Flemish Expressions Hoe gaat het (met jou)? : How are you? Ik heb je gemist : I missed you. Tot ziens : See you later Zullen we vanavond afspreken? : Fancy meeting up tonight?
Fun Facts!
- The little blue cartoon creatures known as Smurfs are Belgian, created by Peyo.
- Actress Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels and speaks Flemish.
- There are more castles per square mile in Belgium than anywhere else in the world.
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Word of the Day 01-02-12
FECKLESS (adjective):
Weak, ineffectual
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LUDIC (adjective):
Playful, given to playing games
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SCINTILLA (noun):
A tiny amount, or a spark
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English collective nouns: collectively, a little strange A collective noun is the word used to define a group of something, usually animals. Common collective nouns such as "herd", "flock", "pack" or "swarm" are well-known, but English has a vast collection of lesser-known collective nouns for certain creatures.
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Navajo most popular Native American language The latest US Census Bureau figures show that even during a time when so many Native American tribes are struggling to retain their native tongues, 169,000 people speak Navajo at home, more than any other Native American language.
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Invented languages in the media: Dothraki Following on from previous posts about Na'vi (the language invented for James Cameron's Avatar), Klingon Star Trek, and most recently, the language of Dragons (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim): here's another language invented for the media – Dothraki.
Though the language is not actually seen in and of itself in the series of novels by George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, when HBO serialized the books into the hit show Game of Thrones, they undertook to create an actual language – complete with full vocabulary, grammar and syntax – for the Dothraki race of people... Read More
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