"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Which is how Belgians pronounce Brussels. For one thing they're dirty foreigners and don't know any better. But the real reason is that they are justifiably ashamed of themselves. Because there's no such thing as a "Belgian." They're all either Flems or Walloons. Further, they don't speak Belgian because there is no such thing. They speak French or Dutch.
Okay, I get it. I wouldn't admit to being either a Flem or a Walloon. So yeah, I'd make up some fake ethnicity. After all, Western progressives love creating fake backstories for themselves routinely. So a made up nationality is nothing compared to a made up gender.
I recall reading something from Evelyn Waugh's travel diaries one time that made me laugh. He had produced a litany of complaints about accommodations, service, etc. and concluded by writing, "Natives all savages". He was writing about Belgium.
Hercule Poirot would certainly take issue with the notion that there's no such thing as a Belgian, as he so often had to remind his fellow fictional characters that he wasn't French.
Ever notice how, in those medieval paintings, that nobody has eye lashes.
In "Broooj."
ReplyDeleteWhich is how Belgians pronounce Brussels. For one thing they're dirty foreigners and don't know any better. But the real reason is that they are justifiably ashamed of themselves. Because there's no such thing as a "Belgian." They're all either Flems or Walloons. Further, they don't speak Belgian because there is no such thing. They speak French or Dutch.
Okay, I get it. I wouldn't admit to being either a Flem or a Walloon. So yeah, I'd make up some fake ethnicity. After all, Western progressives love creating fake backstories for themselves routinely. So a made up nationality is nothing compared to a made up gender.
I recall reading something from Evelyn Waugh's travel diaries one time that made me laugh. He had produced a litany of complaints about accommodations, service, etc. and concluded by writing, "Natives all savages". He was writing about Belgium.
ReplyDeleteHercule Poirot would certainly take issue with the notion that there's no such thing as a Belgian, as he so often had to remind his fellow fictional characters that he wasn't French.
ReplyDeleteEver notice how, in those medieval paintings, that nobody has eye lashes.
Ever notice how, in those medieval paintings, that nobody has eye lashes.
ReplyDeleteI don't think eyelashes evolved until a couple of hundred years later.