch im Westen!" *s*...in
Berlinerisch of course...or even better, in Flämingplatt:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl%C3%A4ming" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl%C3%A4ming</a><br>
<br>
Sander also wrote:<br>
<br>
> To give you an example: recently I was not chosen for a job in Berlin<br>
> because I could not convince them that I was a native speaker Dutch
("How<br>
> can you speak Dutch if you're Belgian, you speak Flemish at
best...").<br>
<br>
Completely befuddled there...what a shame. Wonder what "überlanguage"
the interviewer was speaking.<br>
<br>
Kind greetings,<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Luc Hellinckx</span><br style="">
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