Nick Against the World (49 Viewers)

[Slagathor]

Beats the hell out of my place

 

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[Kaiser Franco]

Maybe, but Im sure your area is more lively and humane. Here it's just dull civil servants minding their business. Heck, I don't even know my neighbour's first name.

 

[Zlatan]

I dont either. Thats just how I like it.

 

[Slagathor]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++
Maybe, but Im sure your area is more lively and humane. Here it's just dull civil servants minding their business. Heck, I don't even know my neighbour's first name.

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and they cook smelly food

 

[Turdhead]

Me, Emma and another chick are moving in here next week.

It's studenty, kinda bland inside and small. But it's skinline and its city centre. And I fucking mean city centre

http://www.unite-students.com/ACCOMMODATION.information/Liverpool/Grand_Central/images.html

 

[Slagathor]

Looks decent for a bunch of students

And I agree - location is all. I'm only just outside the center

 

[Kaiser Franco]

++ [ originally posted by Zlatan ] ++
I dont either. Thats just how I like it.

Well I don't. I run into the guy at least once a week, he's old enough to be my father and he still addresses me with the polite "you" ("vous" in French, as opposed to the familiar "tu").

Can't complain about the location though. I have a metro line intersection down my block, trams and buses galore, a supermarket and a nice shopping area just next door.

 

[jaecole]

Grand Central is awesome. I've been there many times

Though its a bastard to try and get out of, security is alittle tight

 

[JCK]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++


Well I don't. I run into the guy at least once a week, he's old enough to be my father and he still addresses me with the polite "you" ("vous" in French, as opposed to the familiar "tu").

Can't complain about the location though. I have a metro line intersection down my block, trams and buses galore, a supermarket and a nice shopping area just next door.

Isn't it the same in all of Brussels, the people are like that...it is kinda annoying.

 

[Slagathor]

I like Brussels, except for the parts where they speak French cause I don't

I went there once, ordered something in my best French. My best French is really nothing more than Italian with a French accent lol so I finished my sentence with "Pour Favoir"

 

[Kaiser Franco]

Actually the vast majority of ppl in Brussels are native French speakers, and all the Dutch speakers master French very well. Which is why at the end of the day I never get the chance to practice Dutch so thank God for TV and the Nederlandse Akademie. Im sure you didn't do any worse than the average freshly arrived Eurocrat, though.

Jeeks, I would say that they aren't any colder than the Swedes. However the Swedes' coldness is kinda relaxing, while the Belgians' (or at least the ones in Brux) is somewhat stressful.

 

[swag]

What? No Flemish? I always wanted to speak Flem.

 

[JCK]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++
Actually the vast majority of ppl in Brussels are native French speakers, and all the Dutch speakers master French very well. Which is why at the end of the day I never get the chance to practice Dutch so thank God for TV and the Nederlandse Akademie. Im sure you didn't do any worse than the average freshly arrived Eurocrat, though.

Jeeks, I would say that they aren't any colder than the Swedes. However the Swedes' coldness is kinda relaxing, while the Belgians' (or at least the ones in Brux) is somewhat stressful.

The Swedes are cold, especially at the times of meeting. Sometimes they do the weirdest thing to avoid eye-contact, but when it comes to neighbourhood relationships, they behave as good neigbours.

 

[Slagathor]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++
Actually the vast majority of ppl in Brussels are native French speakers, and all the Dutch speakers master French very well. Which is why at the end of the day I never get the chance to practice Dutch so thank God for TV and the Nederlandse Akademie. Im sure you didn't do any worse than the average freshly arrived Eurocrat, though.

Jeeks, I would say that they aren't any colder than the Swedes. However the Swedes' coldness is kinda relaxing, while the Belgians' (or at least the ones in Brux) is somewhat stressful.

Yes I noticed most of them speak French. A bit odd in my eyes considering Brussels' location and history :undecide: I've been told it's because a lot of nobilities (if that's the correct word) from Liège etc moved to Brussels a couple of centuries ago to counter the Flemish majority. Is that true?

 

[Seven]

So. Any dEUS fans out here?

 

[Kaiser Franco]

++ [ originally posted by Erik ] ++


Yes I noticed most of them speak French. A bit odd in my eyes considering Brussels' location and history :undecide: I've been told it's because a lot of nobilities (if that's the correct word) from Liège etc moved to Brussels a couple of centuries ago to counter the Flemish majority. Is that true?

Actually I am not sure. Geographically Brussels is indeed on Flemmish territory and though it has a bilingual status it's pretty much a French-speaking island. I know for a fact that until right after WW 2 French was the dominating language, due to Wallonia being the country's economic centre. The Flemmish were seen as little more than second-class citizens and had to learn French (which is why now that Flanders is rich and Wallonia has faded they are taking their revenge). So it may come from there, and the fact that the overwhelming majority of the vast influx of immigrants to Brussels (be it EU/NATO civil servants or North Africans) tend to learn French rather than Flemmish.

 

[Kaiser Franco]

++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++
What? No Flemish? I always wanted to speak Flem.

Flemmish = Dutch, but you already knew this.

 

[Kaiser Franco]

++ [ originally posted by Seven ] ++
So. Any dEUS fans out here?

Not a fan but yeah they're quite good.

 

[Slagathor]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++
Actually I am not sure. Geographically Brussels is indeed on Flemmish territory and though it has a bilingual status it's pretty much a French-speaking island. I know for a fact that until right after WW 2 French was the dominating language, due to Wallonia being the country's economic centre. The Flemmish were seen as little more than second-class citizens and had to learn French (which is why now that Flanders is rich and Wallonia has faded they are taking their revenge). So it may come from there, and the fact that the overwhelming majority of the vast influx of immigrants to Brussels (be it EU/NATO civil servants or North Africans) tend to learn French rather than Flemmish.

Well makes sense imigrants to Brussels would learn French.

Thanks. Didn't know that!

 

[Seven]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++


Not a fan but yeah they're quite good.

Have you listened to their last cd yet? I didn't get the chance yet.