ELL: Re: Re: Flemish vs. French in Brussels

[Lucas Husgen]

> The family I married into was typical. Moved to Bruxelles from Flanders as
> young adults post-WW2, acquired Bruxellois as adults, raised children who
> were francophone. Atypical examples are the francophone bourgoise of Gand
> (Ghent), Anvers (Antwerpen), and Brugges (Brugge). My cousins-in-law in Ghent
> spoke a more familial french than did my parents-in-law in Bruxelles.

true.

 > However, neither ABN nor any construction of Flams is "endangered", and
> most indigenous languages of the Americas are, so the point of all this is
> lost on me.

true, once again.

Lucas

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