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If you revisit the November 24, 2007 post Bye, Bye Belgium you'll remember that we commented upon the maladies affecting Europe "capital state" including political, social and linguistic factors.
So - somewhat satisfactorily - we read in this morning's Yahoo! News the following:
New Miss Belgium gets Flemish tongues wagging
2 hours, 43 minutes ago, December 17, 2007
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Belgium's political tensions entered the glamour stakes after it was revealed that the new Miss Belgium does not speak Dutch.
Alizee Poulicek, who comes from the country's French-speaking region, was booed by some of the 4,000 audience when she admitted that she could not understand a question put to her in Dutch at the contest on Saturday night in the main Flemish city of Antwerp.
Poulicek, a 20-year-old language student, speaks French, Czech and English, but Flemish tabloid daily Het Laatste Niuews headlined its Monday edition with: "Miss Belgium does not speak Dutch".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071217/od_afp/belgiumpoliticspeopleoffbeat
Alas, dear Reader. You knew this already from your Clermont Blog
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- I work in the field of international education.Over the years I've lived in various locations including: London, the Hague and Istanbul where I was a school director. I live now along Florida's West Coast. My own views are expressed here and do not represent any particular organization, group or school.