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According to the BIN standard (NBN Z 01-002), there are three ways to write a date in Belgium: [1]. day d month yyyy ("maandag 9 september 2000"/"lundi 9 septembre 2000"/"Montag, den 9.
Official languages of Belgium: Dutch (yellow), French (red) and German (blue). Brussels is a bilingual area where both Dutch and French have an official status.. The position of Dutch in Belgium has improved considerably over the past 50 years at the expense of French, which once dominated strongly in political, economic and cultural life.
The term Flemish itself has become ambiguous. Nowadays, it is used in at least five ways, depending on the context. These include: An indication of Dutch written and spoken in Flanders including the Dutch standard language as well as the non-standardized dialects, including intermediate forms between vernacular dialects and the standard.
There is at least one mistake in the section with map. Table says that both YMD and DMY systems (green) are used by 10 mln people. At the same time on the map Poland is marked green (not sure if this is correct BTW - I mean people have no problem understanding YMD but they almost exclusively use DMY; also the next table says that Poland is DMY-only, so there's inconsistency) and population of ...
In South Africa, pannenkoek is typically used in singular: "Kom ons eet pannekoek" (Let's eat pannenkoek) (Pannenkoek is Pannekoek in Afrikaans and South Africa) It is served with cinnamon and sugar; the cinnamon sugar mix is sprinkled over the pancake which is then rolled up and—unless consumed instantly—will be wrapped in wax paper to maintain warmth.
[3] "The Taaltelefoon(Language teleophone) recommends to use the word "zwarte"(black) instead of "neger". [4] and the last article discusses the neutrality of the word "neger". "Someone who still uses the term 'Negro' is not necessarily a racist or a derogatory intent. Usually not at all.
In the English language, the term negro (or sometimes negress for a female) is a term historically used to refer to people of Black African heritage. The term negro means the color black in Spanish and Portuguese (from Latin niger), where English took it from. [1]
Extensively an English word, nigger is a racial slur directed at black people, dating all the way from the 16th century.The origin of the word lies with the Latin adjective niger ([ˈnɪɡɛr]), meaning "black".